Porque é importante você avaliar nossos produtos?

Porque é importante você avaliar nossos produtos?

1 minute Para conhecer melhor o próprio público, seus gostos e necessidades, e até mesmo aprimorar produtos e serviços ofertados – ponderando os aspectos positivos e negativos – algumas empresas realizam pesquisas que avaliam a satisfação dos clientes. Afinal, ninguém melhor do que o consumidor final para dar o feedback apropriado. Mas, e quando a avaliação pode trazer benefícios diretos para você ou para instituições católicas necessitadas de ajuda? É isso que o Clube Amigos do Altar proporciona. Esse programa da Arte Sacro é Continue

9 tips to prepare your priestly ordination

9 tips to prepare your priestly ordination

14 minutes ”The celebration of the priestly ordination is of great importance and full of meanings for the ordained. It is a day that will definitely impact the new priest and his whole pastoral life.” 1- Remember the ordering motto Choose the motto that will accompany you throughout your priestly life. This motto is not read during the ordination, but it can be present in the invitation, in the remembrance in order to be offered to the guests (suggestion: a card or a bookmark). Continue

10 tips you can’t miss at sachristy

10 tips you can’t miss at sachristy

12 minutes Did you know that the garments worn by the sacred ministers in the liturgical celebrations are of Greek and Roman origin? Some ecclesiastical writers tell that the sacred ministers wore their best clothes, probably reserved for the occasion. “The fact that they [the vestments] are not used in daily life helps us to break with the daily life and its preoccupations at the time of the celebration of the divine cult”, teaches the document The vestment of the liturgical vestments and the Continue

Learn how to organize 100% your Sacristy

Learn how to organize 100% your Sacristy

11 minutes The sacristy is one of the places within the Church that most needs attention and care because of the sacred value it has. In it are kept the liturgical vestments, the implements, the lectionary and all that will be used in the holy celebrations. This is already a good reason for a clean and organized environment, but the reality is not always like this. That is why we will approach some points that can help in practical aspects for the organization of Continue

How beauty and sobriety in the Liturgy can evangelize

How beauty and sobriety in the Liturgy can evangelize

9 minutes We celebrate in the Liturgy the Paschal Mystery of Christ – His Passion, Resurrection and the glorious Ascension into Heaven. As Jesus shed his blood for love, the Church was born. And it was to the apostles that Christ entrusted the mission to continue the work begun by Him. All that Jesus accomplished on earth continues to happen at all times through the liturgy – in the Mass, in the sacraments, in the celebration of the Word, in the prayer of the Continue

Lent: Tips to make this time unforgettable for your community

Lent: Tips to make this time unforgettable for your community

9 minutes Lent is a time of prayer and penitence, of conversion. In other words, it is time for the Church to evangelize. Whether by words or by concrete works, this liturgical period is another opportunity to offer the faithful and brothers who are distant from the Church, a new encounter with Christ. But how can we make Lent a special time of conversion? Here are some practical tips on how to work evangelism during this time. Tip 1: Reaffirming the value of Via Continue

Is Catholic incense the same as ordinary incense?

Is Catholic incense the same as ordinary incense?

17 minutes The use of Catholic incense in the Celebrations draws attention to the sacredness of that moment, even though the faithful do not understand the full meaning of it. Burning incense expresses reverence and prayer, following the example of Sacred Scripture: “May my prayer rise to you like the smoke of incense” (Psalm 140, 2). However, the faithful need to know that Catholic incense used in the Church’s Liturgy is not the same as the ones used in African cults and not even Continue

Why is Christmas so important to evangelize families?

Why is Christmas so important to evangelize families?

7 minutes Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus, but not just that. Christmas is the celebration of families. With the birth of Jesus came the most important family in the history of mankind for Christianity: the Holy Family. God wanted Jesus when he came into this world to have a family. Jesus also wanted it. For this reason, for years he lived with the Blessed Virgin and with St. Joseph as he grew in grace and wisdom (Lk 2,52). Continue

4 Practical Tips on Involving the Community in Advent and Evangelization

4 Practical Tips on Involving the Community in Advent and Evangelization

9 minutes With Advent, a new liturgical year for the Church begins. In the four weeks leading up to Christmas, we prepare for the coming of the Child God, and more than ever, the community must be ready to evangelize. But, what can be done so that the community grows in evangelization during this period? Tip 1: Explain the meaning of the Advent Crown to people and invite them to do it in their homes More than a mere Christmas ornament, the Advent Crown Continue

