Articles in 2025 |
| A Resolution Rooted in Grace (December) in The Catholic Key |
| Liturgy in the Time of Easter (April) in The Priest |
| Christ Leads the Way (March) in The Priest |
| The First Station, Stations of the Cross, Mary Jo Pembrook, ed., 2025. |
| Easy Apostleship (reflection on the readings for January 20) in Give Us This Day |
| Celebrating Mass Alone (January) in The Priest |
Articles in 2024 |
| The Bread of Angels (August) in Give Us This Day |
| Book Review: Art and Architecture for Congregational Worship: The Search for a Common Ground (June) in Liturgy |
| The Ringing of the Bells (June) in The Priest |
| What Matters Most (May) in Give Us This Day |
| Staying in Sequence (April) in The Priest |
| Voice, posture, emphasis: What priests could learn from theater actors about saying Mass (January) in America |
Articles in 2023 |
| The Place of a Eulogy at a Catholic Funeral (November) in The Priest |
| Evaluating the Prayer to St. Michael: Where Should the Prayer Be Placed? (September) in The Priest |
| A Prayer and a Promise (August) in Give Us This Day |
| It’s On Us (March) in Give Us This Day |
Articles by Publication
ACU Centre for Liturgy |
| The art of celebrating (April 2022) in the ACU Centre for Liturgy Newsletter |
| “Mobile phones at mass” in the ACU Centre for Liturgy March 2020 Newsletter |
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AIM |
| “Liturgy and Social Justice“ |
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AMERICA MAGAZINE |
| “Voice, posture, emphasis: What priests could learn from theater actors about saying Mass” |
| “Changes to the Mass Text“ |
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ANAPHORA |
| “Past Meets Present: How Catholic Traditional Funerals Fulfill or Miss the Needs of Contemporary Society“ |
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ASSEMBLY: A JOURNAL OF LITURGICAL THEOLOGY |
| “Literary Genres of the Mass“ |
| “Words in Remembrance” |
| “Gifts For the Poor“ |
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CAMERON CITIZEN – OBSERVER |
| Words of Inspiration: “December 25, 2005″ |
| Words of Inspiration: “April 1, 2004“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “October 9, 2003“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “July 17, 2003“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “April 24, 2003“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “January 30, 2003“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “November 7, 2002“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “August 22, 2002“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “May 30, 2002“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “March 7, 2002“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “December 21, 2001“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “October 11, 2001“ |
| Words of Inspiration: “July 26, 2001“ |
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CANTOR |
| “Exulting the Exultet“ |
| “Wake, Awake“ |
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CATECHIST CONNECTION |
| “Catechesis“ |
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CATHOLIC WOMEN |
| One Powerful Chain Reaction: The Spirit of Christmas |
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CELEBRATION |
| Commissioning Communion Ministers |
| Celebrating the Readings of All Saints and All Souls |
| From Exodus to Emmaus |
| Celebrating Matrimony |
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CHRISTIAN INITIATION |
| “Jump Start“ |
| “Standing Up“ |
| “Not At Home“ |
| “Recruitment“ |
| “Dismissal“ |
| “The Sponsor“ |
| “Signs of Darkness“ |
| “Loyalty and Commitment“ |
| “Faithful Tears“ |
| “A Different Kind of Welcome“ |
| “Just Dessert“ |
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COMMUNICATOR |
| “God’s Bad Rap“ |
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DEACON DIGEST |
| “The Prayers of the Faithful and the Announcements at Mass“ |
| “The Book of the Gospels“ |
| “Twenty-First Century Mystagogy“ |
| “The New Missal – One Year Later“ |
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DeKALB COUNTY RECORD – HERALD
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| Pastor’s Corner: January 6, 2011 (St. Munchin Background) |
| Pastor’s Corner: November 25, 2010 |
| Pastor’s Corner: July 22, 2010 |
| Pastor’s Corner: April 22, 2010 |
