Revitalised liturgy key to reviving rundown parish-CathNews NZ/Pacific

Revitalised liturgy key to reviving rundown parish

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

A revitalised liturgy has been the key to reviving a rundown parish in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, which was impoverished with dwindling numbers until Father Damien Cook arrived.

Now there is a vibrant Catholic culture, with liturgies celebrated both facing the people and facing the altar, Eucharistic adoration, a host of parish organisations, a music ministry, 75 altar boys and a Corpus Christi procession through the neighbourhood that attracts 1000 people.

How the change occurred is told in a new documentary.

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