MINISTRY & LITURGY MAGAZINE
Edited by Ada Simpson
In addition to features and regular columns on topics of interest to the entire parish team — rites, music, faith formation, Scripture, art and architecture, hospitality, and many others — you will find valuable tools and inspiration in every issue.
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Current Issue
June/July 2013
ON THE COVER
Photo of organ and guitar by Jerry Haggart
From Inside ML:
The art of every
race: praying
without words
April 15 began as a perfect day. For the
first time in memory, my taxes were
filed early and I was taking a few days
off — the first real break I’d had in several
months. It was a warm and sunny
day, with a cloudless sky. As I made my
way to my hometown in Massachusetts,
I drove leisurely through Rhode Island. I
took in the scenery of the back roads and
the smell of the ocean air while I listened
to the final innings of the Red Sox game
on the radio. I was jubilant as the game
concluded with another Boston win, the
home team just edging out the opposition
in the bottom of the ninth.... (Read More)
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Feature Articles
Our parish prays and sings:
Catholic singing before the Council
Ken Canedo
Stewards of the treasure:
music and musicians
in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church
after Vatican II
Alan J. Hommerding
A simple but “transcendent” church:
a reflection on church building
Brian Bachmeier
Preparing music for intercultural liturgies Pedro Rubalcava
Departments
Inside ML
The art of every race:
praying without words
Ada Simpson
Worship Times
Reflections on news
around the church
Todd Flowerday
Bulletin Inserts
Nativity of
John the Baptist
St. Anthony of Padua
Paul Turner
A Willing Spirit
Sowers of the seed:
mission-driven
collaboration
Mary Amore
Moving Rite Along
Where are you headed,
liturgy?
Donna M. Cole
Ritual Formation
The cantor
David E. Fedor
Liturgical Ministry
Choirs, cantors,
and the people’s song
Corinna Laughlin
Lectionary
Spirituality / Year C
Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
to Exaltation of the
Holy Cross 2013
Bruce Janiga
Music and Liturgy,
Legacy, Spirit
We are one body
(despite our musical
preferences)
Ken Canedo
Sacred Space
Creating art together
(part 2)
Nancy Chinn
Bridge Work
Standing outside
knocking: preaching
in solidarity
Ron Raab
Ministry & Technology
Digital hymnals:
boldly going
where no musician
has gone before
Joanne Mercier
Go Make Disciples of All
Catechesis with
adolescents (part 2)
Cecelia P. Regan
Recent
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Ministry & Liturgy May 2013
“I am the vine, you are the branches”:
Richness in diversity
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Ministry & Liturgy April 2013
A light for all peoples
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