FutureChurch Program:
The New Roman Missal: The Rest of the Story
With Fr. Anthony Ruff OSB

On Tuesday , January 10 at 7pm, FutureChurch presents an informative program with Fr. Anthony Ruff OSB, on the New Roman Missal at Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive, Independence, OH 44131. No charge, but a free will offering will be accepted.

About the Program: Fr. Anthony Ruff will discuss why we got new translation guidelines, which are a complete reversal of the previous ones, and what the results are in the English text of the missal—both its strengths and its deep problems. He will examine how the new missal reflects the exercise of authority in the Church, which is becoming less collegial and more centralized. Fr. Ruff will reflect with the group the many ways a faithful Catholic might respond to this dilemma, ranging from collaboration to resistance

About Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB. Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, is a monk of St. John’s Abbey. He teaches liturgy, liturgical music, and Gregorian chant at St. John’s University School of Theology-Seminary. He is the founder of the National Catholic Youth choir. He is widely published and frequently presents across the country on liturgy and music. He is the author of Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform: Treasures and Transformations, and of Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter. He does priestly ministry at the local county jail and the neighboring community of Benedictine sisters in St. Joseph.

FutureChurch, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio,FutureChurch is a U.S. coalition of 3,500 parish based Catholics striving to educate fellow Catholics about the seriousness of the priest shortage, the centrality of the Eucharist (the Mass), and the systemic inequality of women in the Catholic Church. FutureChurch makes presentations throughout the country, distributes educational and informational packets and recruits activists who call on Catholic leadership to open ordination to all baptized persons who are called to priestly ministry by God and the people of God.

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