Slating the Chairs (USCCB prepares for its November plenary session)

witl ^ | October 27, 2009 | Rocco Palmo

[NYer]

As the days grow shorter, the leaves fade, baseball winds down and the autumn air turns ever more crisp, the countdown continues to Stateside Catholicism's Fall Classic: the bishops' November Meeting, which begins in Baltimore on Monday, the 16th.

Among agenda items including the long-in-the-making marriage pastoral, a text on "reproductive technologies" and the final votes on the re-translated Roman Missal (coming 2011-ish to a parish near you), the body will vote on chairs-elect for several key committees, including those overseeing clergy and vocations, migration, and divine worship.

While the standing committees have always been a significant element of the USCCB structure, the bodies' importance has been even further enhanced since a 2006 reorganization that saw their number slashed from 36 to 16, their various competencies clustered under larger umbrellas.

With that as backdrop, the coming plenary's runoff slates for the chairs were revealed this morning... and the contenders are:

Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations:
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson [St Louis]
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge [Raleigh]

Committee on Divine Worship:
Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond [New Orleans]
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron [Detroit]

Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development:
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire [Stockton]
Bishop Frank J. Dewane [Venice]

Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth:
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann [Kansas City in Kansas]
Bishop Kevin Rhoades [Harrisburg]

Committee on Migration:
Bishop James A. Tamayo [Laredo]
Archbishop José H. Gomez [San Antonio]

After a yearlong apprenticeship, the chairs-elect will take up their respective posts at the close of the 2010 November Meeting, at which point the conference's presidency will likewise change hands with the end of Cardinal Francis George's three-year mandate.

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[NYer]

Ping!

[hinckley buzzard]

The news release neglects to mnention the feverish anticipation of all the four star restaurants throughout the beltway, salivating over the hundreds of dollars-per-head bills soon to be had courtesy of the pompous prelates.

[Salvation]

Why are you calling/judging these Bishops as “pompous”?

They are servants of Christ and servants of their dioceses.

Are you a Catholic?

[Salvation]

Among agenda items including the long-in-the-making marriage pastoral, a text on "reproductive technologies" and the final votes on the re-translated Roman Missal (coming 2011-ish to a parish near you), the body will vote on chairs-elect for several key committees, including those overseeing clergy and vocations, migration, and divine worship.

 

Thanks be to God that the liturgy committee is not up for Trautperson to be the chair.

 

BTW, weren't we supposed to get the new translations in the fall of 2010  Wondering what has happened??

[NYer]

Thanks be to God that the liturgy committee is not up for Trautperson to be the chair.

I'll second that!

[JoeFromSidney]

Note that it's not "immigration" but "migration," right out of the playbook of the Mexican government. And note the ethnicity of the chair-bishops. The fix is in.

[Notwithstanding]

Trautperson - I ALWAYS use the absurd neutered version of all possible words when speaking to illustrate the silliness of it.

I suppose I am now an old fogey who is behind the times. I actually learned that masculine references were neutral depending on the context. Of course, this could be seen as denigrating to men since the masculine words have non-specific meanings, whereas women are so special that the feminine words all have uniquely feminine meanings.

In fact, giving masculine words a neutered meaning actually goes more in line with political correctness. But hey, it was important for the feminazis to squeal really loudly and upset the apple cart in order draw attention to oneself.

[Notwithstanding]

A blast from the past.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1639649/posts#43

[Salvation]

This thread says that the Bishops were supposed to approve the English at their June, 2006 meeting -- Grrrr! and LOL!

Has it been long enough, folks?

[Campion]

I have it on good authority they’re still aiming for the first Sunday of Advent, 2010. They might not make it, but it’s still the goal.

[Campion]

the Bishops were supposed to approve the English at their June, 2006

That was only the "Ordinary" of the Mass. It didn't include the "Propers" and "Commons" -- Prefaces, Collects, etc. which belong to a specific day in the liturgical calendar, a specific class of days (e.g., "Common of Holy Men"), or votive masses for specific occasions or causes.

There's a lot more to the Missale Romanum than just the Ordinary of the Mass. All of it is being re-translated.

[Salvation]

We already have the missalettes starting in Advent stashed in our sacristy. Sigh...........this could only mean that the new translations are NOT in them. Probably the dates will mean Advent of 2010.

I surely hope your insider information is on track!

[Salvation]

**All of it is being re-translated.**

And I pray for a new translation (back to the old) for the NAB, but, Bishops, please do not do it through different committees...............the current NAB is so corrupted in some parts. It’s so difficult to deal with it reverently sometimes. I facilitate a group of worshippers and I ask them to bring their different Bibles...........At this time, I will almost always side with the Jerusalem. I bring the RSV and sometimes I think that is much better too.

[Salvation]

In light of the possible converts coming to Rome I am going to post these links on the liturgy.

Slating the Chairs (USCCB prepares for its November plenary session)
Mass appeal: "It's like Jolt Cola for the Soul" [Catholic Caucus]
WHERE THE PRIEST SHOULD BEGIN MASS Know Him in the Breaking of Bread - A Guide to the Mass
The (Catholic) Mass (as explained by a youth for Evangelical friends) [Ecumenical]

What the Catholic Mass means to converts
Good News for the [Catholic] Liturgy
'An Ordinance Forever' - The Biblical Origins of the Mass [Ecumenical]
The Sacrifice of the Mass: Liturgical Vestments

What Do You See at (Catholic) Mass?

Purification of Sacred Vessels in U.S. (and more on the Purification of our Lord)
Tyranny of Words (Catholic liturgy - NO vs. TLM)
Mass should be enlightening and elevating, not a cookie cutter ritual
What You {Catholics} Need to Know: Mass (Sacred Liturgy) [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
"The Catholic Mass ... Revealed"

The Battle Over the Mass [Catholic Caucus]
Scriptural Basis of the Mass as Sacrifice (Where is that in the Bible?)
Giving to God in Mass [Liturgy of the Eucharist]
Liturgy, Learning and the Language of the Catholic Faith
Cardinal Arinze's Mass Etiquette 101

Prostration and Vestments on Good Friday And More on the Precious Blood
Catholic Liturgy - Funeral Masses for a Suicide And More on Confession for RCIA Candidates
The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - A Primer for Clueless Catholics (Part 1)
The Orthodox Divine Liturgy, the Roman Catholic Mass and the Anglican Eucharist...
Catholic Liturgy - Dramatic Readings at Mass (And More on Processions, and Extra Hosts)

Catholic Liturgy - Mass Intentions
Catholic Liturgy - Pre-recorded Music at Mass And More on Communion Services
Vatican: Matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist (April 23, 2004)
POPE ISSUES APOSTOLIC LETTER ON THE SACRED LITURGY
Liturgy: Are Glass Chalices OK for Mass?
EUCHARIST: HOLY MEAL

[Campion]

Yes, it’s Advent of 2010 I’m talking about, not Advent of 2009.

[michigancatholic]

I’m Catholic. They’re pompous.