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Amazonian Rite’s proposition to include ordination of women deacons
The commission in charge of the elaboration of the Amazonian Rite will include in its final proposition a request for the ordination of women deacons, a new document shows. Source: Crux.
Lights, camera, ‘Mass for You at Home’
For Fr Chris del Rosario, Mass for You at Home is all about “engagement” and “encounter”. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Thousands of students in Sydney learning Gregorian Chant
The Jubilate Deo Programme is teaching a core repertoire of Gregorian chant to 2600 students in 11 Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese, writes Ronan Reilly. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Former lapsed Catholic awarded ACU liturgical studies scholarship
Wollongong mum and former teacher Lisa de Paiva will use a liturgical studies scholarship to empower the next generation of Catholics in her parish and beyond. Source: ACU.
ACU experts support proposal for new ecumenical Feast of Creation
Australian Catholic University experts in theology, liturgy, and ecology are supporting a global proposal to institute a new ecumenical liturgical feast to celebrate the mystery of creation.
Sydney Archdiocese welcomes record number of converts
Sydney Archdiocese welcomed a record 384 catechumens and candidates at the annual Rite of Election at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, a 30 per cent increase in converts from the previous year. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Liturgy and music conference promises ‘something for everyone’
Up to 500 Catholic liturgists, musicians, teachers and parishioners from Australia and New Zealand will gather in Adelaide in October for a national liturgy and music conference. Source: The Southern Cross.
Vatican clarifies rules for transferred holy days of obligation
When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to attend Mass, but they are not obliged to do so, the Vatican says. Source: Catholic Review.
‘Mass for You at Home’ to continue in 2025
Australia’s longest-running religious television program, Mass for You at Home, will continue its beloved ministry in 2025. Source: ACBC Media Blog.