Missal 2: How we got to English
This week’s article on the new missal looks at the context of the decision to develop and use a new...
November 2011
Missal 3: The tale of two translations
The biggest task facing the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) in 1969 was the translation of the...
Missal 4: What we say at Mass
We are now going to start looking at some of the changes in the new English translation of the Mass...
Missal 5: New prayers for the Eucharist
In Southern Africa, we implemented the new Roman missal’s Phase One the changes that most directly involve the congregation in...
Missal 6: Scripture and the Mass
Phase Three of the new translation process will see the introduction of the new lectionary with its different translation of...
Missal 7: Put the new Missal into action
Over the past six articles we have explored the new English translation of the liturgy of the Holy Mass. The...
Are you praying for Julius Malema?
From Tony Nicholls, George: This week in our parish, the Ecclesia groups meet to listen to the voice of the...
The work of the laity: to build God’s kingdom
The old Catholic adage has it that the laity’s role in the Church is to pay, pray and obey. The...
Responding to abortion
On November 12, it will be 15 years since South Africa’s parliament passed the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act,...
