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by Keraulophon
Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:27 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: How accessible is your church?
Replies: 16
Views: 32807

Re: How accessible is your church?

We made alterations to the church a few years ago that involved re-arranging the toilets. The local authority then required at least one to be suited to disabled use and came and inspected it after completion. (They then required the white walls to be painted grey to provide contrast to the white su...
by Keraulophon
Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:46 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Sion Community
Replies: 2
Views: 3219

Re: Sion Community

We had their team(s) 8 years ago. Very much led by laity, with a priest just a team member. Great time for the community to find out new ways of praying, celebrating and studying Scripture. You get a visit a year ahead and a chance to tell them what your community seems to need; than a week of home ...
by Keraulophon
Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: The Holy Year of Mercy - are we doing anything?
Replies: 17
Views: 16440

Re: The Holy Year of Mercy - are we doing anything?

I am told that my pp said a week or two back the he expected to receive guidance by mid October.
by Keraulophon
Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:44 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: "Thou shalt sing at Mass"
Replies: 9
Views: 9779

Re: "Thou shalt sing at Mass"

One of our organists postulates that people are more likely to sing when the organ is played at maximum volume ... ... because they then think that others cannot hear their mistakes or observe their inability to simg in tune!
by Keraulophon
Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:40 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: The Preparation of the Gifts is not usually an appropriate p
Replies: 31
Views: 22346

Re: The Preparation of the Gifts is not usually an appropria

Is there sometimes confusion between the Procession with Gifts and the Preparation of Gifts? In the latter case most mass books have the comment that the "Blessed be God Forever" dialogue may be omitted if there is singing - no mention of there perhaps being instrumental music. (And, of co...
by Keraulophon
Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: School Masses
Replies: 12
Views: 8801

Re: School Masses

The 1973 document is cited in a footnote somewhere in the current edition of GIRM. Its existence is reasonably well known among RE coordinators and chaplains in schools - at least in my home diocese.
by Keraulophon
Sat Jun 06, 2015 9:57 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: School Masses
Replies: 12
Views: 8801

Re: School Masses

The Directory for Masses with Children, which can be downloaded from the Liturgy Office, says that "Verses of psalms, carefully selected in accord with the understanding of children, or a song in the form of psalmody or the Alleluia with a simple verse should be sung between the readings. The c...
by Keraulophon
Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:31 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Reception by eucharistic ministers
Replies: 10
Views: 7413

Re: Reception by eucharistic ministers

Apologies to Phlorida Phil for missing the earlier clarification about advice from local conferences of bishops regarding the time at which ministers approach. I now wonder, though, just what the originators of the instruction had in mind by "approach"? Was there a vision that the minister...
by Keraulophon
Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:12 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Year of Faith - Did it help increase numbers in your parish?
Replies: 16
Views: 11219

Re: Year of Faith - Did it help increase numbers in your par

It may be prudent not to deduce too much from the statistics printed in diocesan Yearbooks. I was told by a previous pp that he reported the attendance figure at below (I think) 500 to avoid being asked for higher contributions to various diocesan funds. Whether true or not, priests may well fear th...
by Keraulophon
Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:55 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Responses to the Prayer of the Faithful
Replies: 11
Views: 13555

Re: Responses to the Prayer of the Faithful

Some (only some) diocesan Masses have followed the pauses with "Let us pray to the Lord" and then the sung response from the Iona Community, "Through our lives and by our prayers, your Kingdom come". This went down well at our parish centenary Masses a couple of years ago, but no...
by Keraulophon
Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:46 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Reception by eucharistic ministers
Replies: 10
Views: 7413

Re: Reception by eucharistic ministers

Southern Comfort quoted GIRM 162: "These ministers should not approach the altar before the Priest has received Communion, and they are always to receive from the hands of the Priest Celebrant the vessel containing the species of the Most Holy Eucharist for distribution to the faithful." Y...
by Keraulophon
Wed May 14, 2014 10:41 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Paschale Solemnitas
Replies: 6
Views: 5286

Re: Paschale Solemnitas

It remains the prime resource commended by the CBCEW Liturgy Office.
by Keraulophon
Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Weekday Psalms
Replies: 14
Views: 7980

Re: Weekday Psalms

If problems persist, you could try using a different Web browser, eg Mozilla Firefox. Alternatively, use the "View Source" option in the drop-down menu under "Page", and - with a little persistence - you may find the text there in a fairly plain form to copy (in amongst all the h...
by Keraulophon
Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Ordering of options in GIRM
Replies: 18
Views: 11411

Re: Ordering of options in GIRM

When consulting members of the congregation about singing during reception/distribution of Communion (or during Post-Communion thanksgiving), one gets very different opinions from well-attended Masses and sparsely attended Masses (where there's little time to sing a long item), and from people who h...
by Keraulophon
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:48 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Cameo roles
Replies: 33
Views: 16123

Re: Cameo roles

The situation of double-booking duties has been significantly improved in my parish over the course of the past 18 months. The eight people who organise rotas for welcoming, reading and special-ministering at the three weekend Masses now produce these on a quarterly basis, several weeks in advance. ...