Q:  I am planning a Mass on August 5 for my best friend before he leaves the country for mission […]

Q:  Greetings from Australia! I hope you don’t mind me contacting you with a thorny pastoral issue. I’m seeing two

The following have been added during the past week to www.paulturner.org. A blog post on Deacon responsibilities The homilies for a Quinceañera as well

Q:  We have a little “debate” going on — friendly — about whether a deacon can receive a person into

The following have been added to www.paulturner.org. Three blog posts A Workshop for the Christian Initiation Gathering,  St. Julie Billiart, Tinley Park, IL

Q:  When a church is dedicated, candles are lighted near the places where the walls were anointed. If these candles

Q:  Did anything come out of the FDLC meeting on the RCIA last fall?  Anything us “little people” should expect

Q:  Our parish has once again decided to celebrate baptisms during Sunday mass.  We have 10 deacons here and at

Last week the following was added to www.paulturner.org Two new blog posts including a recent update on the Deacon Postures post. The

Q:  When there are more than two deacons at a Mass at the cathedral, what postures do they take during

Q:  For the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) there are three books/registers that our diocese requires parishes to

Last week the following was added to www.paulturner.org Two new blog posts. A new book was added to the books

Q:  I am interested in printing copies of your article from Catholic Practice 1997 entitled- The Death of the Last

Q:  In places where the Ascension is celebrated on a Thursday, the first reading on the Seventh Sunday of Easter

The following was added this week to www.paulturner.org: “My Sacrifice and Yours” – a workshop for National Association of Pastoral Musicians,

Q:  At our parish, cantors and lectors bow to the altar on their way to the ambo, but not on

The following was added this week to www.paulturner.org: The scores for the Royals’ pre-game activities for the game on April

Q:  A Catholic bride and Methodist Groom are seeking marriage. The priest has denied allowing them to be married within

The following was added this week to www.paulturner.org: The scores and explanation for Royals’ pre-game activities for the game on

The following was added this week to www.paulturner.org: The scores and explanation for Royals’ pre-game activities:  https://paulturner.org/pre-game-grades/ The homily for

Q:  Is it a rule that women are banned from having their feet washed at the Holy Thursday service?  And

Q:  Do you know the history of the Emmaus story in the lectionary?  Would it have been read during the

Q:  The rubrics for the 5th Sunday of Lent provide the option of veiling crosses and statues. The crosses are

Q:  I’m writing to ask you a favor on behalf of a student of mine in the seminary.  He’s trying

Q:  One of our pastors has been very ill, in the hospital, for the past month or so. He is

Q:  When would we stop saying the Mass is ended go in Peace, Alleluia (3x)? I see other Deacons stop

Q:  I recently attended a diocesan training where it was said twice that sin is not forgiven in the Mass. This

Q: I have an Easter Vigil question, on nos. 49 & 55. We have a father & son (sophomore in our

Q. Are infant baptisms allowed during Lent? A. Yes. Some parishes discourage them, but a child should be baptized within

Q. Candles are not supposed to be carried in the gospel procession for the Easter Vigil.  Does that apply to

Q:  I just returned from the Holy Land–it was a wonderful trip, very enlightening.  Now that I am more aware

Q:  When the Scrutinies are celebrated in Years B and C, do all the Cycle A readings need to be used or

Q:  As I think ahead to next week and the Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, I’m wondering about the history

Q:  I have a question regarding the Kyrie—should it be done even with a sprinkling rite?  I know the sprinkling rite

Q:  if an assembly stands during the entire Eucharistic Prayer and bows during the two times that the presider does within

Q:  During Eucharistic Prayer I, when the sign of the cross is made by the presider, is it intended for the

Q:   We’re using the Catholicism series by Robert Barron.  In the one on Eucharist he says that the reason

Q.  Can an unconfirmed Catholic serve as a Christian witness at a baptism? A.   An unconfirmed Catholic is not

Q.  Is the priest representing anyone when he washes his hands at mass? A.  No. There’s no connection to Pontius

Q.   There is a prohibition for the placement of the manger in the church.  Exactly to what area (“presbyterium”) does

Q.  There is a parishioner who says you MUST have a picture of a saint behind a votive candle holder. 

Q.  “We have a woman in RCIA with her daughter (who is 18 and not baptized).  The daughter decided to

Q.  Do you have any written words of wisdom regarding the Rite of Reconciliation Form II?  (where the penitent when confessing

Bells During the Eucharistic Prayer by Paul Turner

Prayers Said Quietly and In a Low Voice by Paul Turner

He Suffered Death by Paul Turner

Part-Time Catechumenate Director by Paul Turner

Catholic Weddings in Lent by Paul Turner

Click the below link to access Paul Turner’s  video “Preface for Anointing the Sick” Preface for Anointing the Sick