liturgical planking
source of rapture planking source of the other images – go there for more
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mutual enrichment
In May, with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei published Universae Ecclesiae (“To the Universal Church”), “on the application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum.” Summorum Pontificum, by Pope Benedict XVI, restored the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. Clearly, the “extraordinary form” and the “ordinary form” are to live more like
Week starting July 10
scripture readings textweek resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for July 10 and the week following (Common Worship CofE) Collect from BCP (TEC) O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and
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Eucharistic flash mob
A Eucharistic flash mob in the centre of Preston, UK, organised by the Capuchin Franciscans on Ascension Day 2011. Jesus Christ is in every book of the Bible. In Genesis, Jesus is the Seed of the Woman. In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus, He is the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb
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Church’s comma missing!
I think there is an error in the name of our church. I am a strong supporter of the “Oxford comma” (also known as the “serial comma”) – the comma that comes before the “and” in a list. Tweeter @ktheory says it all: “For teaching me that the Oxford comma resolves ambiguity, I’d like to
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tracking church attendance
My church is abysmal at keeping statistics. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia appears almost frightened of them. We have no real idea of national church-attendance, baptisms, weddings; we do not know our clergy age-distribution, their qualifications, or where or if they trained; etc. This means we cannot observe trends or do
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Vatican website upgraded
There has been discussion around the place about the upgraded Vatican website. I like Eric Stoltz‘s analysis (above). It’s an invitation for all of us to look at our community’s website from the point of view of a visitor… Meanwhile the pope is shown where to click on an iPad to launch the much better
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Back to church cancelled
I received an email from our diocesan office yesterday: “Back to Church Sunday in New Zealand CANCELLED for this year” I thought it was a joke, and clicked on the link provided: here Note for my overseas readers: back to church has been cancelled nationally, not just in Christchurch, where, as you know, some of
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