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Liturgy Working Group Report
ROMAN MISSAL TRANSLATIONS PROBLEMS—RESISTANCE TO CONSULTATION More than seven years ago an AUSCP Work Group contacted the Roman Office of Cardinal Sarah (head of the Congregation for Divine Worship). In a letter delivered using official diplomatic channels we articulated problems priests are having with Roman Missal translation. A response came…
Discerning how to vote as a Catholic
By Father Louis Arceneaux, C.M.Published in Today’s American CatholicI am an active Roman Catholic priest. I am opposed to abortion and I wish we Roman Catholics in leadership had done and continue to do a much better job of promoting the dignity of every human being from the moment of…
2020 Assembly Updates
July 19, 2020 BI-WEEKLY REPORT TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS 2020 Assembly presentations are online; voting information begins as a focus of AUSCP through November. Also, a reflection piece by AUSCP Leadership Team member on his experience of COVID-19.
The Church should listen to Black Lives Matter
Viewpoint published in Commonweal
AUSCP to PNC: Stop banking the bomb
We pray that you will shift PNC loans and other financial instruments away from nuclear weapons producing AUSCP-PNC-1 AUSCP-PNC-dragged
What an Ecclesial Conference, not an Episcopal Conference will look like
Following the decision on 29 June to establish an Amazon Ecclesial Conference, its president, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, former archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil, and its vice-president, Bishop David Martínez de Aguirre, of Puerto Maldonado in southern Peru, have shed further light on the significance of the new body and how…
2020-2021 Leadership Team
Elected to leadership: Carian, Hicken, Pezzulo: re-elected: McAleenan, Ramirez. Thank you to all who offered their services as nominees, or as helpers with various aspects of the Assembly, especially the technology. We also thank all who participated in spite of the challenges of getting online with the Zoom sessions. Read the…
Michael Joncas to lead 2021 AUSCP Retreat
The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, fresh from the 2020 virtual assembly in June, has announced that Father Jan Michael Joncas will lead the retreat at the beginning of the 2021 assembly, June 21. Joncas, perhaps best known for his composition, On Eagle’s Wings, is an internationally recognized liturgical composer,…