| Pastor’s Corner: February, 2010 (Why Me?) |
| Pastor’s Corner: September, 2009 |
| Pastor’s Corner: Indivisible |
| Pastor’s Corner: Goals |
| Pastor’s Corner: Noise |
| Pastor’s Corner: Poverty is no Picnic |
| Pastor’s Corner: Faithful Citizenship |
| Pastor’s Corner: The Church’s Alarm Clock |
| Pastor’s Corner: Confessions Today |
| Pastor’s Corner: Vocations |
| Pastor’s Corner: Celebrate the new life given to us at Easter |
| Pastor’s Corner: Bishop’s Letter on Pornography |
| Pastor’s Corner: Hail Mary: A Christmas Prayer |
| Pastor’s Corner: A Christmas Story |
| Pastor’s Corner: Stem Cells |
| Pastor’s Corner: Boundaries |
| Pastor’s Corner: Ascension |
| Pastor’s Corner: Sleeping |
| Pastor’s Corner: Transformation |
| Pastor’s Corner: Love and Truth |
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DIMENSIONS: Newsletter of the Thomas More Center for the Study of Catholic Thought & Culture |
| “Adjusting to a New Style“ |
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DIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY – ST. JOSEPH
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| “Convalidations” (December 28, 1988) |
| “How not to Give a Homily“ |
| “Mystagogy” (March 30, 1989) |
| “The Celebration of the Chrism Mass” (Sept. 12, 1991) |
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DOXOLOGY JOURNAL |
| “Maxwell E Johnson’s Worship Rites, Feasts, and Reflections“ Book Review |
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ECCLESIA ORANS
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| “Tavola Rotunda Dalla riflessione teologica alla prassi pastorale liturgica” Ecclesia Orans (Anno XXIX – 2012/1-3):261-262 |
| “The Challenges for Liurgists of the Future: Pastoral Liturgy” Ecclesia Orans (Anno XXIX – 2012/1-3):197-210. |
| “L’ordine dei sacramenti dell’iniziazione cristiana: La storia e la theologia dal XIV secolo al 1992 nel rito romano“ by Pietro Angelo Muroni: Book Review: Ecclesia Orans 25/1 (Gennaio-Aprile 2008): 111-113 |
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EPHREM’S THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
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| “The Theology of Marriage in the Ordo and Practice of the Roman Rite“ |
| “Eastern Contribution to Confirmation Theology“ |
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EUCHARISTIC MINISTRIES |
| “The Psalmist of Lent“ |
| “Communion From The Cup“ |
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FEDERATION OF DIOCESAN LITURGICAL COMMISSIONS |
| Newsletter 41/8 (December 2014):1-3, 7-12: MyRCIA: The Meaning of Adult initiation in Post-Vatican II America |
| Newsletter 34/5 (October-November, 2007):42-53.: Dirty Feet |
| Newsletter 22/6 (December 1995):45-48.: The Challenge of the Confirmation Praxis |
| Bulletin Insert: How Prayer Looks (source may be downloaded in pdf format ) |
| Bulletin Insert: Expresiones al Orar (source may be downloaded in pdf format) |
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FINANCE COUNCIL FORUM |
| “The St. Regis Budget Review“ |
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HOLINESS TODAY |
| “Catholics and the Protestant Reformation” (September / October, 2017) |
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR |
| “Copper as Canvas” Excerpt from Vern Barnet’s Faith and Beliefs Column, Sept. 1999. |
| “John the Baptist a Man of the Season” From a talk and slide show: published as Vern Barnet’s “Faith and Beliefs: John the Baptist a man of the season”) |
| “Viewpoint (June, 1994)“ |
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LIGUORI PUBLICATIONS |
| “Lent Day by Day, Seeing the Face of God in Others” (January 2021) |
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LIGUORIAN |
| “Savoring the Resurrection“ |
| “Baptism by Immersion“ |
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LITURGICAL CATECHESIS |
| “First Confession Before First Communion: Settled or Unsettling?“ |
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LITURGICAL MINISTRY |
| “Scrutinies Scrutinized“ |
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LITURGY
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| “Baptizing Well“ |
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LITURGY: JOURNAL OF THE LITURGICAL CONFERENCE |
| “Rebooting the Catholic Wedding: Pastoral Considerations” 34/3 (August, 2013) |
