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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: altar: 286 1 - Nov 2015 - Anglican Ordinariate: Radical ecumenism – the Ordinariate’s new Catholic Missal, Fr Ramsay Williams ) The new Ordinariate Altar Missal is being published by the Catholic Truth Society in the United Kingdom. 2 - Oct 2015 - Call to action: Call for urgent action on Religious Education They would have to agree to bring their child to Mass on Sunday and ensure they attended Reconciliation four times a year and demonstrate participation in at least one Church activity of their choice: a reader; altar server; Eucharistic minister; join the SVDP; assist with the Youth Group or Childrens liturgy or in some other way participate and serve the parish community. 3 - Jun 2015 - Sacred Heart: Burning appeal of the Heart of Jesus, Archbishop Julian Porteous The strength of this devotion generally in the Church is reflected in the fact that churches built in that era had two side altars one dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and one side altar dedicated to the Sacred Heart. 4 - Mar 2015 - Liturgy and mystery in the Mass, Audrey English With the Mass in the vernacular and with the priest facing the people it is now easy to follow every moment of the action which is taking place on the altar. 5 - Feb 2015 - Brisbane: powerhouse of Catholic young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey These young men also engage regularly in serving at the altar in both forms of the Mass. 6 - Feb 2015 - The survival of the Church, Fr John O'Neill PP Pliny) and staring us in the face literally set in stone in archeological discoveries the most cogent right under the High Altar of St Peters in Rome thirty feet down his very bones beyond reasonable doubt shown to be authentic. 7 - Dec 2014 - The after-life: Why pray for those who are no longer with us?, Audrey English One thing only I ask you that you remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may be. 8 - Nov 2014 - Anglican: The Ordinariate in Gippsland: the first year The priest and people who are doing the offering are facing the One who receives the offering; thus we stand before the altar positioned ad Orientum facing the Lord leading his people in adoration and worship. 9 - Nov 2014 - Episcopacy: Bishop Anthony Fisher OP appointed Archbishop of Sydney, AD2000 Report Never did I dream that I would be on the other side of the altar one day there at the Cathedral. 10 - Oct 2014 - Pope Francis' pastoral focus in visit to South Korea, AD2000 Report Lay people who serve as lectors during Mass sometimes wear special robes that exalt their presence on the altar while lay members of a church often flock to funerals of non-relatives to offer prayers and hymns. 11 - Sep 2014 - Christian witness in a secular world, Fr Paul Rowse OP Christ the Lord would be up front waiting for us his Bride to reach the altar. 12 - Sep 2014 - Art: The new mural in Sacred Heart Church, Griffith, NSW, Tommy Canning From November 2013 until May 2014 I had the unique privilege of painting the sanctuary wall behind the altar in Sacred Heart Church in the NSW city of Griffith. 13 - Aug 2014 - Books: IN SEARCH OF CARDINAL STEPINAC: A Complete Biography, by Fr Zvonimir Gavranovic, Fr Steven Ledinich Nor was it easy for St Thomas More or St John Fisher and see today they are on the altar. 14 - Aug 2014 - Eyewitness to history: the canonisation of St John Paul II, Wanda Skowronska In the crowd were some colourfully attired Polish mountain people called Grale from Zakopane and I learned that one of them Janek Bukowski had been JPIIs altar server: Oh yes I remember him coming to Zakopane when I was a boy and serving him at the altar. 15 - Jun 2014 - Reflection: Eucharistic adoration: path to union with the Holy Trinity, Bishop James Conley In 1996 Saint Pope John Paul II wrote that when we contemplate him present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar Christ draws near to us and becomes more intimate to us than we are to ourselves. 16 - Jun 2014 - Frassati Australia: dedicated young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey The men also serve regularly at the altar in their parishes in both forms of the Mass the Novus Ordo and the Extraordinary Form the Latin Mass. 17 - Apr 2014 - Events: Holy Week 2014 - Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (1962 Missal) 00pm Solemn Pontifical Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday (18 April) 10. 18 - Feb 2014 - The transforming power of Eucharistic Adoration, Fr Joel Wallace The Churchs mission of love in its transformation of culture as the heart of the world takes place only in the midst of our going to and coming from the Sacrament of the Altar in which we experience a foretaste of the heavenly liturgy. 19 - Nov 2013 - Letters: Three to get married, Cedric Wright ) it was entitled Three To Get Married and was a thought-provoking (and uplifting) reminder of Gods presence - and participation- when we made our marriage vows at the altar. 20 - Oct 2013 - Church of Divine Mercy in Singapore: an amazing discovery, Kazimierz Kozlowski Our attention was drawn to the unusual altar a work of art in itself. 21 - Oct 2013 - Frassati Australia and the New Evangelisation, Fr Paul Chandler These young men also engage regularly in serving at the altar in both forms of the Mass. 22 - Aug 2013 - Letters: Sense of sacred, Cedric Wright In the modern context the shortage of priests dictates that lay persons have to assist in the celebration of Mass as altar servers readers (lectors) and in distributing Holy Communion but there doesnt seem to be any standard of discipline involved. 23 - Aug 2013 - National Assembly: Order of Malta renews and grows, Damian Wyld Many breathed a sigh of relief that the ancient all-night vigil of the aspirant knight before the altar has been dispensed with (although the author must humbly disagree). 24 - Aug 2013 - Sacra Liturgia 2013: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith: interview on liturgy, Zenit News Service Some people said the Council changes were to take the candle from the left side of the altar and put it on the right side of the altar. 25 - Jul 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Fr Kukulkas church St Marys was reconstructed in the 1970s when its two confessionals and communion rail were ripped out and the altar moved. 26 - Jun 2013 - Reflection: Marriage: a reflection of Christ's love for us, Fr Paul Chandler When a man and woman stand at the altar to marry each other it is meant to be a mature act of love something they do with their whole free will with their full heart their mind and their complete personhood. 27 - Jun 2013 - The elephant in the sanctuary, Paul MacLeod The time before and after Mass can mean unrestrained chatter and laughter; the priest may offer the Mass wearing only an alb and stole making him look more like a Protestant minister; homilies become chats interspersed with jokes about the weeks news or some Readers Digest-type pop psychology; the music is we-centred and more suitable to a dance floor; and Communion involves numbers of lay folk standing around the altar as though they are concelebrants helping break Hosts sharing the chalices with one another and approaching the tabernacle (wherever it is) without any genuflection or sign of reverence. 28 - Jun 2013 - Why we need the Rosary, Cedric Wright We were only five or six people but we knelt before the altar and the beautiful statue of Mary and recited the Rosary prayers with joy singing a Marian hymn after each decade accompanied by the organ. 29 - Apr 2013 - News: The Church Around the World He linked this to the fact that he has desired that in the celebration of our Mass there should be a crucifix on the altar. 30 - Feb 2013 - Reflection: The cathedral: symbol of Christ's authoritative teaching, Bishop Michael Kennedy Whilst the cathedra is essential to the Cathedral it is the altar that stands at its centre. 31 - Feb 2013 - Letters: Church unity?, Richard Congram It told the story of a man abused when an altar boy who sued the Sydney archdiocesan trustees for damages unsuccessfully. 32 - Feb 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Christians later discovered his remains and buried them in front of the altar in St Francis Xavier Church which now serves as the Kottar diocesan cathedral. 33 - Nov 2012 - The new evangelisation: restore a sense of the sacred, Andrew Kania As the priest made his way to the altar and spoke through the microphone it became clear why the numbers were so great: Today we celebrate the First Holy Communion of 45 members of our primary school. 34 - Nov 2012 - Hong Kong's Catholic Bishop interviewed Those Catholics also told me to be an altar boy and perhaps join the seminary. 35 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Real Presence, Cedric Wright This Real Presence of Our Lord in the Sacrament of the Altar is the badge of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church . 36 - Aug 2012 - The Virgin Mary's key role in our salvation history, Cedric Wright This surge is best characterised perhaps by an altar cloth in the main chapel at Marian Valley - the official Pauline Fathers shrine of Mary Help of Christians in the forested Queensland Gold Coast hinterland - which is inscribed: To Jesus through Mary! 37 - Jul 2012 - Books: THE FACE OF GOD and THE TRUE ICON, by Paul Badde, Paul MacLeod It is now housed in a reliquary above the altar of the Capuchin monastery there visible to all who visit. 38 - Jul 2012 - Letters: Communion reception, Ken Bayliss However I am pleased to record that at a Requiem Mass I attended last year for a young mother of six children and wife of a young friend many young people chose to receive Holy Communion on the tongue in a kneeling position at the altar rails. 