FEAR NOT with Father James Altman, Part 1 of 2
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Father James Altman. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman with Father James Altman. Father Altman is a Catholic priest who received attention in 2020 after appearing in a viral YouTube video....
Parish Liturgy Committee meetings (almost) everywhere
CAST Pete, head of liturgy committeeRetired school principal Jeff, diocesan liturgy specialistAge 35 Father Bob, associate pastorAge 35 Deacon JohnAge 55 Deb, director of religious education (DRE)Age 45 Mark, music directorAge 65, part-time, agnostic protestant, also...
Dear Moses
Dear Moses, This is Sarah, down here in the desert. I want to tell you what is going on down here since you went up on the mountain. Some people are upset because we do not see you face to face and you seem to be worshipping God without us. It’s as though you...
The Chanted Word: Holy Trinity 2022
(bell) (chant) Blessed be God the Father and the only begotten Son of God and also the Holy Spirit for he has shown us his merciful love. (reading) The Trinity is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity. This sublime teaching arises from the concrete experience of the...
The Chanted Word: Holy Thursday 2022
Holy Thursday is the day on which Christians commemorate Jesus’s Last Supper. It’s the day before Good Friday, which marks Jesus’s crucifixion and death. Holy Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week, which is the week before Easter, from Palm Sunday to...
FEAR NOT with Rachel Fulton Brown
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Rachel Fulton Brown, associate professor of medieval European history at the University of Chicago. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman with Rachel Fulton Brown, associate professor of...
Christmas Treasures
I saw a funny meme online the other day: “If you get something you don’t like for Christmas, just say, ‘Oh, I’ll treasure this forever,’ and then be like a pirate and bury it somewhere.” I then recalled how the Church, in the documents of Vatican II, called its...
The Chanted Word: Christmas Mass during the Night 2021
In many Western Christian traditions Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day. This popular Christmas custom is a jubilant...