Music for Easter night

Music for Easter night

by | 19 Apr 2024 | Liturgy, Music

This anthology, which is the first commercial recording the choir has made since Simon Johnson became Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in September 2021, continues a practice inaugurated by his

Lay preaching

Lay preaching

by | 13 Apr 2024 | Liturgy

A symposium of preachers and theologians hosted by the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis USA in March 2024, has made a formal submission to the Synod seeking a change in canon law to allow suitably qualified lay people to preach at Mass. The Church’s law...
Believing not belonging

Believing not belonging

by | 4 Apr 2024 | Liturgy, Review

This research paper from the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge was commissioned by the Diocese of Brentwood and explores the reasons Catholics have become alienated from the Church.  In the summer of 2023, Bishop Alan Williams sm issued a personal...
Gestis verbisque

Gestis verbisque

by | 27 Mar 2024 | Holy See, Liturgy, SSG

This Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (3 February 2024) comes in response to several situations where the words and gestures used in celebrating the sacraments have been substantially changed by the minister from those set out in the liturgically...

Responding to the psalms

by | 31 Dec 2020 | Liturgy

Responding to the psalms Responding to the Psalms is a project of the Spirituality Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The Responsorial Psalm is an integral part of the Liturgy of the Word. You could reflect on a verse for one or two days, and...