39 - May 2012 - Events: The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite: Sacredness in Continuity The Mass will be celebrated in English ad orientem at the High Altar and with both the Propers and Ordinary of the Mass being sung. 40 - May 2012 - Letters: Genuflection, John Frey If the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is present in the sanctuary the priest and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and when they depart from the sanctuary. 41 - May 2012 - The Church's dogma of transubstantiation, John Young As soon as the priest acting in persona Christi says the words of consecration the glorious body blood soul and divinity of Christ become present on the altar. 42 - Apr 2012 - Events: Holy Week 2012 - Extraordinary Form of the Roman Liturgy (1962 Missal) 00pm Solemn Pontifical Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday (6 April): 10. 43 - Mar 2012 - Letters: Social get-together, Richard Congram Throughout the celebration the very rafters echoed raucous chatter and loud applause after every carol especially vocal solos performed in front of the altar. 44 - Mar 2012 - The Immaculate Conception and the development of doctrine, Bishop Peter J. Elliott The saving power of his merits can reach backwards as well as forwards as we see in the Mass the eternal sacrifice of the altar. 45 - Feb 2012 - Letters: SSPX schools, Ken Bayliss Father Black requested the SSPX choirs to sing the Te Deum at the normal Sunday Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) at which nine altar boys serve. 46 - Feb 2012 - Missionary outreach: Melbourne parish's gifts for a growing Fijian parish, Christopher Akehurst People-rich but assets-poor a Fijian church is now the beneficiary of the generosity of a Melbourne parish priest and an Australian educator which combined with a providential intervention has endowed an expanding parish in Fiji with some beautiful and historic altar vessels. 47 - Feb 2012 - Domus Australia: 'Roots and wings': a little corner of Australia in Rome, Fr Anthony Denton The majority of Australias bishops concelebrated the Mass of Dedication of the new altar presided over by Cardinal George Pell on Sunday 16 October. 48 - Nov 2011 - Reflection: The Church's architecture: faith translated into vision, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Some churches have the altar situated in the middle of the congregation. 49 - Oct 2011 - Letters: Pre-Vatican II, Kevin McManus There is little opportunity for activity of the whole congregation unless as seems likely when there will be only ten or twelve people present at future Sunday Masses: two for readings; two for the Offertory procession; two for extraordinary ministers; two or three for the choir; two or three altar servers. 50 - Aug 2011 - Bishop Conley on the new Missal translation: 'The very words of God', Bishop James Conley Yet how many of our people in the pews - how many of our priests at the altar - feel that they are being lifted up to partake in the heavenly liturgy? 51 - Jul 2011 - Letters: Conscience, John Mulholland In this regard I like Joe Lopez was delighted at the leadership given by the Victorian bishops during the State elections and even more delighted when the priest spoke from the altar area against voting for the Greens. 52 - Jul 2011 - Letters: Lack of vocations, Susanna Vale My friend was not even allowed to serve on the altar at my wedding (Mass in English celebrated by the Administrator in a Toowoomba parish) because he was afraid of what the Bishop would say when ( not if) he was told about it. 53 - Jul 2011 - Universae Ecclesiae: Vatican document strengthens use of the traditional Latin liturgy, Fr Glen Tattersall This means that Communion in the hand lay Ministers of the Eucharist and female altar servers remain forbidden for Extraordinary Form celebrations. 54 - May 2011 - Two million in Rome for beatification of John Paul II, Peter Westmore He led a deep spiritual life praying before the altar for hours every day as well as celebrating Mass reciting the Rosary and having the most intense devotion to Mary the Mother of God to whom he dedicated his pontificate. 55 - Apr 2011 - Events: Holy Week 2011 - St Aloysius, Caulfield North 00pm: Solemn Pontifical Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday (22 April) 10. 56 - Nov 2010 - Letters: Future Church, Tom King Every positive identified by Dr Mobbs is manifest within Fr Jordans stewardship including the immaculately presented and trained altar servers whose ages range from 12 to 30 plus. 57 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott The printing of new missals for the altar and the people is under way a massive project as there is one version for the whole English speaking world. 58 - Aug 2010 - Books: THE CATHOLIC PRIEST IMAGE OF CHRIST: Through Fifteen Centuries of Art, Terri Kelleher The painting (on page 19) is a dynamic depiction of the life of the church - from the young boys serving at the altar the younger appropriately for his age unable to curb his exuberance to the man completely focused on his role to the enclosed nun completely engrossed in receiving holy communion part of her prayer for the day for the whole Church. 59 - Jul 2010 - Trends: The Church in 50 years: John Allen's predictions, Frank Mobbs In Australia evidence for this trend lies in the reluctance of males to become altar servers when they have to serve alongside females. 60 - Jun 2010 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Eucharist: the background to Vatican II's liturgical reforms, Br Barry Coldrey Such people tended to be passive spectators represented by the priest the altar servers and (perhaps) the choir. 61 - Jun 2010 - Missal: New Mass translation: Archbishop Hart interview, Archbishop Denis Hart In the Altar Missal the prayers will be pointed for singing. 62 - May 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass: early centuries to Vatican II, Br Barry Coldrey Meanwhile in a society in which few people were literate relics of the saints were placed around the altar and in due course expensive reliquaries were built causing an overall clutter obscuring the altars essential sacrificial role. 63 - May 2010 - Parish life: A youth apostolate that works, Fr John O'Neill This manifests itself in and is produced by the fact that most of the boys and young men are altar servers and with the girls many are members of the Legion of Mary. 64 - Apr 2010 - Jerusalem: Catholic soldiers' World War I military pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Tom Johnstone The general Weston and the officers had seats in the nave but the choir sanctuary nave aisles were thronged with men some sitting on the ground others standing pressed together so closely that the priests had the greatest difficulty in getting to the altar. 65 - Mar 2010 - Holy Week: Holy Week 2010: Extraordinary Form of the Roman Liturgy (1962 Missal) 00pm Solemn Pontifical Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday (2 April): 10. 66 - Mar 2010 - Conversion: Paul Fitzgerald: my spiritual journey, Paul Fitzgerald Our local parish priest Fr McCarthy was a saintly man and in those days wed kneel at an altar rail and he would walk along and distribute the hosts. 67 - Mar 2010 - Netherlands: Remnants of faith in Europe's most secularised nation, Marina Corradi In the attic are an altar an organ and ten pews to which the faithful came secretly. 68 - Feb 2010 - Books: FIRES OF FAITH: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor, by Eamonn Duffy, Bishop Peter J. Elliott Professor Duffys eye for detail particularly concerning liturgy and devotion is evident in his other masterly works (see The Stripping of the Altars the Voices of Morebath). 69 - Feb 2010 - Foundations of Faith: Celebrating the Eucharist during the early Christian centuries, Br Barry Coldrey There was preparation of the gifts the bread and wine and a procession of the gifts to the altar. 70 - Oct 2009 - Reflection: The Mass: priest and people offer sacrifice, Bishop Edward Slattery From ancient times the position of the priest and the people reflected this understanding of the Mass since the people prayed standing or kneeling in the place that visibly corresponded to Our Lords Body while the priest at the altar stood at the head as he read. 71 - Oct 2009 - Letters: Liturgy reform, Paul Martin This along with the General Instruction on the Roman Missal is printed at the beginning of the altar Missal and is available from other sources. 72 - Sep 2009 - Reflection: The centrality of the tabernacle, Bishop John M. D'Arcy In the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend the Bishop has judged that the tabernacle is normally to be prominently located in the sanctuary of the church along the central axis behind the main altar. 73 - Sep 2009 - The Reformation and England's changing Coronation Oath, Tom Johnstone When the king had read the oath aloud a written copy of the declaration was laid on the altar. 74 - Aug 2009 - Priesthood: Benedict XVI's Letter to priests: follow example of the Curé of Ars This deep personal identification with the Sacrifice of the Cross led him from the altar to the confessional. 75 - Aug 2009 - News: The Church Around the World During the reconstruction of the Basilica destroyed by a fire in 1823 two marble plaques dating from the time of Pope Leo the Great (440-461) containing the barely visible inscription Paolo Apostolo Mart (Paul the Apostle Martyr) were discovered beneath the confessio altar. 76 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Prayers after Mass, Ken Bayliss The priest then said Mass assisted by altar boys still facing the altar. 77 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World These are the extended Mass for the Vigil of Pentecost the additional dismissals at the end of Mass the deletion of the Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children from being printed in the altar Missal (as instructed by the Holy Father) a Prayer over the gifts for September 8 and Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ordinary time and the more recent feasts of St Pio of Pietrelcina (23 September) St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (9 December) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 December). 