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NEWS AND EVENTS
Happy New Year B!
Advent
Lord,
our God,
help us to prepare
for the coming of Christ your Son.
May he find us waiting,
eager in joyful hope.
LOH Morning Prayer, 1st Monday of Advent
Advent is the first season of the new Liturgical Year, beginning on Saturday, Nov. 29, with Evening Prayer I, and ending with Mid-Afternoon Prayer on Christmas Eve.
- It is called Advent from Latin word adventus,
meaning coming or waiting
- Gloria is silent for now.
- “O” Antiphons begin on the 17th December;
therefore, the hymn “O come, O Come Emmanuel” is best
reserved for the second half of Advent.
- Ritual Masses are prohibited on the Sundays of
Advent. Sacraments may be celebrated, but the readings and
prayers must be proper to the Sunday
- Liturgical color is violet; it may be violet-blue,
but vestments may not be blue
- On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, called Gaudete,
vestments may be rose
- lLturgical environment should be spare and reflect
the season
| Rite of Election - 2009 | |||
| East | Saturday, February 28 |
St. Bede – |
10:00 AM |
| Central | Saturday, February 28 |
Cathedral – |
2:00 PM |
| West | Sunday, March 1 |
St. Mary – |
2:30 PM |
Pauline Jubilee Year: The 2000th Anniversary of Saint Paul
St. Paul Writing his Epistles
by Carravaggio
Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Pauline Year
in preparation for the 2000th anniversary of the great apostle’s
birth. Church historians reckon that St. Paul was born around 10
A.D. in Tarsus, now located in Turkey. The
Pauline year begins with Evening Prayer on the
Vigil of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Sunday June 28,
2008 and will last until June 29, 2009.
The purpose is to highlight Paul’s life and his contribution to
the spread of Christianity in the first century, and to remind
us of our baptismal obligation to spread the Good News.
Pilgrimages as well as a series of cultural, liturgical
and ecumenical events are being organized in every part of the
world, in dioceses, shrines and places of worship named after or
inspired by St. Paul and his teachings. Events are being
planned in the areas of art, liturgy, ecumenism, history,
archeology, and pastoral initiatives.
Here are a variety of ideas for celebrating St. Paul's
Bi-Millennium Birthday:
Websites:
A Holy Hour in Honor of
Saint Paul, the Apostle
Recursos para el Aņo de San Pablo
Theology:
Year of Saint Paul: Essays by the Faculty of the Athenaeum of
Ohio
Catholic Update, #C0708 by Ronald D. Witherup, S.S.
:
Introducing St. Paul the Apostle: His Life and Mission
Art:
Lectio Visio: The Art of St. Paul
Parish Ideas:
Celebrate St. Paul in Your Parish
As Paul Tells It...
Pray and Study St. Paul
