The Blood of the Chalice: in the Era of Secularism

Dale E Tupper

ISBN 10: 1717363334 / ISBN 13: 9781717363336

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

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No era, short of the Reformation, has seen more changes in the Catholic church or in the Catholic priesthood than in the last fifty years. At least three times, it appears as if we have experienced a paradigm shift in the church, first, from the immigrant church in the 1940's and 50's; then, from Vatican I; and now, as things have once more shifted to a Catholicism in an age of total secularization.These thought experiments have been culled from those fifty years within the parish priesthood, fifty years of an interactive triangle of prayer, reading, and preaching, joined to fifty years of struggling to understand what has happened in these times.Their purpose is to examine the antidote for this secular era, namely, the Mass and Eucharist and how it can respond to that era.These essays or thought experiments are written to provide a spirituality for the 21st Century. They are offered not as a theology, even if there is theology within it, but as a thought processe to address living as Catholic in these strange, secular times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blood of the Chalice: in the Era of Secularism
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1717363334
• ISBN 13: 9781717363336
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

No era, short of the Reformation, has seen more changes in the Catholic church or in the Catholic priesthood than in the last fifty years. At least three times, it appears as if we have experienced a paradigm shift in the church, first, from the immigrant church in the 1940’s and 50’s; then, from Vatican II; and now, as things have once more shifted to a Catholicism in an age of total secularization.These thought experiments have been culled from those fifty years within the parish priesthood, fifty years of an interactive triangle of prayer, reading, and preaching, joined to fifty years of struggling to understand what has happened in these times.Their purpose is to examine the antidote for this secular era, namely, the Mass and Eucharist and how it can respond to that era.These essays or thought experiments are written to provide a spirituality for the 21st Century. They are offered not as a theology, even if there is theology within it, but as a thought processe to address living as Catholic in these strange, secular times.

About the Author

The author, Fr. Dale Tupper, brings over fifty years in the priesthood to this important topic of the Mass in the era of the secular. As a priest of the Diocese of Winona/Rochester, MN, he spent 16 years as a teacher and administrator in diocesan Catholic high schools. He was an associate Maryknoll missioner for five years in the Republic of South Korea. On his return, he founded Holy Spirit Parish and school in the City of Rochester, MN, and was active there for 13 years. Then he moved to Austin, MN, where he became pastor of Queen of Angels Parish for 12 years until he retired.