Society of Saint Gregory

29 June is the anniversary of Pope Emeritus Benedict's ordination.

In my parish we have Eucharistic Adoration most Saturdays for forty minutes before the noon Mass. Attendance is not great but the opportunity is appreciated by those who come - not always the same faces. Anecdotal observations (as I travel round the country in connection with my work) suggest Euchar...

On a related point, many folk have asked what to do now that the Mike Anderson "Clapping Gloria" can no longer be licitly used. I always wondered what was the most appropriate response of the lay faithful when confronted by the 'Clapping Gloria': dignified silence, sullen insolence or who...

The annual Heritage Open Days long weekend is 12-15 September this year. Heritage Open Days strike me as a good opportunity to reach out to the wider community in our local neighbourhood, invite people in and show something of what we believe and how we worship, in addition to the infrastructure and...

give us a noble, simple and correct English vernacular translation? Therein lies a conundrum: in the world of global communications 'correct English' and 'vernacular' both become rather nebulous and often at odds. The global influence of the US, marketing and business-speak all contribute to a cons...

HallamPhil wrote:Sheffield celebrated with a procession from the cathedral to four altars erected at significant locations in the city centre. Several hundreds followed in procession and countless numbers were intriguingly distracted.

Excellent and innovative.

With odd exceptions, this seemed to be a non-event in England and Wales.

http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis ... -adoration

Any thoughts......?

'The Mercian love of God'.

The Tablet on-line has a brief but interesting account of Marc Cardinal Ouellet's homily addressed to the bishops on retreat. http://www.thetablet.co.uk/latest-news/5237

What is even more curious than Fr Gunter's interpretation, is the fact that we do eucharist frequently but wash feet only once a year at a poorly attended Mass in Holy Week. I imagine attendance must vary widely from parish to parish. The Holy Thursday Mass is nearly 'full house' and getting volunt...

I have been informed recently that I will have to work on Sundays. Does anyone know the legal position on this? JQ Nick's link very usefully summarises the legal position. If you do not work in the retail or betting sectors 'the devil is in the detail' - as the saying goes. In those circumstances i...

Many thanks for the comments and suggestions.

Owing to the plethora of roles many of we lay faithful undertake - musicians; readers; servers; distributors of prayer cards / hymn books / newsletters; helpers of the infirm; greeters of the faithful and newcomers, preparing the parish hall etc. - we can all become very busy, even overwhelmed, with...

In the case of music/singing, I believe there can be a very fine line between what adds to the depth of Mass and what is a distraction from worship. With dance I can only see it as a distraction. That's my personal view.

Personally I would find dance distracting - by its very nature it is a performance, may well lead to a focus on vanity rather than worship and it is certainly non-inclusive, if not overtly elitist.