| “Initiation’ In Theological Expression” 25/3 (July,September, 2010):3-12 |
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LITURGY TRAINING PUBLICATION |
| “Overview of Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism“ |
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LIVING LITURGY – The Diocese of Sale, Australia |
| “Sunday’s Great Challenge” (September-November 2014):1-2. [Reprint of “Sunday’s Great Challenge,” Praying 37 (July-August, 1990):23.] |
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LUMEN VITAE |
| A propos de la confirmation: Comment sortir de la confusion? 51/3 (September 1996): 265-274. The French archive is here. An English translation of this article appeared as “Confusion Over Confirmation” in the Worship Magazine 71/6 (November 1997:537-545 |
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MANY PATHS |
| “Letter to the Editor: September, 2006: Re: Embryonic Stem Cell Research in MO“ |
| “Essay Response: The World’s Religions: Pieces or Pattern“ |
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MARKLIN CANDLE COMPANY |
| “The Millennium Candle“ |
| “Prayers for the Jubilee Year“ |
| “The September 11 Candle“ |
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MODERN LITURGY – See Ministry and Liturgy |
| ML Bulletin Inserts (CD) |
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NATIONAL BULLETIN ON LITURGY – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| “That the Intimate Connection of Confirmation with the Whole of Christian Initiation May Stand Out More Clearly” |
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY CONFERENCE
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| ‘Subtle’ Changes in New U.S. Funeral Rite Examined |
| Revised Funeral Rite Changes/Practices for Vigil, Burial |
| New Ritual Offers Special Prayers for Unique Situations |
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NETWORK NEWS: CHRISTIAN INITIATION AUSTRALIA NETWORK |
| “Ministry in the RCIA” This article appears in the Autumn 2017 issue (Spring in the Northern Hemisphere) on pp. 9-13 |
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NEWSLETTER: COMMITTEE ON DIVINE WORSHIP |
| “Presentation of Rev. Paul Turner on the Dedication of a Church“ |
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NORTH AMERICAN FORUM on the CATECHUMENATE |
| Journey Into Belief: Finding God Through the Creed by Steve McCoy-Thompson Book Review |
| Institute Resource Packet: Paschal Mystery |
| Forlorn yet Privileged: the Case of Candidates |
| Iniziazione cristiana e catechumenato and Catechumenato Antico Book Review |
| Real Presence: The Work of the Eucharist by Nathan Mitchell Book Review |
| Institute Resource Packet: The Meaning of Sacraments |
| Der Erwachsenenkatechumenat in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika: Eine Anregung fur die Sakramentenpastoral in Duetschland by Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Book Review. |
| Erwachsene auf dem Weg zur Taufe: Werkbuch Erwachsenenkatechumenat by Matthias Ball, Franz-Peter Tebartz-Van Elst, and Ernst Werner. Book Review |
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NOTRE DAME CENTER for PASTORAL LITURGY
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| The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body Book Review: (A Pueblo Book by Louis-Marie Chauvet. Collegevile: The Liturgical Press,2002. $29.95. ISBN 0-8146-643-2). |
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NPCD NEWS
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| Pastor’s Perspective |
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PASTORAL LITURGY (Formerly, RITE) |
| Parishes to Prepare for a New Translation for Adult Initiation (November 2022) |
| Magnum principium: Now What? |
| The Triduum in Cluster Parishes: Gathering the Community to Celebrate |
| “Ron Lewinski“ |
| “The Revised Marriage Rite: An Overview of Changes to the Liturgy” |
| “The Ephphetha Rite” |
| The Liturgical Role of the Deacon in the Sacred Paschal Triduum This article can also be found in Pastoral Liturgy by Clicking Here. |
| Examining the Missal’s Contents – A PDF file is available for purchase from the publisher. |
| Selected Opening Prayers on Sundays and Feast days with Sample Homilies (Included in Daniel McCarthy’s “Listen to the Word” collection) |
| Preparing the Wedding Liturgy |
