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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 76, No. 5 ∙ May 2011

COVER STORY

Learn your lines: How parishes are preparing for the new Mass
After 40 years of familiarity, new prayers and responses are coming to a parish near you. Jeff Parrott asks if Catholics have read the script.

Sidebars:
Sing a new song: New music for the new Mass
To change or not to change: Responding to the new Mass

WEB ONLY! Special Section on the changes to the liturgy

INTERVIEW

Muslim on Main Street
There is more to Islam than what you see on the evening news, says Ambassador Akbar Ahmed in Expert Witness. Real dialogue begins with the Muslim next door.

Sidebar: Honor, Islam, and American women

WEB ONLY! 5 Questions with Akbar Ahmed

SOUNDING BOARD

Jesus loves me . . .
There’s no harm in letting your Catholic kids learn how to let their light shine at another church’s Vacation Bible School, argues Bryan Cones in Sounding Board. In Feedback readers debate the merits of exposing their kids to the neighborhood’s other Christians.

FEATURE

Many nations under God
Many U.S. parishes offer Mass in Spanish, but what happens when the church has five languages? Amy Kiley explores how many cultures can still come together at one Eucharistic table, if not all at the same time.

ESSAY

Our lips are sealed
Father Robert Nugent, S.D.S. wondered why teens go mum when it comes to confession. So he asked them.

Wedding by the book
At her third wedding in six months, Kathy Coffey finds that, in addition to being patient and kind, love also cleans up after the reception.

One for all
As a Jewish woman and a Catholic believer, St. Edith Stein remained faithful to both her identities, even to death, writes Sister Lou Ella Hickman, I.W.B.S. in Wise Guides.

POEM

Death of a maple
A poem by Brian Doyle

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: What is Divine Mercy Sunday?
At Home with Our Faith - You 2.0 
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Blessed are you

Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
We're sticking to the union

Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
Reality Check

Testaments - Alice Camille
Share the wealth