78 - Jun 2009 - Cardinal Pell's UK interview: Liturgy, Missal translation, World Youth Day, Luke Coppen Between the priest and the people in front of the altar? 79 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Active Catholics?, Rev Edward P. Evans Yet Kennedy has allowed a statue of Buddha to be placed in front of the altar. 80 - Apr 2009 - Events: Holy Week 2009 - Traditional liturgy in Melbourne 00pm Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight. 81 - Feb 2009 - News: The Church Around the World It is seen as an occasion to shake the hands of our friends when in reality it is a way of saying to the one next to us that the peace of Christ truly present on the altar is also for all mankind. 82 - Dec 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI's Christmas homily: how God became a child for us, Pope Benedict XVI Thus for the Fathers the manger of the animals became the symbol of the altar on which lies the Bread which is Christ himself: the true food for our hearts. 83 - Dec 2008 - 'Catholic literature': what does this mean?, David Birch What of their contemporary Cardinal Wiseman who was laid at his birth on the High Altar of Seville Cathedral in the Catholic country whose Armadas defeat England has made part of its iconic post- reformation identity and who on that Altar had been dedicated by his mother to a life in the Catholic Church? 84 - Nov 2008 - Letters: Rebel church in South Brisbane, Bob Osmak In 2004 the Archbishop had written to the parish about its invalid baptisms and other problems cited over time have included women preaching the blessing of homosexual couples gay and lesbian choir practices inside the church irregular prayers used during Masses and the presence of a Buddhist statue in front of the altar. 85 - Nov 2008 - What happened then: what matters now - Swithun Wells, martyr of England, Rosemary Lucadou-Wells There they made their home on Grays Inn Road and their dwelling housed an altar where the Mass was celebrated for hungry souls. 86 - Oct 2008 - Response: Archbishop Bathersby's concerns over rebel Brisbane parish, Michael Gilchrist Earlier this year matters came to a head when a statue of Buddha was placed in front of the altar at St Marys prompting letters of complaint to the Archbishop and to the Vatican. 87 - Sep 2008 - Letters: Buddha in church (letter), E. Makaus The presence of a statue of Buddha in front of the altar in a Catholic church (Richard Stokes July AD2000) coupled with a choir under the banner of homosexuality is indeed reprehensible and surely calls for strong episcopal action. 88 - Sep 2008 - Vatican: Restoration work completed near tomb of St Peter Peter was brought to the point where at present the papal altar is erected. 89 - Sep 2008 - Foundations of Faith: Priesthood and the sacraments: Divine help for eternal salvation, Br Barry Coldrey Christ becomes present in the Sacrament of the Altar by the transformation of the bread into his body and of the whole substance of the wine into his blood. 90 - Jul 2008 - Reflection: The Real Presence: 'an essential element of the deposit of faith', Bishop Arthur Serratelli Does he give his Body and Blood to believers around the altar today? 91 - Jul 2008 - Letters: Buddha in church in South Brisbane, Richard Stokes Readers of this journal will find this quite incredible but at the time of writing a statue of Buddha is back in front of the altar at St Marys Church South Brisbane after being previously removed from this position by concerned parishioners. 92 - Jul 2008 - WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008: Juventutem Australia: young people devoted to the traditional liturgy, Alice Woolven The name Juventutem derives from the prayer at the foot of the altar Introibo ad altare Dei. 93 - Jun 2008 - Letters: Contraception, Tim Coyle I can fondly remember the bulging numbers of 1957 with many standing at the back at the 10am Sunday Mass in our parish church when the Missa de Angelis was sung by the congregation and Communion was received kneeling at the altar rails. 94 - May 2008 - Letters: Receiving Communion, Charles Haber A few days ago while serving at Mass (I am an altar server) I noticed an individual acting suspiciously after taking the Host in his hand and proceeding to leave the church. 95 - May 2008 - Letters: Altar rails, John Murray I would like to congratulate the writer of the article Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails? 96 - May 2008 - Letters: Church architecture, Terry Parkhouse This Easter we had altar rails installed. 97 - May 2008 - Summorum Pontificum: Benedict XVI's Latin Mass document: a parish priest's response, Fr Andrew Wise This is an active participation centred on a contemplative engagement of heart and mind with the unfathomable mystery of Christs love and self- giving taking place upon the altar. 98 - May 2008 - Two changes: Bishop Jarrett explains upcoming Mass changes, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett You will now be asked to stand at the moment the priest returns to the centre of the altar after washing his hands and invites you to pray: Pray brethren that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God the Almighty Father. 99 - Apr 2008 - Letters: Unwarranted changes, John McLaren I was pleased to read the article titled Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails? 100 - Apr 2008 - WYDSYD08: World Youth Day Sydney: look for the wider trend, Joanna Bogle Images from Cologne show a scholarly Papa speaking of sacred things in a measured voice and of a million glittering candles as night falls and the Blessed Sacrament is on a glowing altar high on a hill. 101 - Mar 2008 - Letters: 'Re-ordered' churches, Brian Tooley Casseys article Removal of altar rails not authorised by Vatican II it would have reawakened in them the pain sadness and desolation that has occurred since the re-ordering of many of our beautiful churches. 102 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Altar rails, Corinne O'Loughlin Regarding the removal of altar rails from churches I agree with M. 103 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Liturgical abuses, Dennis Macdonald Likewise the priest is required to complete the Eucharistic Sacrifice himself by receiving the Body and Blood of Christ before distributing Communion to the Extraordinary Ministers and altar servers and yet at the Cathedral simultaneous Communion is regularly practised. 104 - Mar 2008 - Easter: The Sacred Triduum in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (1962 Missal) 00pm: Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday 21st March 3. 105 - Mar 2008 - Recovering the sacred in modern church architecture, Moyra Doorly Inside the people gather round the plain and unadorned altar having hardly noticed as they passed the Tabernacle and the message is the same. 106 - Feb 2008 - Books: NO PLACE FOR GOD: The Denial of the Transcendent in Modern Church Architecture, Tony Evans Uglification The traditional interior of St Josephs in Bunhill London for example was reordered in 1970 stripped of its altar and furnishings in favour of a bare modernist sanctuary and then restored to its former appearance in the 1990s by a more conservative priest. 107 - Dec 2007 - Events: Latin Masses for Christmas in Caulfield and Kew January workshops in service at the Altar Gregorian Chant and Latin: please contact us. 108 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Pope's Masses, Paul Martin But the fact that the concelebrants were facing the altar does not necessarily mean that the rite being celebrated was the Tridentine one. 109 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Latin Mass, Carol V. Phillips The new priest took away the kneelers that the previous PP had placed at the front of the altar for those who preferred (like me) to receive Holy Communion kneeling. 110 - Dec 2007 - Architecture: Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails?, M. Cassey Since Vatican II churches everywhere have undergone extensive renovations at the hands of liturgical experts whose seemingly innocuous first step of sanctuary re-ordering was the code word for the removal of altar rails and all that followed. 111 - Nov 2007 - Architecture: How a Sydney parish church was restored, John O'Brien The front altar was constructed on a timber carpeted platform. 112 - Oct 2007 - Sacred space: Sydney seminar promotes improved church architecture and art, John O'Brien For further details of the Architects Association contact John OBrien (email available from AD2000) or Fr Timothy Deeter Director the Liturgy Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney Art says Benedict XVI in his recent Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist Sacramentum Caritatis should play a key role especially in church architecture which should highlight the unity of the furnishings of the sanctuary such as the altar the crucifix the tabernacle the ambo and the celebrants chair offering a fitting space for the celebration of the mysteries of faith especially the Eucharist. 113 - Jul 2007 - Reflection: Bishop Robert Finn on what it means to be a Catholic priest, Bishop Robert Finn For by your ministry the spiritual sacrifice of the faithful will be made perfect being united to the sacrifice of Christ which will be offered through your hands in an unbloody way on the altar in union with the faithful in the celebration of the sacraments. 