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MINISTRY & LITURGY is a new name for a magazine in its 30th year of service. For years it has been known as ML, and it will continue to carry that nickname. But its former formal name, MODERN LITURGY, has slowly eased off center stage. This change brings the name of the publication to the same place the content has always been, namely, practical resources for all ministry personnel.

MINISTRY & LITURGY (ML) is a professional magazine for members of the parish ministry team. It is dedicated to exploring the connection between liturgy and life, unpacking the treasures of the Roman liturgy, and helping ministers use the visual, musical, lively, poetic, and environmental arts to shape liturgies to their local culture. Below you will find tables of contents of recent issues. A portion of the content is available on-line to give you an idea of what each issue contains. Enjoy. If you would like to subscribe, you may do so, RISK FREE.


December 1998 - January 1999
Volume 25 Number 10
FeaturesRitual parenting: ML interviews
Melissa Musick Nussbaum
Discover how to use the Rule of St. Benedict and the liturgy as guides to good parenting.

Restoration to renewal:
Observations on restoring the order of initiation in one diocese
By Michael B. Grammer
Learn how the "age" debate surrounding confirmation was settled in Greensburg, Pa.

Come join the dance
By Anna Douthwright
Open yourself to the movement of the liturgy, and move your parish to fuller participation.

Visiting the prisoners:
Grief ministry behind bars
By Joyce Carr
Follow Jesus' mandate to visit prisoners. Here's how one community does it.

Buyer's Guide
ML's annual listing of products that will help you in your ministry.
 

Departments


November 1998
Volume 25 Number 9
Features1998-1999 Visual Arts Awards:
Seasonal and Occasional Category
Got art? Here are some of the best in the country.

Reading the catechetical documents:
What you need to know
By Gerard and Wanda Scheuermann
Catechetical documents aren't just for catechists; find out what's important for you.

Nine steps to becoming a better lector
By Nick Wagner
Your lectors can learn to proclaim better by next Sunday. Here's how.

Processions: The soul of the city
By David Garcia
Read how moving your body and move the soul.
 

Departments


October 1998
Volume 25 Number 8
FeaturesTimeless art: Principles for
selecting liturgical Vestments
By Norma F. Kriege
Make better investments in your vestments with these tips.

Getting the most
from your parish musician
By Susan Walker
Help your musicians focus on the participation of the assembly.

A spiritual journey:
ML interviews Monica Brown
ML asks an international catechist how to make the catechetical process more spiritual.

Using your parish repertoire
to catechize
By Peggy Lovrien
Turn teaching into a song by using music to share the faith.

Budgeting basics: Being a good
steward of parish money
By Tammy Brecht Dunbar
Hate doing budgets? Here's how to make it easier.

Departments


September 1998
Volume 25 Number 7
Features1998-1999 Visual Arts Awards
Permanent Category
Notable architecture and furnishings to inspire your liturgical environments.

Hunger crisis: ML Interviews
Monica Brown about liturgy and catechesis
Find out how this international catechist provides people with an experience of God. Part one of two.

Getting the most out of your liturgist
By Michael Novak
Here's a simple guide for the care and feeding of your local liturgist.

How should we receive baptized
Christians into full communion?
By Dale J. Sieverding
Maybe it's time we took the candidates' baptism seriously.

Faith-sharing programs: Blossoming
into small communities of faith
By Tammy Brecht Dunbar
Use this rundown of faith-sharing materials to build small Christian communities.

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August 1998
Volume 25 Number 6
FeaturesPrinciples for selecting
Liturgical Artifacts
By John C. Vogelpohl
Helpful advice for choosing everything from chasubles to chalices.

How sacred is your sacred space?
By Jerome Overbeck
Learn how a new worship space can be more "traditional" than an old one.

Surfing the Web:
Is it worth your time?
By Virginia Kappner
Don't get stuck on the World Wide Web. Learn how to surf like a pro.

Feeding the fire:
How to avoid burnout
By Donna Cole
Tips to keep you healthy and happy in your ministry.

