In this week s Signs of the Times liturgists voice their concerns about the translation and implementation of the new Roman Missal Meetings of North American liturgists last month provided a first impression of how well the upcoming introduction of the new Roman Missal is likely to proceed Atte

Cambridge MA As the Churches continue to read the Sermon on the Mount at Sunday Eucharist until the beginning of Lent I will continue the series I started last week Swami Prabhavananda rsquo s reading of the Sermon in The Sermon on the Mount according to Vedanta This Sunday rsquo s portion is b

Shakespeare rsquo s ldquo The Merchant of Venice rdquo with Al Pacino as Shylock has been wildly successful on Broadway with sold-out performances rave reviews and after a January hiatus a month of extended performances starting in February Last evening I went with a friend who had read

This week week we celebrate National Catholic Education Week from January 30 through February 5 Although Valentine s Day is two weeks away you might consider doing something special for someone in your life who works in the field of Catholic education whether this be an elementary school high s

Here in New York as in much of the snowy rest of the United States we have not only been sacked by successive winter storms but are now at least where I live being gently coated in freezing rain One impact on all of us who have care of young children is snow days So far in our public school

The U S bishops and the Catholic Health Association attempted to put difficult disagreements over the past year behind them in a recent series of phone conversations and an exchange of letters in January According to the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops ldquo In response to questions raised a