114 - Jul 2007 - Education: New Wagga Wagga schools take their 'leap of faith', Bill Andrews Students from Christ the King Boys College are altar servers at this Mass. 115 - Jul 2007 - Pastoral Plan: Cardinal Pell's blueprint for the future in the Sydney Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist The Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission will research produce and distribute a booklet to assist in the training of altar servers by June 2008; develop and circulate to all parishes archdiocesan policy concerning the role of music in the liturgy by December 2008; and develop and circulate to all parishes a repertoire of approved music for use in the liturgy by June 2009. 116 - Jun 2007 - Reflection: Pentecost, the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist, Fr Dennis Byrnes Benedict XVI in his Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis states: The Spirit invoked by the celebrant upon the gifts of bread and wine placed on the altar is the same Spirit who gathers the faithful into one body and makes of them a spiritual offering pleasing to the Father (29). 117 - May 2007 - Reflection: Teaching children about the Eucharist, Audrey English A teacher who speaks the language of the believer should have no difficulty communicating some understanding of the drama taking place on the altar. 118 - May 2007 - Books: The Heresy Of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy, by Martin Mosebach, Tim Cannon His passion derives from a clearly evident and devout love of the Mass and particularly of its culmination in the sacrifice of the altar the sacrament of the Eucharist. 119 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania The Bernese completed their work by denuding the chapel burning all its wooden statues and destroying the altar along with the stained-glass window behind it. 120 - May 2007 - Documents: Benedict XVI's new document on the Eucharist - Sacramentum Caritatis, Michael Gilchrist Art says Benedict should play a key role especially church architecture which should highlight the unity of the furnishings of the sanctuary such as the altar the crucifix the tabernacle the ambo and the celebrants chair offering the Church a fitting space for the celebration of the mysteries of faith especially the Eucharist. 121 - Apr 2007 - Letters: Catholic atmosphere, Stuart Paterson The display of pictures of Jesus and Mary in classrooms talks on the meaning of different feast days encouragement of altar serving explanations of the vestments and objects used during Mass and encouragement of daily prayer would all build the right religious climate. 122 - Mar 2007 - The changing panorama of Victoria's historic 'Rupertswood', Michael Moore These six candelabra now used in the Reception Centre once adorned the high altar in the chapel. 123 - Mar 2007 - Catholicism flourishes in South Korea, Richard Stokes Every two or three months I would notice a group of about 30 adults standing before the altar during Mass. 124 - Feb 2007 - Books: TREASURE IN CLAY: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist He recalled that as an altar server aged eight at one of the local Bishops Masses he dropped the wine cruet on the marble floor of the sanctuary. 125 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Latin Mass, John Gariano And why not let the altar boy say the responses? 126 - Feb 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News St Pauls tomb uncovered An Italian archeologist has uncovered the tomb of St Paul underneath the altar of the Roman basilica of St Paul- outside-the-Walls. 127 - Dec 2006 - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: the Montessori method for RE, Anne Delsorte While some may be looking at a book dusting a shelf polishing a wooden item or watering the plants in the surrounds others may be engaging in a liturgical activity such as setting up the model altar laying out the liturgical colours meditating on a moment/ gesture from the Mass or working with the vestments. 128 - Nov 2006 - Education: The Spirit of Generation Y: the challenge for Catholic schools, Cardinal George Pell Once or twice in par- ishes I have found that all the teenage altar servers have been from such non-Catholic schools but Anglican chaplains have explained that most Catholics in their schools are not excessively committed to the devotion of the fifty-two consecutive Sunday Masses. 129 - Sep 2006 - Reflection: Cardinal Arinze on the need for Eucharistic reverence, Cardinal Francis Arinze The Holy Eucharist is the Body and the Blood Divinity and Humanity of Christ the whole Christ present on our altars when the august words of consecration are pronounced. 130 - Sep 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Benedict XVIs challenge to altar servers Pope Benedict XVI used much of his General Audience on 2 August to greet the thousands of altar servers who were visiting Rome as part of the international pilgrimage of altar servers sponsored by Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium. 131 - Jun 2006 - Letters: Disturbing exhibit, Veronica Sidhu One exhibit I found particularly disturbing was a television set placed on the mensa of one of the beautiful side altars. 132 - Jun 2006 - Liturgy: Catholics at prayer: why we stand and kneel, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM The author of De Ecclesiatica Hierarchia (500AD) commenting on the ordination of priests wrote in terms familiar to our Rite of Ordination that the approach to the holy altar and their prostrating themselves makes clear to all who are admitted to holy orders that they must submit their personal lives entirely to God from whom they receive their consecration as priests. 133 - Jun 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Retreats sodalities and altar serving had all helped to boost the number of seminarians he said. 134 - May 2006 - Letters: Liturgical abuses, Rosanna Sherman Much has been written over the years with regard to liturgical abuses and we are all experts in what should or should not take place on the altar during Mass. 135 - May 2006 - Catholicism-lite's Church of convenience, Paul A. Wagner Fortunately people were able to react quickly to this mishap since few were paying attention to the altar (more fashionably referred to as the table). 136 - Apr 2006 - Events: Holy Week 2006: Classical Roman Rite in Melbourne 30pm Mass of the Lords Supper with adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight Good Friday (14 April) 10. 137 - Mar 2006 - The distribution of Holy Communion past and present: an historical survey, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM As a matter of fact Paulinus of Nola had an altar in his chamber so that he could offer Mass up until his death. 138 - Mar 2006 - Vocations: Dominican Sisters: religious vocations continue to rise in Nashville, Tracey Rowland Every evening at the end of the Office the entire Congregation chants the Salve Regina while walking in procession to a side altar dedicated to Our Lady. 139 - Feb 2006 - Reflection: The hidden treasure of the Holy Mass, St Leonard of Port Maurice The sacrifice of the altar however is an unbloody sacrifice which can be repeated throughout all ages and was instituted in order to apply to each of us the universal atonement which Christ made for us on Calvary. 140 - Feb 2006 - Liturgical Music: The spiritual impact of Msgr. Richard Schuler's priestly leadership and example, Fr John T. Zuhlsdorf On the other side of the globe Msgr Schuler adopted a relatively simple approach: celebrate Mass not just well but with splendour promote and defend service at the altar by boys and young men only provide sound preaching hear confessions provide ample occasions for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament look and act like a priest by wearing a cassock or black suit at every Sunday Mass have the whole congregation kneel and recite a prayer for vocations and when men show interest in the priesthood keep the rectory door open and the coffee on. 141 - Feb 2006 - Education: Catholic Church and her schools face a 'wake-up call', Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett It looks or should look to no other centre of its existence than that on which all parish life is focussed: the altar of the parish church where the Eucharistic Christ gathers his people and leads them in the worship of the eternal Father. 142 - Feb 2006 - Cardinal Arinze on the Liturgy: the Mass is not entertainment, Cardinal Francis Arinze Indeed it is very demanding the altar facing the people. 143 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Church architecture, Barry Ireland His site plan included removal of the high altar demolition and removal of the sanctuary sidelining of the tabernacle to an unspecified location replacement of the existing altar with one only 1. 144 - Dec 2005 - Letters: Vatican II myths, Peter D. Howard For the English Mass the priest faced the tabernacle for the Liturgy of the Eucharist and communicants received Our Blessed Lord while kneeling at the altar rails. 145 - Dec 2005 - The Eucharist: gift of an interventionist God, Chris Hilder Body and blood separated on the altar signify Christ on the Cross just when the last drop of blood drained from his body. 146 - Dec 2005 - Formation: St John Vianney's blueprint for the priesthood back in favour, Fr John Cihak He even used his own money to purchase a new altar and statuary. 147 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch Then I saw that rather than pews there were rows of chairs in a semi-circle around the central altar. 148 - Nov 2005 - Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ, Christine McCarthy In these days during this Year of the Eucharist we will turn with the same awe to Christ present in the Tabernacle of mercy in the Sacrament of the Altar (Message to Young People Rhine River 18 August 2005). 149 - Nov 2005 - Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish During the Liturgy of the Eucharist the priest faced the tabernacle while Communion was received kneeling at altar rails. 