Church Software Guide

Turn your computer into a ministry partner with ML's annual software listing.

Departments


June/July 1998
Volume 25 Number 5
FeaturesThe mission of the liturgical musician
-- as judged by those we serve
By Ellen Oak
Does the assembly experience Christ's spirit in its song? Here's how you can know.

Use of percussion in liturgy
By Jon Pedigo
Learn some bang-up ideas for improving your music.

Collaboration or control
By Donna Cole
How is ministry in the church shared among clergy and lay people?

The well-stocked sacristy
By Michael Kwatera
Keep your cupboards from going bare with these helpful suggestions.

The best in new liturgical music
By Diana M. Kaulback
ML's Planning Guide author takes a look at some new tunes.

Departments


May 1998
Volume 25 Number 4
Features
Liturgical design serves St. Vincent de Paul Parish
A pictorial of a new worship space.

How to select a church architect
By Lynn Ellen Doxon
Get the right person for your renovation or new construction.

Don't settle for "ordinary" environments
By Joanne Lopes Kepes
Surround your assembly with "gracious mystery" during ordinary time.

Preparing an assembly for baptism by immersion
By Gail Morris and Clare Sullivan
Use these tips to prepare your parish for baptism by immersion.

Lighting up our worship
By Daniel L. Young
Christ may be our light, but it doesn't hurt to have a few floodlights around. Here's what you need for illuminating your space.

Departments


April 1998
Volume 25 Number 3
FeaturesEaster ends on a brilliant note
By Joanne Lopez Kepes
Get fired up about liturgical environment with these helpful Pentecost ideas.

Singing their hearts out: Liturgical music for children
By Monica Brown
An internationally known catechist shows how liturgical music can catechize.

Taking the mystery out of mystagogy
By Nick Wagner
Stop worrying about neophytes who don't come to "classes" during the Easter season, and learn what mystagogy is all about.

A glimmer of radiance: A look at liturgy
through the prism of the "Sunday obligation"
By Dorothy Kosinski Carola
Do Catholics feel obligated to worship on Sunday? Maybe they should.

100+ wwwebsites for preachers
By Richard J. Fairchild
Help for this Sunday's homily is just a mouse-click away.

Departments


March 1998
Volume 25 Number 2
FeaturesPreaching as catechesis
By Nick Wagner
Do your homilies create a sense of mystery and awe? Or do they create misery and yawns? Learn how to add punch to your preaching.

Environment for Easter People
By Joanne Lopez Kepes
Use your Easter environment to help the assembly participate.

Something old, something new:
Los Angeles issues a guide for Sunday Mass
By Rick Goodwin
See what L.A. is planning for liturgy in the next millenium.

A variety of ways to commune on Sundays
By Mark G. Boyer
Are you ready to scrap SCAP? Here are some other options.

Church Improvement Guide
New resources to help you in your ministry.

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February 1998
Volume 25 Number 1
Features1997-1998 Visual Arts Awards:
Seasonal/Occasional Category
The best in liturgical art - a pictorial.

Weddings: Pageantry or sacrament?
By Antone J. Lynch
Does &quote;Here Comes the Bride&quote; give you the heebie jeebies? Does the unity candle burn you up? Here's some advice for surviving the marriage rite.

Funerals: Walking through the Grief Process
By Susan Walker
Grief is hard, but prayer can help. Learn how to use the rites to help mourners get through the pain.

The Triduum as catechesis
By Wanda and Gerard Scheuermann
What textbook do you use to catechize the parish? This year, why not use the Triduum as your guide?

Directory of Liturgy Education
ML's annual listing of places and programs for ritual studies.

Departments

For more (earlier) back issues of ML: ML back issue contents.

Modern Liturgy is available in the U.S. for $50 ($60 outside of the USA) per year (10 issues). If you would like to try it, subscribe now. If after seeing the first issue you are not totally satisfied, simply write "cancel" on the invoice and that's that. You can keep your first issue, free.
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