Word: rites
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...these human figures, arranged on either side of vertical lines, images of sailors clinging to the masts of ships? Do they depict visitors from afar, or locals involved in some rite or ceremony? Other petroglyphs in this area-many thought to be at least 6,000 years old-depict fish, reptiles, kangaroos and birds, as well as human figures. According to experts, they show wide variation in style and technique, suggesting that they were created in different eras. The images are still visible, thanks to the contrast between the dark red-to-black patina of iron oxide that covers...
Before leaving Mangalore, I decided to visit Court Road once more. For me, that small, steep, winding road--which connects my old primary school, St. Aloysius, to the high school up the hill--is the physical embodiment of a rite of passage. I had gone up this road as a 13-year-old on my first day at high school. From the top of the hill, I had a fine view of the city. Two decades ago, when you stood at a high point like that and looked down on Mangalore, the city's puny buildings all vanished, submerged beneath...
...that the Vatican had the right to impose a translation in any case. Despite this, until Thursday there was real speculation that the U.S. bishops - who, like their brethren globally, have chafed increasingly about being treated like branch managers rather than ecclesial princes in their own right (or, er, rite) - might vote down the new version and initiate liturgical insurrection. The fact that they've decided to decline some of the changes - such as the substitution of the phrase "consubstantial with the Father" in describing Christ for "one in being with the Father," on the argument that the latter uses...
...choice of date and in some cases even conduct background checks on outsiders invited to the event. The rules have sparked school-board showdowns across the country. Administrators say they just want to keep kids safe. Graduating 17- and 18-year-olds who view the prom as a rite of passage into adulthood complain that they are being treated like children...
...show up a half-hour early for the big movies, chat with our film-critic friends, compare notes, plan the next day of too many screenings that, by the Festival's end, are never quite enough. For us, Cannes is the beginning of cinema's liturgical year, our favorite rite of spring, a time for total immersion in international cinema, at a 12-day party (with lots of work, mind you) on the Côte d'Azur. We adore Cannes...