150 - Oct 2005 - Reflection: What the early Church tells us about the celebration of Mass, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM This was the view of the 16th century Protestants whose new churches did away with the altar and the tabernacle in the apse replacing them with a huge pulpit from which the Scriptures were read and explained at great length by Bible preachers who had replaced the sacrificial priests of the Catholic Church. 151 - Oct 2005 - Books: Your Life is Worth Living: The Christian Philosophy of Life, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist The priest is only the instrument of Christ Himself at the altar. 152 - Oct 2005 - Letters: Sacrifice of the Mass, A. Bono A sense of the sacred - so lacking in many Mass celebrations these days - was very much in evidence with the priest facing east along with the congregation towards the altar Gregorian Chant kneeling at the altar rails for Communion and receiving on the tongue. 153 - Oct 2005 - Letters: A treasured priest: Fr William Ross, Tom King The altar servers were immaculate in dress and deportment with prayerful reverence. 154 - Sep 2005 - Can reverence at Mass make a comeback?, Michael Ryan It is much easier for a child to believe that God is present on the altar if the setting is physically special if the demeanour of older children and adults is reverential and if the priest takes evident care to clean the vessels and consume the residue of the body and blood of Christ . 155 - Jul 2005 - Living Stones: Church architecture: can a sense of the sacred be recovered?, Christian Xavier Entering the nave of the church one quickly notices the resurrected Christ on the main cross above the altar the absence of kneelers the neon lights installed inside the glass tabernacle the holy water trickling down from a chain hanging from the ceiling the sanctuary lower than the people the majority of the walls constructed of glass the baptismal font resembling nothing other than a lap pool and the whole structure generally shaped like a theatre. 156 - Jun 2005 - Reflection: Cardinal Nguyen van Thuan: witness to the priesthood and Eucharist, Fr Dennis Byrnes The late Cardinals sister tells the story of a gift her brother presented to her after his release from prison: a faded candy box which had served as his precious Catholic Vietnamese altar during his 14 years in jail. 157 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Sanity?, Tom King The four immaculately uniformed altar servers were a credit to themselves and their tutor. 158 - Jun 2005 - He was my Pope, too: a Lutheran's appreciation of John Paul II, Uwe Siemon-Netto Why did he not permit the ordination of married men when in many parts of the world especially France octogenarian priests serve 20 or more altars because of the churchs vocation crisis? 159 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Talking in Church, Judith McRae He walks back and forth along the foot of the altar and one has time to consume the sacred host before returning to ones seat. 160 - Apr 2005 - Events: Carnivale Christi returning to Sydney with an Easter theme, Liz Arblaster and Anthony McCarthy Benediction on the main altar of the Cathedral will close the three-day spectacle. 161 - Apr 2005 - Exploding myths about the 'pre-Vatican II' Church, John Young It is alleged there was a deplorable absence of active participation in the Mass with each individual saying his or her own prayers and paying little attention to what was happening on the altar. 162 - Apr 2005 - News: The Church Around the World A second excavation under the main altar of the basilica brought the Vatican team to the sarcophagus which was located on what would have been ground level for the original 4th-century building. 163 - Mar 2005 - A young Catholic's encounter with Latin at Chavagnes International College, Alexander Morrison However at the college we were presented with something different: the priest faces East during the Mass towards the altar and apart from the readings all the ceremony is in Latin. 164 - Mar 2005 - Events: Holy Week Celebrations - Classical Roman Rite 30pm: Mass of the Lords Supper and Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight. 165 - Feb 2005 - Books: Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) In his foreword to Turning Towards the Lord Cardinal Ratzinger writes: To the ordinary churchgoer the two most obvious effects of the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council seem to be the disappearance of Latin and the turning of the altars towards the people. 166 - Dec 2004 - New Evangelisation: Rebuilding a lost Faith, Fr John Walter She told me that he had fond memories of serving Mass as my altar boy at class Masses and was wanting to make his confession as he used to when he was at primary school. 167 - Nov 2004 - Letters: The Passion of the Christ (letter), Arnold Jago I believe Jesus is present on the altar at Mass. 168 - Nov 2004 - Deer Park: Transforming our secular culture: the role of women, Marcia Riordan Prayer and reflection nights with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament a homily from Fr Newton rosary and confessions with the chapel set in semi-darkness with extra (bees wax) candles on the altar have proved popular with the young participants. 169 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Ceremonies Of The Roman Rite Described, Fortescue,O'Connell, Alcuin Reid, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott The challenge to us all today is to celebrate every Catholic liturgy Western or Eastern with such a sense of the wondrous and divine mystery of the altar. 170 - Oct 2004 - Letters: Ghana: help needed (letter), Name and address supplied He has written that he is wanting to build a very big altar in his community and needs help with the following items. 171 - Oct 2004 - The Pope's Encyclical on the Eucharist, Sr Mary Augustine OP In that profound mystery which is the Church the Eucharist that self-emptying sacrifice of Christ represented on the altar throughout history is reflected in a very tangible way by the self-emptying sacrifice of those men and women who throughout the Churchs history have given themselves up to God in close imitation of the Saviours life of poverty chastity and obedience and in union with His redeeming act of love and mercy. 172 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November The stained glass window behind the altar shows Our Lady Help of Christians. 173 - Sep 2004 - Morwell: Vatican decision backs parish priests who uphold Church teachings, Michael Gilchrist The Vatican Congregation found that Father Speekman following his appointment as parish priest in Morwell in 2000 encountered numerous irregularities in pastoral and sacramental practice which included: (1) the distribution of Communion to all patients in a hospital located in the parish whether they were Catholic or non-Catholic; (2) the habit on the part of parish lectors of independently changing the language of Scriptural readings to include gender-inclusive language; (3) the reception of Communion by persons in irregular marriages; (4) the use of altar servers who were not Catholic; and (5) various other liturgical abuses. 174 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Parish concerns (letter), Peter Gilet I have seen a birthday book which is borne aloft to the altar at the Offertory and whose birthdays are then read out. 175 - Jul 2004 - Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett What joy and peace that cannot be taken from us are to be experienced when we find ourselves at last heart to heart with the Love that drives the universe right there on the altar at Mass and day and night hidden humbly in the Tabernacle the living heart of our churches. 176 - Jun 2004 - Letter: Signs of hope (letter), Daniel Attard My generation has been placed at the mercy of the leaders of the previous generation both secular and religious who instead of being guided by Christian values and Catholic doctrine knelt down before the altar of political correctness and extreme feminism (how dare we refer to God as He). 177 - May 2004 - News: The Church Around the World Elsewhere in his Letter the Holy Father appealed to parish communities and priests in particular to show special care for altar servers who make up a garden of priestly vocations: The group of altar servers under your guidance as part of the parish community can be given a valuable experience of Christian education and become a kind of pre-seminary. 178 - May 2004 - New liturgy document: Rome affirms right of laity to complain about abuses, Michael Gilchrist The vessels are to be cleansed at the altar or credence table after Communion or after Mass (i. 179 - Apr 2004 - Priestly Fraternity of St Peter - Holy Week 2004 30pm Mass of the Lords Supper with Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight. 180 - Apr 2004 - Books: Archbishop Hart launches new book on Dr Mannix - Daniel Mannix: Wit and Wisdom, Archbishop Dennis Hart There are many references to the Archbishops sense of humour whether it was lightly tapping on the head the altar servers seated on the steps of his throne at Tenebrae when they fell asleep; or in the light of the many discussions with Father Billy Mangan a patriotic empire-minded priest who wanted to serve as Chaplain on the troop ship Ballarat soon to depart for the war zone. 181 - Mar 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004 95 New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church Ferdinand Holbck In this second volume of a series the lives and deaths struggles and triumphs of those raised to the honours of the altar by Pope John Paul II are briefly portrayed. 182 - Feb 2004 - Modern church design: 'Spank the architect!', Paul Mees One (nameless) inner-city parish recently demolished its beautiful high altar side altars communion rails and pulpit and removed the remaining statues. 