| Water and Promises This article can also be found in Pastoral Liturgy by Clicking Here. |
| Processional Nature of Holy Week |
| Baptizing Well |
| When to Celebrate Confirmation and Eucharist with the Baptized, Uncatechized Catholic?: A Continuing Conversation . |
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PASTORAL MUSIC |
| Something Old, Something New: Music in the Order of Celebrating Matrimony (July 2022) |
| Baptisms at Mass: Tips for Musicians NPM Volume IV, Issue III |
| Initiation and Paschal Mystery: Death to New Life Work. Pastoral Music 44:5 (September 2020) 12-13. Virtual talk given at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians in July 2020. |
| One Song, Many Voices / Many Songs, One Voice: Making It Work. Pastoral Music 40:1 (November 2016):27-32.Talk given at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians in Houston, Texas on Monday, July 11, 2016 |
| “May the Peoples Praise You, God, May All the Peoples Praise You” / “Alaben Los Pueblos, Oh Dios; Que Todos Los Pueblos Te Alaben” / “Xin Đức Chúa Trời, hãy để mọi người ngợi khen ngài; Xin cho tất cả mọi người được ngợi khen ngài.” Pastoral Music40:1 (November 2016):55-73. Bilingual talk given at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians in Houston, Texas on Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| Heritage and Renewal: Liturgical and Musical Heritage and the Constitution Pastoral Music 38/1 (November 2013):41-47. Talk: given at the national convention of the National Assn. of Pastoral Musicians in Rosemont, IL. |
| The Roman Missal: Preparation and Reception Talk: given at the national convention of the National Assn. of Pastoral Musicians in Rosemont, IL. |
| Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal Book Review |
| A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal: by Piero Marini Book Review |
| Replacing the Sacramentary: A Progress Report |
| The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary by AaronMilavec (published April/May, 2005) . Book Review |
| Adapt the Rite? Of Course! But… ( published in April/May, 2002) . |
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PRAYING |
| A Feast on Jesus’ Meals (Book Review) |
| Let Us Pray: Invitation/Purpose/Preparation |
| Sunday’s Great Challenge |
| Advent: The Holiday Season |
| Lent: A Feel-Bad Season in a Feel-Good Society |
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PREACH
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| Preaching the Holy Spirit All Through Easter |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ACADEMY OF LITURGY |
| What We’re Not: The quest for Unity of Theory and Practice |
| Seminar Report: Christian Initiation |
| Christian Initiation |
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THE RAYTOWN POST NEWSPAPER
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| Holy Week |
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ST. JOHN FRANCIS REGIS CHURCH |
| Did You See Poverty? |
| Stewardship in the St. Regis Family |
| What should we give the church for our child’s Baptism? |
| What should we give the church for the Funeral? |
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STUDIES IN JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS |
| Considering the Baptism of Edgardo Mortara in the Context of Catholic Teachings and Rituals Then and Now |
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THE SUMMIT: JOURNAL OF THE LITURGICAL COMMISSION
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| “Part III of the Easter Vigil in the Third Edition of the Roman Missal “ [This article first appeared in Catechumenate 34/2 (March 2012):2-10.] |
| “Future Mass Text Changes“ [Reprint of “A New Roman Missal: What to Expect from a New Translation of Liturgical Texts.” America 198/18(May 26-June 2, 2008): 14-16.] |
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TODAY’S LITURGY – Planning Guide for Musicians & Liturgists |
| The Musically Uncatechized Musician |
| To Be Revised, Adapted, Restored: The Rite of Confirmation Since the Council |
| Save the Candidates |
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TODAY’S PARISH |
| Catechumenate as a Model for Parish Life |
| Don’t Water Down the Easter Vigil (Article: Mar. 2007) |
| Adult Faith Formation: Asking the Hard Questions (Article: Jan. 2002) |
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