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Paul Senz

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Finding Pilgrimage Opportunities

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On the one hand, it is only common sense that priests, just like anyone else, need their rest and opportunities for recuperation. On the other hand, sometimes even common sense needs to be legislated. The Code of Canon Law states that priests “are equally bound to make time for spiritual retreats according to prescripts of Read More
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‘Will They Come Back?’

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No one saw the COVID-19 pandemic coming, and even less could anyone have predicted the tremendous impact it would have on our daily lives. Even the landscape of Catholic liturgical life shifted dramatically with the spread of COVID-19. It began here and there, with Masses canceled or attendance limited, and it rapidly spread into an Read More
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Thanksgiving at the Parish

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Life in a Catholic parish certainly has many challenges and blessings. For parish priests, one particular and very specific challenge arises a few times a year: How do you celebrate Mass for a particular day when the day is primarily focused on a secular or national holiday? Think of the Fourth of July. Think of Read More

Feedback from the Flock

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Every congregation is different. And certainly, every congregation’s response to a given priest’s homily is going to be different. In order to have the most effective communication with the congregation, priests benefit in knowing how their homilies are being received. In this way, it is important for priests to be able to receive feedback on Read More

Putting Christ on Display

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Corpus Christi processions used to be very common. Images of priests clad in a cope, monstrance held aloft underneath the canopy, with a seemingly interminable line of worshippers and adorers fill the memories of many Catholics. But such images became less familiar as time went on. However, in recent years there has been a resurgence Read More

Small but Mighty

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Small group ministry is becoming more popular in parishes across the United States, as it provides the faithful with an opporunity to deepen their sense of community within a parish and to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ. And while the details vary from diocese to diocese and even parish to parish, the concept remains Read More

How to Pack the Pews

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The documents of the Second Vatican Council emphasize the fundamental importance of the holy Eucharist for Christian life. The council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church famously declared that the Eucharist is the source and summit, the “fount and apex,” of the Christian life (Lumen Gentium, No. 11). There is a story that comes down to Read More