183 - Sep 2003 - Letters: New Mass (letter), Philip Robinson A Mass celebrated in a battle zone on a makeshift altar or in a humble country church can be as efficacious as a Solemn High Mass celebrated on the High Altar of a Cathedral with Gregorian Chant. 184 - Sep 2003 - Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB Apart from the fact that this innovation was based on flawed and antiquarian archaeological assumptions (see Msgr Klaus Gamber The Reform of the Roman Liturgy) and that it fractured the tradition of both the Christian East and West which kept the altar and its attendant Eucharistic rituals at least at one remove from public gaze thereby underlining the utter otherness and sanctity of the Blessed Eucharist it brought about an expectation that participation in the Liturgy ought to be immediate with nothing concealed or distant thereby eroding at least one of those few mysterious elements of the characteristically sober Roman rite. 185 - Aug 2003 - Church architecture: overcoming iconoclasts and cult of ugliness, Larry Henderson Then out go the sanctuary crucifix altar rails tabernacle even the sanctuary light. 186 - Jul 2003 - Letters: Catholic heritage (letter), Sue Russell Often Catholics who have left the practice of their Faith for years are shocked on their return to find the tabernacle relegated to a side chapel instead of its distinguished place at the centre of the high altar. 187 - Jul 2003 - Homily: Bicentenary Mass celebrated in Sydney, Archbishop George Pell James Dempsey and Father Dixon had been friends in Ireland and the crucifix and candles on the altar today were those used at that first official Mass passed down through five generations of the Dempsey family and now on a long-term loan with the Cathedral. 188 - Jun 2003 - Reflection: Church scandals: focus on the message, not just the messengers, Fr Kevin Brannelly Although we have heard the Word of God have prayed and meditated on it and approach the altar of God to receive Christs risen Body and Blood in the Eucharist we nevertheless still sin. 189 - May 2003 - Reflection: St Francis on individual confession and receiving Holy Communion, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM Then to all friars he wrote: Our whole being should be seized with fear the whole world should tremble and Heaven should rejoice when Christ the Son of the living God is present on the altar in the hands of the priest. 190 - May 2003 - Language: The forgotten language of adoration of God - through words and actions, Audrey English Our response has to be from the heart from an interior disposition whereby we offer ourselves in union with Christ on the altar. 191 - May 2003 - Architecture: 'Re-ordered' and 'new' churches - symptoms of a wider spiritual malaise, Marie Cassey Many new churches continue to be designed in a very different way with plain slabs of wood and stone large empty spaces a central butchers block altar and no recognisable faces or figures on the walls plinths or in niches (indeed there are no plinths or niches to speak of! 192 - May 2003 - Liturgy: Latvia shows the way on liturgical renewal, Cardinal Janis Pujats But even today after we are finished talking to the people we turn to the altar to prepare the elements and so forth. 193 - Apr 2003 - Our Lady of Peace: one American parish's successful formula, Arthur J. Brew As I looked to the altar I saw the object of their adoration the monstrance containing the exposed Blessed Sacrament centred above the altar on a pedestal with a drawn golden curtain. 194 - Mar 2003 - Books: Human Cloning And Human Dignity: Report of the President's Council on Bioethics, Bill Muehlenberg As the report says in one place we must not unduly shackle science but neither must we worship at its altar. 195 - Mar 2003 - Liturgy: The Mass is the same sacrifice as the Cross, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott They say that Catholics believe he is re-crucified by the priest on the altar so our Mass is a blasphemous repetition of the once-and-for-all sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. 196 - Mar 2003 - Sydney Archdiocese RE test: behind one school's success story, Michael Gilchrist In fact Never over the past 23 years has there been any shortage of altar servers from among the young lads in the primary school. 197 - Feb 2003 - Letters: Teaching the truth (letter), Dennis MacDonald Keane does this by quoting Groome himselfs boasting how he used his catechetical method to lead members of a parish altar society to change their position of support for the Churchs teaching on the non-ordination of women to the priesthood to one of opposition to it. 198 - Feb 2003 - Liturgy: The sacrifice of the Mass: the Eucharistic words of Christ, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Hence we see why the Church teaches that each Mass literally makes Calvary and Easter present here among us at the altar. 199 - Nov 2002 - Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva canonised at Papal Mass in Rome, AD2000 Report More than 400 ecclesiastical authorities were seated to the left of the altar including cardinals archbishops and bishops representatives of different Church movements and superiors of religious orders. 200 - Oct 2002 - Catholic liturgy in the 21st century: major challenges facing the Church, Fr Peter Williams Do the altar ambo chair and other furnishings have integrity in design and fabrication? 201 - Aug 2002 - Reflection: What Catholics should expect of their priests: men 'clothed in holiness', Fr Fabian Duggan OSB These words may have subconsciously suggested the title of this essay which tells of the holiness every Catholic priest is expected to wear like a suit of clothes both on and off the altar. 202 - Aug 2002 - Books: Dynamics Of World History, by Christopher Dawson, Michael Lynch Given the propensity of many in our own time to bow down to the altar of progress and worldly wisdom and the steep learning curve we are currently facing in regard to the world and in particular the media these reflections are timely. 203 - Jul 2002 - Books: The Modern Rite, by Mgr Klaus Gamber, Fr Peter Joseph The topics covered include: the orientation of the altar and Mass facing the people; the problem of the vernacular; the reform of the calendar; Communion in the hand; the antiquity of the doctrine of the Mass as a sacrifice; participation by the laity; liturgical continuity. 204 - Jul 2002 - Letters: Missal translation (letter), Philip Robinson Deletions: the prayers at the foot of the altar the Confiteor prior to Communion and the last Gospel. 205 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe This is to be found in the lecture-theatre style tiered seating which raises the congregation up above the altar. 206 - Jul 2002 - Events: The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art 1500-1800, Francis Young The Guardian Angel by Pietro Berrettini (1596-1669) Pietro da Cortona was commissioned to make a huge Guardian Angel altar painting in 1656 by Pope Alexander VII moved by the writings of St Francis de Sales the great bishop of Geneva. 207 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman Judging strictly by appearances it was clear that it would take more than new altar linens to bring about a renewal in peoples faith. 208 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Bare churches (letter), Ned Haliburton The test case of the new iconoclasm came in 1984 when Bishop Dennis Browne called in a bulldozer to St Patricks Cathedral Auckland to remove the high altar and rip out the pews and kneelers while statues and icons considered a distraction to prayer were replaced on the walls with placards and posters. 209 - Apr 2002 - Melbourne TMC: The rights and responsibilities of laity in the Catholic Church, Archbishop Denis Hart The Vatican Council taught in Lumen Gentium that every lay Catholic shares in the priestly office of making the world holy and offering it up to the Father just as the consecrated priest offers up the Body and Blood of the Lord on the altar. 210 - Mar 2002 - Thoughts of a recent convert to Catholicism, Rett Peaden Until then I had only gone to the altar to receive a blessing. 211 - Mar 2002 - 'Liturgiam Authenticam', ICEL and the need for improved Mass translations, Anna Silvas Doctrinally speaking this is an extraordinary blunder - if blunder it was - since we have on the altar the Body and Blood of the Lord. 212 - Mar 2002 - News: The Church Around the World Fides News Service Female altar servers Vatican document clarifies their status In an English-language document the Vatican has said bishops cannot require their priests to use female altar servers. 213 - Dec 2001 - St Vitus Cathedral, Prague, and Europe's Christian heritage, Stephen W. Carson Built on the site of a 929AD cathedral (in turn built on the site of a heathen altar) the current cathedral was begun in 1344 and not completed until 1929! 214 - Nov 2001 - Winter school: Evangelising in a "post-pagan" culture, Fr Anthony Mastroeni The story goes that towards the end of his pontificate Pope Leo XIII was offering Mass in his private chapel with his secretary as altar server. 215 - Sep 2001 - The John Paul II Cultural Centre opens in Washington DC, Alex Sidhu The tomb was discovered during excavations undertaken last century and is located under the main altar of St Peters Basilica in Rome. 216 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Correct statement (letter), Elizabeth Carr Would you please publish in your magazine whether what is stated in the letter (Altar) from Stuart J. 217 - Aug 2001 - Denver Archdiocese: the future of Catholicism, David Scott Roaming from mining camps to shanty towns celebrating Mass on a makeshift altar in the back of a horse-drawn buggy Denvers first bishop in 1887 was an adventuresome Frenchman Joseph Machebeuf close friend of the legendary evangelist of the American Southwest Jean Baptiste Lamy. 218 - Jul 2001 - Letters: Ballarat Diocese (letter), Peter Jenkins The Bishops approach it appears derives from the same thinking as inspired an attempt three years ago to remove the Cathedrals beautiful high altar and install a Baptist-type pool in the middle of the sanctuary. 