Tag: Catholic Mass
Simcha Fisher: Walking into a church (and walking up to Christmas)
We're slowly working our way through (okay, we temporarily lost the book, but I'll find it soon) The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything...
A Church for everyone in the family
Parents with children who have a disability can feel as if they are distractions at Mass and in parish life rather than full members....
Simcha Fisher: What to do at Mass
You would think that, by now, I would know how to get through the Mass. I don't have little babies to keep me trotting...
Having trouble keeping track of all the Catholic flotsam? You’re not...
This is the time of year when newly baptised Catholics begin to settle in to their pews, physically and metaphorically. The solemn rites are...
Philippa Martyr: Alternatives to lay preaching
Some persistent voices – among them Dr Maeve Heaney - have worked hard to get a proposal for lay preaching incorporated into the Plenary...
Mass guide instructs and inspires
Archbishop Fisher OP has launched a stunning publication explaining the beauty and meaning of the Catholic Mass.
Simcha Fisher: A beautiful morning here at St Bambino
It's a beautiful morning here at St Bambino parish, folks.
Our celebrant, Fr Shep, looks to be fresh and well-rested, the altar servers are limber...
Fr Flader Q@A: The Mass, the sacrifice of Jesus
Dear Father, we sometimes hear the expression “the sacrifice of the Mass.” Why do we call the Mass a sacrifice and has it always...
Philippa Martyr: Disillusioned? Think your next step through
Every now and then, someone – usually on The Catholic Weekly Facebook page – will tell me that they no longer go to Mass...
Dr Philippa Martyr: Liturgical fallout of the 70s
This week I’m back to the Novus Ordo, because I had an interesting online chat with a US friend. She said that when the...
Philippa Martyr: Latin versus silence
I belong to a lively little Facebook group called ‘Catholics in Australia’. Recently a stoush broke out about why some people liked Latin in...
Philippa Martyr: Those to whom we should be talking
It’s May 2021, which means … here comes the 2021 National Count of Attendance!
I am the sort of person who gets excited about this,...
