Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy

2007 Annual Conference of the Society for Catholic Liturgy

Complete Program


Thursday 20 September

5:00

Registration begins

7:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

"The Liturgical Reform of Pope Benedict XVI"

Rev. Dr Alcuin Reid 

Friday 21 September

9:00

SESSION I

 

Room A

 

Meeting with Msgr James Moroney, Executive Directory of the Secretariat,

Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy [Full Members Only]

 

Track I - Room B

 

“Finding Jesus Christ in Prayer, in the Liturgy, in the Church: Catholic Liturgy and the Problem of Protestant Evangelical Converts”

Janice Kraus, Independent Scholar

 

“Facing East: Is It a Liturgical Practice that Must Be Revisited Today?”

Sr Madeline Grace, University of St Thomas, Houston, TX 

10:15 SESSION II
 

Track I - Room A

“Benedict XVI on the Sacrifice of the Mass”

Msgr Richard Malone, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, PA

 

“Pope Benedict XVI and the Liturgy: The Incarnation and Inculturation”

Rev. Robert Pesarchick, St Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, PA

 

Track II - Room B

 

“Catholic Identity in Liturgy: A Methodology for Implementing Liturgical Changes”

Rev William J. Turner, Ph.D.

11:30

Mass

12:30

Lunch

1:30

SESSION III

 

Track I - Room A

 

“Active Participation from Pius X to Benedict XVI”

Dr Daniel G. Van Slyke, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St Louis, MO 

 

“The Eucharistic Ecclesiology of Benedict XVI”

Dr Robert Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI

 

Track II - Room B

 

“Anchoring Confirmation to the Eucharist: Order or Age?”

Linda Khirallah Porter, MTS

2:45

SESSION IV

 

Track I - Room A

 

“The Whence and Whither of the Kiss of Peace in the Roman Rite”

Dr Michael P. Foley, Baylor University, Waco, TX

 

Ad cenam Agni providi with Plainsong and Polyphony”

Dr Helen Harrison

 

Track II - Room B

 

“The Eucharist as a Celebration of Reconciliation”

Rev. Gavin N. Vaverek, JCL

4:00 SESSION V
 

Track I - Room A

 

“Architecture of the Josephinum”

William Heyer, Architect, Columbus, OH 

 

“A City of God: Ratzinger at Regensburg”

Dr Conrad Donakowski, University of Michigan (emeritus), Ann Arbor, MI

5:30

Vespers - St Turibius Chapel with the Josephinum Community  

6:00

Dinner

8:00 Sacred Music Concert
9:00

Social

Saturday 22 September

9:00

SESSION I

 

Room A

 

Business Meeting of the Society for Catholic Liturgy [Full Members Only] 

 

Track I - Room B

 

“A Hermeneutic of Continuity for 20th Century Sacred Music”

Philip Carl Smith, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

10:15 SESSION II
  Track I - Room A

 

“Sacramental Mysticism: The Teaching of Pope Benedict and the Experience of the Saints”

Dr Anthony Lilles, St John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, CO

 

“Manifesting Heaven: Architectural Solutions for The Spirit of the Liturgy

Matthew G. Alderman, Intern Architect, NY

  Track II - Room B

 

“Making the 'Rite' Choice: Music and the Liturgy”

Rev. Thomas Buffer

11:30

Mass - St Turibius Chapel

12:30

Lunch

1:30

SESSION III

 

Track I - Room A

 

“The σχατος δάμ and the Meaning of Sacrifice in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger”

Richard H. Bulzacchelli, Aquinas College, Nashville, TN

“'Active Participation' and the Church's Polyphonic Treasury" 

 Dr Edward Schaefer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

  Track II - Room B

 

“Evangelizing Through Sacred Art and Culture”

Prof. Thomas Gordon Smith, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 

2:45

Track I - Room A

 

“Tears in the Liturgy: Lachrymosity in the Missale Romanum since 1962”

Dr Stephen Mirarchi, Independent Scholar

 

“The Eucharist as Thanksgiving Sacrifice”

Rev. Jack Custer, Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Pittsburgh, PA

  Track II - Room B

 

TBA

Rev. Timothy Vaverek, STD

4:15

PLENARY ADDRESS 

"Receiving the Tradition: Three Windows into the Mind of Benedict XVI on the Liturgy"

Msgr Michael Magee, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, PA

Formerly of the COngregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

5:30

Vespers - St Turibius Chapel

6:30 Banquet
8:30

Social

 Sunday 23 September

9:00

Solemn Mass - St Turibius Chapel

Most Rev. Leonard P. Blair, Diocese of Toledo

Principal Celebrant and Homilist

 

 


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