CNA: Minneapolis parish’s “progressive” liturgies being brought into line

The "Cafeteria" really is closed now, it seems....

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The Archdiocese of Minnesota has tried to bring the parish into conformity with the standards set out in the GIRM, the General Instruction on the Roman Missal. The parish had made significant changes to some prayers, rewriting the first lines of the Our Father to read “Our Father and Mother, Who Art in heaven.” Women have filled roles in the prayer services reserved for clergy, and the parish did not use chalices of precious metal but instead used ceramic vessels.

Archdiocesan spokesman Dennis McGrath compared the GIRM to a sport playbook.

"They all have to play with the same playbook," said McGrath. "They've had plenty of warnings to get their act together."

The parish, which has only had part-time clergy, will receive a new pastor next month. McGrath said the archdiocese wanted to get things “straightened out” before the new pastor arrives.

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