Why you need to spend more time organizing the liturgy of your parish

Why you need to spend more time organizing the liturgy of your parish

15 minutes Although the main function of the Liturgy is not to evangelize, if we are facing a Eucharistic Celebration lived with zeal and reverence and, from the liturgical, organized and harmonious point of view, it is very clear that all this will favor the experience of the first announcement for those who are approaching faith and personal experience with God. “The Church evangelizes and is evangelized with the beauty of the Liturgy, which is also a celebration of the evangelizing activity and the Continue

The fundamental questions about Liturgy that you should know how to answer

The fundamental questions about Liturgy that you should know how to answer

18 minutes ”You do not just hear about Liturgy, but live and experience the Liturgy!” In general, the concept may be so present and latent in your everyday life that words may be lacking to actually name what it represents. In many parishes, there are service teams whose primary mission is to look after and care for the liturgical life. Priests, laypeople and religious spend years dedicating efforts and commitment to the study of the Liturgy, because of the richness of details, meaning and Continue

Priestly Vocation: What is your path?

Priestly Vocation: What is your path?

1 minute In this episode, Bishop Jorge Carlos gives a beautiful testimony about the discovery and the path to the priestly vocation. In this itinerary, it was essential the support of the family that made him feel free to seek the will of God. “Do not be afraid! Because God’s plans are wonderful not only to you, but to many people through your life! “ Watch the video: Dom Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong is Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy (responsible for the Continue

Priestly Vocation: Perseverance in following Jesus even facing difficulties

Priestly Vocation: Perseverance in following Jesus even facing difficulties

1 minute It is precisely when facing battles, challenges and graces that we are called to persevere and not to be discouraged even with adversity. In this video, Frei Jaime Spengler, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, speaks about the decision to remain faithful to the call that God makes to us and to respond with love and creativity to the dynamism of life. Watch the video: Fr. Jaime Spengler, OFM is Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre and President of the Pastoral Episcopal Commission for the Continue

Priestly Vocation: What Is Liturgy?

Priestly Vocation: What Is Liturgy?

1 minute “Let people not see me, but see Him.” This is how Father Alexandre Nunes, in this 4th episode of the Priestly Vocation Series, defines his experience with God, as a priest, within the Liturgy. Check out the video. Father Alexandre Nunes, on November 5, 1983, in São Paulo. He was ordained on December 13, 2014 in Rome, and belongs to the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ. He is a trainer at the Pontifical International College of Mary Mater Ecclesiae in Rome Continue

Priestly Vocation: Communication

Priestly Vocation: Communication

1 minute Just as in the life of every Christian, God communicates with us and makes us instruments in each other’s lives. With the priest, especially for the mission entrusted to him, communication with God is fundamental for people to have an experience of faith and love. In this video, get to know the testimony of Father Arnaldo Rodrigues. ”Our greatest communication relationship is primarily with God. “ Check out the video! Father Arnaldo Rodrigues was born on March 7, 1977 and was ordained Continue

Priestly Vocation: And then suddenly you hear a song

Priestly Vocation: And then suddenly you hear a song

1 minute Saint John Paul II, when he wrote the Letter to Artists, he related the beauty expressed in art and the Superior Good, which is God. ”How many times did God use beautiful songs to talk to us?” In the life of the seminarist John Paul, it was also like this. And with you, did God speak that way? Watch the video João Paulo Garcia is a seminarian in Rome and is completing his Philosophy course at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He Continue

Priestly Vocation: We Love the Poor not the Poverty

Priestly Vocation: We Love the Poor not the Poverty

2 minutes The priest is a friend of the poor. He is like a shepherd and, as Pope John Paul says, he must “smell the sheep”. ”A priest is someone who is not indifferent to the needs of people and, in the heartbeat of Christ, gives his life for the Church, for humanity and for those who experience material, moral and spiritual poverty.” Watch the video: Father Renato dos Santos, SDB (Salesians of Don Bosco) was born on October 12, 1961, in Rio do Continue

São Bento Monastery: Benedictine Jewelery

São Bento Monastery: Benedictine Jewelery

9 minutes Led to contemplation, this is the feeling of those who enter the Basilica of the Monastery of St. Benedict. Dreaming of bringing this art to all corners, we have created a line of ornaments exclusively to honor this sacred place. Art, beauty and sacredness These are elements found in the Abbey Basilica of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, the fourth church to be bulit in the historic São Bento Monastery, in the city of São Paulo, and which inspired the collection of liturgical Continue