The Second Vatican Council affirmed that the Eucharist is the source and summit of our Christian existence. It therefore called for a reform of the liturgy that took place in the pontificate of Paul ...

I am entering my second year of working as a Graduate Assistant (GA) for Liturgy at the CSTM. Prior to the CSTM, in undergrad I worked as a student in Liturgy and, after graduating, I then worked as a ...

The cast of the Christmas play "An Angel for the King" prays before rehearsal at St. John the Baptist Parish in Larksville, Pa., in 2006. (Courtesy of the Times Leader/Charlotte Bartizek) Growing up ...

What makes good liturgy? That is the question with which a squad of talented Catholic liturgists have been wrestling in the pages of America over the past nine weeks. Beginning with the most basic ...

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series exploring the long-standing “liturgy wars” and how they shape today’s understanding of the Second Vatican Council. It would be difficult to find two ...

One crucial point we, as Christian believers, ought to know and live is that there is an intimate, mutual relationship between our faith and the liturgy that we are asked to celebrate and participate ...

Dec. 3, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s “Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy” (“Sacrosanctum Concilium”). Arguably the most practical outcome of that extraordinary ...

Harper describes “liturgical style” as reflecting the rhythms of the Church’s liturgical year through personal style. The ...

Fifty years ago this weekend, the Catholic Church debuted a new version of Mass following reforms made by the 1960s’ Second Vatican Council. From the use of vernacular language instead of Latin, to ...

Liturgical worship is the rage among many evangelicals. ‘Not so fast,’ says a liturgical Christian. The service was undeniably beautiful. Dedicated pastors and volunteers had planned it for weeks.

(RNS) — If the pope asked you what you thought about Catholic liturgy, what would you say to him? What is going well? What needs to change? Bishop Claudio Maniago of Castellaneta, president of the ...