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King Arthur changed the way I receive Communion
july 1 is the feast of the precious blood in the traditional calendar, and in certain privileged places and orders in the 1969 version. it i...
Charles Coulombe
The week ahead: Sea Sunday, Crystal Cathedral, Carmelite Comeback
this sunday, july 14, is sea sunday in britain, a day when christians pray for seafarers. the catholic charity apostleship of the sea has re...
Staff writers
Every generation needs to hear the lives of the saints
each year, i write a column sharing with readers the title and a brief synopsis of the 10 books that touched me most that year. occasionally...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The man who brought Italian piety to London
catholic piety is far too wide a topic for me to say anything particularly useful about it in general. in any case, my experience of it in s...
Steve Larkin
Heretic of the week: Joseph Campbell
joseph campbell (1904-1987) is considered by many today – particularly those of a new age bent – to be something of a prophet. certainly, hi...
Charles Coulombe
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, july 7 : 14th sunday in ordinary time is 66:10-14c; ps 66; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12, 17...
The Catholic Herald
George Lloyd: The broken man who created healing music
the british composer george lloyd, who died more than 20 years ago, remains a neglected figure. he had the misfortune to live through the po...
Peter Davison
Letters & emails
the wrong way to seek priestly vocations sir – the article by michael warren davis (us news analysis, june 28) concerning ordinations to the...
The Catholic Herald
Parishes need more than one priest
as i have mentioned before, when i visit paris i stay with cousins in the 15th arrondissement, and on sundays i attend mass at their local p...
Mary Kenny
How Nagasaki's Catholics survived persecution and the bomb
ashort walk from the entrance of urakami cathedral in nagasaki there is a boulder that’s big enough to seat one person. to anyone walking by...
Shaun McAfee
Does liberalism have to be this stupid?
liberalism is in trouble and it’s a crisis of its contradictions. too much freedom can make you unfree. that was what vladimir putin implied...
Tim Stanley
The Catholic school that would make Socrates proud
thank god for homeschoolers. as america’s public school system continues to collapse, and even parochial schools grow more expensive as they...
Michael Warren Davis
Force of habit: Why men's religious orders have bounced back
forty years ago, many thought there was no future for men’s religious orders in britain. i remember someone confidently announcing, back in ...
Joanna Bogle
The Vatican's guidelines may not be enough to save underground Catholics
last week the vatican made its most important intervention on china since it announced a “provisional agreement” with the communist authorit...
The Catholic Herald
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, june 30 : ss peter and paul 1 kgs 19:16b, 19-21; ps 16; gal 5:1, 13-18; lk 9:51-62 monday, j...
The Catholic Herald
Have we forgotten how to celebrate Corpus Christi?
twenty years ago this week i was on retreat in france preparing for priestly ordination. i remember it as a time overflowing with gifts of g...
Fr Dominic Allain
Fr Rutler's guide to avoiding mediocrity
fr george rutler, well known to catholic readers on both sides of the atlantic, famous for his pithy wit and wise counsel, is one of those v...
Francis Phillips
Love, mission and morality: a century of Eucharistic theology
the international eucharistic congress: a spiritual odyssey by john f allen gracewing, 383pp, £20/$27.50 in this book mgr john allen, who ha...
Fr Nicholas Paxton
Letters & emails
the meaning of a catholic business sir – christopher altieri, in the cover story of the june 14 edition entitled “the other scandal”, mentio...
The Catholic Herald
A prophetic essay to read on the Fourth of July
summer is my least favourite season. autumn is cooling and mysterious, and i love the whole harvest theme: michaelmas, columbus day, hallowe...
Charles Coulombe
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