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Presenter |
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| Wed. 1/19 | 7:45 p.m. | Rev. Bryan Massingale | "The Body of Christ" "There is neither Jew or Greek, slave nor free, male nor female..." |
| Thur. 1/20 | 9:30 a.m. | Nathan Mitchell, Ph.D. | "Liturgy: God's Work for Us" |
| Thur. 1/20 | 11:00 a.m. | Paul Westermeyer, Ph.D. | "It is Right to Give Thanks and Praise: Liturgy as the Church's Response" |
| Fri. 1/21 | 9:30 a.m. | Kathleen Hughes, R.S.C.J. | "One Body - Unity Despite Differences" |
| Fri. 1/21 | 1:30 p.m. | Rev. Juan Sosa | "One Body,
Many Faces: Unity in Diversity" |
| Sat. 1/22 | 9:30 a.m. | Rev. Juan Sosa | "El Cuerpo de Cristo en el Culto y en el Mundo" (Spanish) |
| Sat. 1/22 | 9:30 a.m. | Rev. Edward Foley, Capuchin | "Go in Peace: the Dismissal Rite as Mystagogy for Christian Living" |
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Major Address Details |
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| Topic / Presenter | Summary |
| "The Body of Christ" "There is neither Jew or Greek, slave nor free, male nor female..." - Rev. Bryan Massingale |
Vatican II called for a liturgy marked by the full, conscious, and active participation of the faithful. Together we will explore the question, "Who are the faithful gathered together?" We will examine the tensions that exist between our liturgical and cultural identities, and how the liturgy calls us to on-going conversion and deeper unity in Christ. [Top] |
| "Liturgy:
God's Work for Us" - Nathan Mitchell, Ph.D. |
One of the most important consequences of Vatican Council II was our recovery of liturgy as not only "the work of the people" (leitourgia - the ancient Greek word for worship) but also "the work of God" (opus Dei - the Latin phrase used for daily worship in the Rule of St. Benedict). Liturgy is both these realities. As a worshipping assembly, we are agents, active subjects in communal prayer - and not just passive recipients of ministrations by the clergy. At the same time, however, we come to church conscious that liturgy is God's work for us - and that our response must be gratitude and surrender. This presentation focuses on liturgy as God's work, as God's gift, as God "doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves." [Top] |
| "It is
Right
to Give Thanks and Praise: Liturgy as the Church's Response" - Paul Westermeyer, Ph.D. |
The role of the Church in liturgy: assembly, diversity of ministries, music, the arts, and lives lived in faithfulness. [Top] |
| "One Body
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Unity Despite Differences" - Kathleen Hughes, R.S.C.J. |
Differences among us, while not new in the history of the Church, seem in our day to be particularly hazardous to the health of the body. Potentially divisive issues include the ecclesiological, sacramental, pastoral, liturgical, linguistic, ecumenical, architectural, kinetic, and even economic. Unity will be achieved not by ignoring divisions but by trying to rediscover that which unites us at the most profound level of our life in Christ. This plenary session will ponder the heart of it, the eucharist, and try to re-imagine the command of Jesus: "Do this in memory of me." [Top] |
| "One Body,
Many Faces:
Unity in Diversity" - Rev. Juan Sosa |
As the church prepares to worship in the third millennium, we are confronted with a diversity of cultures and languages which represent both a gift and a challenge to pastoral ministry. What are the cultural issues at stake? What tensions arise? How can the Church become the healing presence of the Risen Lord in the midst of divisions and misunderstandings? How can we become one, though many? [Top] |
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"El
Cuerpo de Cristo en el Culto y en el Mundo" - Rev. Juan Sosa Address in Spanish |
¿Qué significa ser "iglesia" en nuestras comunidades multiculturales? Exploremos las formas en que la Palabra y los Sacramentos nos animan a ser testigos de la vida resucitada de Jesús a trevés de nuestra alabanza y de nuestro servicio. [Top] |
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"Go in Peace: the Dismissal Rite as a Mystagogy for Christian Living" - Rev. Edward Foley, Capuchin Address in English |
The briefest of the central liturgical units in our celebration of the Eucharist is the Dismissal Rite. Employing a mystagogical approach, this presentation will explore this often overlooked ritual appendage as both a profound summation of the worship it concludes and a compelling call to mission. [Top] |
