O Come, O Come: Liturgical musical recommendations for the season of expectation St. John Vianney Parish, Kailua, music minister and composer Robert Mondoy and St. Michael School, Waialua, principal and musician Kainoa Fukumoto shared with the Hawaii Catholic Herald why Advent is their favorite time in the liturgical year for music plus a few of […]
Bishops’ worship committee drops ‘one’ word from the collect prayer
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The word “one” has been dropped from the collect, the short prayer recited at Mass by the priest celebrant immediately before the first reading. The change corrects the collect’s concluding “doxology,” the words of praise that always end the prayer. Instead of “… in the unity of the Holy […]
Christmas choirs permitted with limits, Office of Worship director says
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Christmas church choir may again regain its traditional niche in the celebration of the season as long as that niche comes with Plexiglass and room for distancing. Deacon Modesto Cordero, director of the Office of Worship, explained what is allowed and what isn’t in his latest pandemic memorandum […]
Office of Worship helps parishes prepare for Christmas crowds
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Christmas is coming. This holiday year, traditionally high church attendance will collide with pandemic-imposed social distancing. The diocesan Office of Worship is offering suggestions on how to deal with that. On Oct. 30, Deacon Modesto Cordero, director of the Office of Worship, sent out his latest in his series […]
Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special “Mass in the Time of Pandemic” to plead for God’s mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Mass opens with a prayer that God would “look with compassion […]
Gregorian chant offers elevated liturgy tied to early church
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When Erin Bullock steps in front of the altar at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, she is there to sing parts of the liturgy and to guide members of the congregation through song. Her role as cantor at the church is as visible […]
Diocese urges suspension of communion cup during mumps outbreak
In response to the recent outbreak of mumps in Hawaii, the diocesan Office of Worship is advising parishes to suspend the distribution of the Sacred Blood during communion through the communal chalice for at least the three weeks, the length of incubation for the illness, or until the outbreak subsides. The advice was sent Oct. […]
Vatican II liturgical reform ‘irreversible,’ Pope Francis says
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must continue to work to understand the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council and why they were made, rather than rethinking them, Pope Francis said. “After this magisterium, after this long journey, we can affirm with certainty and magisterial authority that […]
Vatican says no changes foreseen in direction priests face during Mass
By Colleen Dulle Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Recent comments by a high-ranking Vatican official have sparked questions about the direction priests should face while celebrating Mass, but the Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis has made it clear no changes are foreseen. Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the […]
Bye, BILAC. Hi, HILAC
Iconic festival of liturgical music and art celebrates 40th year with an announcement By Brother Dennis Schmitz, SM Special to the Herald BILAC, Hawaii’s iconic festival of liturgical music and art, this year celebrated its past and stepped confidently into the future. At the event at Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, Nov. 5-7, the […]
