GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com
March 16, 2017
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes asked the Neocatechumenal Way to put a one-year pause on the formation of its new communities, and to celebrate Mass in accordance with the Catholic Church’s general instructions and norms.
That means celebrating Mass at a consecrated altar and consuming the Eucharist as soon as the person receives it.
The Neocatechumenal Way is a movement within the Catholic church whose practices sometimes are at odds with those of Guam’s traditional Catholic community.
The archbishop issued a March 15 pastoral letter to try to balance concerns about the way in which the Neocatechumenal Way celebrates Mass in Catholic churches on Guam and the good that the group has done for many people on island.
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