219 - Jul 2001 - News: The Church Around the World The plan calls for moving the altar closer to the people and exchanging pews for chairs that would encircle the new set-up. 220 - Jun 2001 - Letters: Altar (letter), Stuart J. Blackwood In his letter Altar? 221 - May 2001 - Letters: Altar? (letter), D.I. Davies Vatican II document IV Altar item 262 states Normally a church should have a fixed and dedicated altar freestanding away from any wall so that the priest can walk all around it and can celebrate facing the people. 222 - May 2001 - Letters: Eucharistic Congress (letter), Basil Lane I have a medal from it being honoured to be chief altar boy at a childrens Mass celebrated by the late Bishop Barry of Goulburn. 223 - Apr 2001 - Letters: Stations of the Cross (letter), Charles Bignold On our travels my wife and I have seen many beautiful churches and cathedrals in all States - some with beautiful altars complete with statues of angels and saints and altar rails left in place with just a gap in the middle. 224 - Apr 2001 - US parishioners more outspoken about church "renovations", Zenit News Service A month after she married Ramon Shimmons in 1998 a renovation plan was announced that would move the altar forward and remove the Communion rail. 225 - Mar 2001 - Reflection: Liturgy in the true spirit of Vatican II, Ralph McInerny For most Catholics the Council simply is those changes - the priest and altar turned toward the people the Liturgy of the Word and the Canon of the Mass in the vernacular and an indisputable diminution of reverence as participation by the faithful has become understood in exclusively active and outspoken ways. 226 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello With evident similarities to the Montessori teaching method the child is introduced to the items found within the walls of a church: the altar lectern tabernacle crucifix and so on. 227 - Dec 2000 - News: The Church Around the World A reply dated 25 September and signed by Cardinal Jorge Medina Estvez Prefect of the Congregation indicated that the word expedit in the Latin text of the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal does not constitute an obligation but a suggestion that refers to the construction of the altar. 228 - Nov 2000 - New lay apostolate: Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus, Barry O'Brien At an appropriate time during Mass Fr Tobin invited all those who had indicated an interest in the Confraternity and its aims to come forward and stand around the front of the altar. 229 - Oct 2000 - Contentious Social Justice Statement on women's participation published, Michael Gilchrist As altar girls appear in greater numbers so have altar boys vanished from many sanctuaries. 230 - Sep 2000 - The 'Statement of Conclusions' and liturgy: what needs to be done, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Are there trained and rostered altar servers with a good parish Cm? 231 - Sep 2000 - Rome's International Eucharistic Congress: 'an unforgettable week', Christine McCarthy The Eucharist in the tabernacle he said is worthy of the same veneration as the Eucharist on the altar during Mass. 232 - Sep 2000 - Rome calls for new emphasis on the sacred at Mass, AD2000 Report It also makes it clear that the priest deacon and other ministers on the sanctuary should genuflect towards the tabernacle when they approach or leave the altar but not towards the tabernacle during the celebration of Mass itself. 233 - Jul 2000 - Family Mission Novena: Australian response to Jubilee 2000 On the final night it took Father seven minutes to reach his confessional from the altar so besieged was he by the people wanting to express their thanks and joy. 234 - May 2000 - Letters: Archbishop Pell defended (letter), Fr Kevin Ryan Another inaccuracy was that mixed marriages were performed in those days behind the altar. 235 - May 2000 - What are the foundations of a good Catholic education?, Dr. John J. Haldane It is much easier for a child to believe that God is present on the altar if the setting is physically special if the demeanour of older children and adults is reverential and if the priest later takes evident care to clean the vessels and consume the residue of the body and blood of Christ. 236 - May 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Earlier Bishop Foleys had barred the celebrating of televised Masses facing the altar (as was occurring on Mother Angelicas EWTN which is located in Birmingham). 237 - Apr 2000 - Should the Church apologise?, Fr Colin Barker It culminated in the enshrining of the Goddess of Reason on the High Altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as the sign that Christianity had been surpassed by something greater - Human Reason. 238 - Mar 2000 - Education: Religious education: putting the emphasis back on God, Br John Moylan CFC Some tried and true methods among many others used in the past include making the liturgical year a highlight in the classroom and home clear thorough and tested knowledge of doctrines prayers Church and Bible history etc the use of aspirations devotional practices inspiring stories of the saints on their feast days the use of the initials AMDG (Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam) at the top of each page punctuating the school day with set prayer every hour and the bringing of flowers for Our Ladys altar. 239 - Mar 2000 - Priestly vocations increasing in Melbourne, Fr Paul Stuart Personal example Nearly all of the applicants were once altar servers and cited their experience of altar serving as a time when they first thought of the priesthood as a vocation. 240 - Dec 1999 - Church art and architecture: 'sacramental role' is central, Msgr M. Francis Mannion The question of the orientation of the altar and the priest at Mass is the most controversial aspect of this issue. 241 - Oct 1999 - Reflection: A Kolbe Quartet, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Gather your family of dying men to sing your priestly liturgy atonement substitution law of altar crucifix death for life in this grey hell made by other men. 242 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World In regard to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the Archbishop said that the tabernacle should be placed on an altar or in a part of the church that is clearly visible truly noble and duly adorned so that it is a centre of attraction for every heart in love with Christ. 243 - Aug 1999 - Archbishop Pell celebrates traditional Latin Mass in St Patrick's Cathedral, Gerard McManus The Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament celebrated in St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne on 12 June attracted around 1000 people and involved more than 25 priests and altar servers. 244 - Aug 1999 - How a Canadian church was saved from destruction, Paul Likoudis In fact there is no demand in the Vatican II documents for radical alterations such as removing high altars altar rails pulpits confessionals etc. 245 - Aug 1999 - Cardinal Basil Hume (1923-1999), Archbishop of Westminster, R.I.P., Christopher Quinn In a paper prepared during his illness and read posthumously he lamented: Communion in the hand moving the Blessed Sacrament from the High Altar failure to genuflect have in my experience weakened the respect and devotion due to so great a Sacrament. 246 - Jul 1999 - Liturgy: An American parish's formula for success, Judy Trajanyi Inside the Blessed Sacrament is still kept in a tabernacle located on the high altar towards which worshippers genuflect before taking their seats - and they are expected to refrain from socialising in the pews after they sit down. 247 - Mar 1999 - Changing church interiors: what is at stake, Fr G.H. Duggan SM This includes the altar being brought forward into the nave and so placed that the celebrant will be on the same level as the congregation. 248 - Mar 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Ballarat Cathedral High altar to remain in place An AD2000 report last September drew attention to a proposal by Ballarats diocesan authorities to dismantle the beautiful marble high altar in St Patricks Cathedral using its base as a replacement for the existing forwardly-placed altar table while relocating its tabernacle to a side chapel. 249 - Feb 1999 - Liturgy: Cardinal Ratzinger on the old and the new Mass, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On the other hand it is considered essential for a celebration according to the old rite to be in Latin with the priest facing the altar strictly and precisely according to the rubrics and that the faithful follow the Mass in private prayer with no active role. 250 - Dec 1998 - Reflection: The mystery of Christmas confronts a sceptical world, Fr Robert J. Batule In ordination a mere man is given the awesome power to call down the flesh of the Son of God on an altar. 251 - Dec 1998 - The right to work: what does the Catholic Church teach?, Bishop Kevin Manning A spirituality of work along these lines was developed by the late Cardinal Cardijn founder of the Young Christian Worker movement who enriched the lives of so many young workers around the world by teaching them that their working lives have an eternal value; that their lathes or work stations are an extension of the altar in the Church and that their sacrifices are linked to the Sacrifice of Christ. 252 - Dec 1998 - Intercommunion: why Catholics need not 'apologise', Kevin Myers The principle of apostolic succession from the Last Supper to this day gives the priest the authority unique in the world and precious beyond compare to eradicate the substance of the wafer and wine and to replace it with the very substance of the Son of God there miraculously on the altar before the cathedral congregation or in the prison cell; and the body of the Risen Christ is then consumed by the worshipful. 