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Up … off your knees!

December 13, 2024 Amy Welborn 42

Those interested in liturgical matters are sometimes accused of being inappropriately interested in externals when they should be out doing some works of mercy. Well, probably, since we all fall short on that score. (And […]

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Dignitas Infinita and gender ideology

April 8, 2024 Amy Welborn 32

Editor’s note: This is the first of several CWR essays that will analyze various aspects of the just released document Dignitas Infinita. ———– I will leave it up to the actual philosophers and theologians to […]

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Scrutinizing

March 10, 2024 Amy Welborn 23

This is a fairly niche subject, but my earlier post brought it to mind, so I think I’ll write about it. I also think it might shed some light on the never-ending Current Discussions in the […]

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Sing a new song

February 1, 2024 Amy Welborn 17

I recently went to Mass at a parish (not in Alabama) and had an experience that brought some of my usual areas of focus into…sharper focus. It was a large, growing, vibrant (as we say) […]

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Are you listening? At all?

November 19, 2023 Amy Welborn 24

What I am going to say here is really nothing new for regular readers, but my recent trip to Spain brought it to mind again. The question of Church attendance and engagement is of great […]

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Personnel is Policy

October 25, 2023 Amy Welborn 12

Personnel is policy. We all know that. Most of the time, when we use the phrase, we’re referring to ideology. As I’ve been reflecting on this wasteful distraction of a synod, I can’t help but […]