Looking at the website for the The Religious Education Congress sponsored by The Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese Office of Religious Education I guess I am not really surprised by the pictures displayed.
Healing Mass for a head of lettuce?
Another possible caption might be “We have no salad but Caesar”
Or the old standby “Lettuce Pray.”
I think the “angel” is about to pole vault using the processional cross.
If you don’t stay awake we will flagellate you with this ribbons.
The latest in Liturgical Sumo Wresting, first one who falls off the dias loses.
Here were some of the workshops.
Tony Alonso Living Catechesis Musically: Yesterday and Forever!
The GIA website says about him: GIA is proud to present the voice of a new generation in church music. He has a CD called Fresh as the Morning, and since the song is so insipid I am sure it will be inflicted on us soon. The song title sounds more like an ad for a new scent for Tide. The CD cover looks like it is from the Star trek episode with humanoids from planet Chiron (Half Black/White face) have now interbreed with Medusa.
Of course no conference would be complete without the masters of progressive liturgical music: David Haas and Marty Haugen.
Here are some other workshop titles:
Gospel Drama and the Dance of Discipleship
Re-imagine Liturgical Prayer
On Carrying a Scandal Biblically
Young Progressive Catholics Claiming Their Church
I must be really out of touch with the whose who of Catholic Speakers since out of a list of around 100, I only recognized the songwriters and one Call To Action speaker.
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“Gospel Drama and the Dance of Discipleship”? Whatever could such a “workshop” be about? I would wager that it’s not about applying the Great Commission to today’s fallen world. More likely about “reimagining” the “risen presence” of Jesus and learning to dance away from the tongues of fire dropped by the Holy Spirit.
You know, maybe we could do a parody of such a conference by using outlandishly “progressive” titles for workshops to be given by solidly orthodox Catholic priests, theologians, evangelists, educators, and apologists. How many Call to Action types would eagerly sign up thinking they were going to hear the likes of Rosemary Reuther, only to find themselves sucked into a talk by Dr. Alice von Hildebrand? Or think they were going to hear Matthew Fox and get Fr. Robert Fox?
Could be fun!
Your captions were great. And you’re no more out of touch than I am. I try to stay in touch with things worth remembering.
Michelle’s devious, isn’t she? I like her.
Well, maybe this is an opportunity for Rembert’s boyfriend.
“Re-imagine” is a code word. It means run screaming out of here as fast as you can.
As far as Mr. Alonso goes, perhaps a lawsuit from Procter & Gamble or Lever Bros. (You’re right – his song title is stolen from some laundry product. I know I’ve seen it…….in the laundry aisle, not the CD store!) will keep his ‘hymnody’ from showing up in our parishes. We can hope!
Wow. That totally beats what I had to deal with. My experience was small but traumatic. You can read about it if you want. It’s titled ‘Confrontation’. Unless I ever get permalinks working, all I can do is tell you the titles.
Let us all begin praying now for the next Archbishop of Los Angeles! He will have to be a saint to bring that Archdiocese back…
In the meantime, is it wrong to pray for a Bishop to, you know, start his time in Purgatory a little early?
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