253 - Dec 1998 - Thomas More Centre's Sydney Spring School, Anthony English You draw your spiritual energy from the altar from the sacrifice. 254 - Oct 1998 - Cardinal Ratzinger: the Church does not require dismantled high altars, Bernard Caesar An Irish AD2000 reader - Bernard Caesar a member of the group Friends of Carlow Cathedral - has forwarded the following account of how Cardinal Ratzinger became involved over the question of whether the Church required the Carlow Cathedral high altar to be dismantled in line with the liturgical reforms of Vatican II. 255 - Jul 1998 - Inclusive language: 'eventually all nonsense implodes upon itself', Gerald Wilson How many Athenians worshipped at the altar of the Unknown God on the Areopagus? 256 - Mar 1998 - Vatican Instruction on the role of the laity is binding on Catholics, Peter Westmore His comments followed public dissent expressed against the former document particularly its limitations on lay participation on the altar during the celebration of the Mass. 257 - Feb 1998 - Reflection: The Mass: the symbolism of 'facing East', Fr Fabian Duggan OSB The tabernacle was most often situated on the altar itself or directly behind it in such a prominent place as to focus attention as soon as one entered the house of God. 258 - Dec 1997 - Cardinal John O'Connor: what Catholics believe, Cardinal John O'Connor This is the text of Cardinal John OConnor of New Yorks homily given at St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne on 27 October 1997 on the occasion of the Cathedrals centenary and his consecration of a new altar as the Popes personal representative. 259 - Dec 1997 - Adelaide Cathedral administrator calls for Church blessing of homosexual unions, Peter Westmore Archbishop George Pell announced from the altar that he did not have the power to over-ride the Churchs teaching on homosexuality and asked the protesters not to present themselves for Communion. 260 - Dec 1997 - Cardinal O'Connor of New York in Australia as the Pope's representative, Michael Gilchrist The centrepiece of his visit was celebration of Mass at the Cathedral and consecration of a new high altar on Monday night 27 October 1997. 261 - Feb 1997 - The Catholic Church in Singapore: why is it strong and healthy?, Michael Barr They still bless the altar and the congregation with holy water and incense at every Sunday Mass. 262 - Aug 1996 - How to overcome the shortage of priests, Fr Kevin Dillon PP Interestingly Arlington diocese is one of only two in the country which decided not to implement the Vaticans approval of altar girls in order to keep the focus on boys as potential candidates for the priesthood. 263 - Jun 1996 - Michael Davies' Australia / NZ tour - The Catholic liturgy: where is it headed?, Michael Gilchrist (See also Eamon Duffys The Stripping of the Altars). 264 - Apr 1996 - Emperor Charles I: World War I peace campaigner, James Bogle Charles son Archduke Dr Otto von Habsburg (now a member of the European Parliament) recalled that Charles had ordered a Mass to be said at which he would be altar-server. 265 - Feb 1996 - 'Mass facing the people': did Vatican II require it?, Eamon Duffy Dr Duffy is Reader in Church History at the University of Cambridge and author of a definitive analysis of the Reformation in England The Stripping of the Altars. 266 - Nov 1995 - Lord Ripon (1828-1909) - II - How to base political life on Christian principles, Fr John Parsons Father Dalgairns received Lord Ripon into the Catholic Church at the Oratory on 8 September 1874 the Feast of the Birth of Our Lady in whose honour he proceeded to erect in thanksgiving an altar in the Catholic Church at Ripon. 267 - Nov 1995 - Post-conciliar renewal? Some Queensland snapshots, Michael Gilchrist Contrary to Church discipline (Can 924 2 926) which stipulates wheaten unleavened bread for the Eucharist the booklets cover displays supermarket sliced bread on an altar cloth later reinforcing this under the heading of Doing Things Together: Find out about different kinds of bread: bread in different shapes and colours made from different grains . 268 - May 1995 - Lincoln, Nebraska: how a Catholic diocese was built Following last years Vatican ruling that bishops may allow altar girls at their discretion Bishop Bruskewitz has been the only U. 269 - Apr 1995 - Why Virginia's Arlington Diocese has no priest shortage, Michael Gilchrist Late last year as a response to the Vatican communication of March 15 1994 regarding female altar servers the Diocese of Arlington Virginia issued a memorandum under the signature of the Chancellor to all of its priests. 270 - Mar 1995 - A young Catholic's view of Youth Liturgies, Bernard Finnigan Up on the sanctuary a band and its instruments occupied most of the space in front of the Blessed Sacrament (reserved on a side altar as is the universal policy in Adelaide). 271 - Feb 1995 - Reflection: Receiving Communion: why the Church's rule should be followed, Christine McCarthy At Holy Mass this intimate relationship between Christ and the priest is at its most intense especially when he pronounces those words of Consecration which bring the divine presence onto the altar so as to offer Christ in sacrifice to God the Father in the re-presentation of Calvary. 272 - Nov 1994 - Vatican moves to save high altars: a bit late in the day, Simon Matthews Coinciding with the AD2000 report last month on demolition work carried out on the historic high altar of St Francis Church Melbourne an article appeared in Australias biggest circulation newspaper the Melbourne Herald-Sun (28. 273 - Nov 1994 - Editorial: The Church's Achilles Heel: administration, B.A. Santamaria So have the changes of position of other Congregations in relation for instance to the functions of Extraordinary Ministers altar girls or practices like Communion-in-the-hand. 274 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews He readily accepts the appropriateness of vernacular readings and of the pruning of some of the later accretions to the Traditional Roman Rite (Psalm 42 from the prayers at the foot of the altar the Offertory prayers the last Gospel). 275 - Nov 1993 - Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive, Simon Matthews The Fathers of the Oratory need not trouble: they have maintained the traditional practice of celebrating Mass facing the altar with the people and have had the courage of their convictions. 276 - Aug 1993 - Reflection: Feast of the Assumption and the Japanese connection, Robert Denahy Was not Nagasaki the chosen victim the lamb without blemish slain as a whole-burnt offering on an altar of sacrifice atoning for the sins of all nations during World War ll? 277 - Jul 1993 - Reflection: Eucharistic reverence: 'How our actions reflect our belief', Christine McCarthy I vividly recall the canopy and the serious face of the priest as he hugged Our Lord in the ciborium and passed solemnly from the high altar to the altar of repose. 278 - Jun 1993 - US opposition to ICEL changes intensifies, AD2000 Report For example one note suggests that In Masses with smaller groups it may be desirable for people to leave their seats and regroup around the altar. 279 - Oct 1992 - Why is Archbishop Weakland invited to Australia?, AD2000 Report Ordination of Women Archbishop Weakland calls himself a feminist and as well as approving inclusive language and altar girls - still forbidden by the Holy See - in his churches he favours (Brisbane Courier Mail August 1 1991) the ordination of women as a solution to the priest shortage worldwide and leading to a more intelligent and compassionate Church. 280 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria It would be foolish to believe that there is anything intrinsically wrong in itself with lay men and women reading parts of the ordinary of the Mass or with the use of extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist men or women; or with the use of altar girls. 281 - May 1991 - Why the 'new' catechetics is flawed, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP An altar servers guild furnished teenage altar servers for daily Mass and Sunday night Benediction. 282 - Nov 1990 - Can Australia's seminaries turn the tide?, Michael Gilchrist More specifically is the new look Australian seminary even when trying to look its best for example in the above publicity picture from a fund-raising brochure (showing seminarians standing around an altar for Mass some in thongs with hands in pockets) or in statements of policy by seminary rectors or in the comments of newly ordained priests in radio or press interviews a likely invitation to recruitment? 283 - Jun 1990 - Being a Catholic in 1990: Rev James Murray interviews Bob Santamaria, James S. Murray Mannix also had a very strong sense of the responsibility of the laity not to be simply altar boys not fulfilling ecclesial functions in the Church but fulfilling their responsibilities in the temporal order of politics and trade unions of business of medicine of law. 284 - Feb 1990 - A Tale of Two Universities, Dr Ralph McInerny, Dr Alan Schreck In the present atmosphere thumbing ones nose at the Pope is easy but it would be an act of grace in both senses of the term if the good professors at Notre Dames theology department stood before the high altar in Sacred Heart Church and pronounced their Profession of Faith. 285 - Sep 1988 - Decline and fall of the Catholic priesthood, Gary Scarrabelotti The model layman undergoes a form of multi-skilling and busies himself with the affairs of the altar to leave the world behind. 286 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria There is always a frenetic desire by some priests to separate themselves from liturgical propriety to be pals around the altar.
