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To follow the adventures of Fr Damian and parishioner Elizabeth Coleman, plus many more young people from the diocese of Westminster, at World Youth Day down under, bookmark the World Youth Day blog.
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Since we have two representatives of the parish, Fr Damian and Elizabeth Coleman, going to the World Youth Day in Sydney in, now, a matter of a few days, we should pay particular attention to this story.
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The upcoming World Youth Day will be a new Pentecost, Benedict XVI says. And he is asking the whole Church to participate, at least spiritually, if not physically.
The Pope made this invitation today before he prayed the midday Angelus with crowds gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He emphasized the importance of Catholics worldwide joining in prayer for the July 15-20 event, to be held in Sydney, Australia.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI's letter "Summorum Pontificum" on the traditional form of the Mass has sparked an increased interest in the Latin-language liturgy, especially among priests, says an expert on liturgical translations.
Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 Missal. He also writes the "What Does the Prayer Really Say?" column in the Wanderer newspaper, and is the author of a popular blog by the same name.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, JULY 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Even though Benedict XVI’s letter “Summorum Pontificum” on the traditional form of the Mass has been in effect less than a year, it has already made an impact, says an expert on liturgical translations.
Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 missal. He also writes the “What Does the Prayer Really Say?” column in The Wanderer newspaper, and is the author of a popular blog by the same name.
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Good to see a positive story about the Church in the MSM (main stream media). Melanie McDonagh writes in The Times:
44 people entered seminaries and monasteries in England and Wales last year; in 2003 it was 24. There were 3,255 people received into the Church this Easter. And in London especially, dynamic priests have helped. In the past decade, the church of Holy Ghost in Balham, South London, doubled its congregation.
The Catholic chaplaincy in Cambridge is similarly dynamic. Father Alban McCoy, the chaplain says, “we've had to buy extra communion hosts, extra chairs...we had 15 converts this year. And we've had 14 vocations to the priesthood and religious life since 2000.” Some of the growth is down to the emphasis in the chaplaincy on examining the faith - but he also gives credit to the present Pope. “He's done a lot to boost the confidence of the young,” he says. There's been similar growth at the University of Kent where the chaplain, Father Peter Geldard, perhaps best sums up the formula that seems to be working so well for the Catholic Church. “It's orthodox,” he says. “And mainstream.” That combination is saving Catholicism.
As they say, read it all.