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In the wake of recent papal legislation, the various liturgies of
the Roman Rite may today be celebrated in either their
post-Tridentine or post-Vatican II forms. Whilst much discussion of
this new situation focuses on purely liturgical issues, this book
breaks new ground by arguing that the coexistence of the two forms
raises questions of a profoundly ecclesiological character. Peter
McGrail explores the relationship between ritual form, ecclesial
self- understanding and constructs of the world that are at play as
adults become members of the Church. Analysing the rites by which
adults were taken into the Church for three and a half centuries,
this book goes on to explore attempts to find a new ritual
expression for the journey to Christian Initiation, set against the
divergent and even conflicting ecclesiologies which were at play
before and during the Council.
One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic
parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This is the
ritual by which seven- or eight -year-old children are admitted to
the Eucharist for the first time. It attracts the largest
congregations of any parish liturgy, and yet is frequently marked
by tension and dissent within the parish community. The same ritual
holds very different meanings for the various parties involved -
clergy, parish schools, regularly communicating parishioners, and
the first communicants and their families. The tensions arise from
dissonance between the parties on such key issues as expected
patterns of Church attendance, Catholic identity, dress and
expenditure, and family formation. The relationships and
discontinuities between popular and 'official' religion is at the
heart of these tensions. They touch upon deep-seated anxieties
concerning the future viability of the very structures and patterns
of parish life during the current period of falling Church
attendance and parish closures. For those within the Church who are
concerned to understand and address the issues in its structural
decline, this book will make sometimes uncomfortable but always
stimulating reading. Peter McGrail examines the relationship
between Church structures and popular religious identity, viewed
through the lens of the first communion event. Drawing out hitherto
unrecognised connections and significances for the future of the
Catholic Church at local level, the insights into the decline of
the parish as an institution present challenges to all with an
interest in and concern for the future of the Church in the
English-speaking world. Bringing to the fore the relationship and
tensions between liturgy and Church structures, both historically
and at the present time, this book offers academics and students
alike extensive material for reflection and future development..
In the wake of recent papal legislation, the various liturgies of
the Roman Rite may today be celebrated in either their
post-Tridentine or post-Vatican II forms. Whilst much discussion of
this new situation focuses on purely liturgical issues, this book
breaks new ground by arguing that the coexistence of the two forms
raises questions of a profoundly ecclesiological character. Peter
McGrail explores the relationship between ritual form, ecclesial
self- understanding and constructs of the world that are at play as
adults become members of the Church. Analysing the rites by which
adults were taken into the Church for three and a half centuries,
this book goes on to explore attempts to find a new ritual
expression for the journey to Christian Initiation, set against the
divergent and even conflicting ecclesiologies which were at play
before and during the Council.
One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic
parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This is the
ritual by which seven- or eight -year-old children are admitted to
the Eucharist for the first time. It attracts the largest
congregations of any parish liturgy, and yet is frequently marked
by tension and dissent within the parish community. The same ritual
holds very different meanings for the various parties involved -
clergy, parish schools, regularly communicating parishioners, and
the first communicants and their families. The tensions arise from
dissonance between the parties on such key issues as expected
patterns of Church attendance, Catholic identity, dress and
expenditure, and family formation. The relationships and
discontinuities between popular and 'official' religion is at the
heart of these tensions. They touch upon deep-seated anxieties
concerning the future viability of the very structures and patterns
of parish life during the current period of falling Church
attendance and parish closures. For those within the Church who are
concerned to understand and address the issues in its structural
decline, this book will make sometimes uncomfortable but always
stimulating reading. Peter McGrail examines the relationship
between Church structures and popular religious identity, viewed
through the lens of the first communion event. Drawing out hitherto
unrecognised connections and significances for the future of the
Catholic Church at local level, the insights into the decline of
the parish as an institution present challenges to all with an
interest in and concern for the future of the Church in the
English-speaking world. Bringing to the fore the relationship and
tensions between liturgy and Church structures, both historically
and at the present time, this book offers academics and students
alike extensive material for reflection and future development..
How can we work together for the common good today? Thirteen
contributors - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious - discuss
the common good from a wide range of viewpoints. How have thinkers
like Aristotle and Edmund Burke talked about the common good in the
past? Catholic Social Teaching has a lot to say about the common
good: what does the common good mean for the world's great
religious traditions today? How can we usefully talk about the
common good in a plural society? What responsibility has the state
for the common good? Can the market serve the common good? If we
care about the common good, what should we think - and do - about
immigration, education, the NHS, inequality, and freedom? This book
starts from the example of David Sheppard and Derek Worlock, the
Anglican Bishop and Roman Catholic Archbishop, who famously worked
together for the good of the city of Liverpool in the 1980s. The
contributors call for a national conversation about how, despite
our differences, we can work together - locally, nationally,
internationally - for the common good.
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Peter McGrail, Martin Foster
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Written by liturgists - pastoral and academic - who make up the
Liturgical Formation Sub-Committee of the Department for Christian
Life and Worship of the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference of
England and Wales, this studyguide offers an introduction to
Catholic Liturgy. Covering the history, content and debates around
the use of liturgy in the Catholic church, each chapter includes
points for reflection, end of chapter questions, and an indication
of further reading. A book-wide glossary is also provided.
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