Paschal Mystery Rhythm:  Living the Eucharist
  (First Major Address - Thurs. 9:00 a.m.)

Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman C.PP.S

The dying and rising rhythm of Paschal Mystery is captured in the liturgical ritual itself and challenges us to a certain way of living, of being Eucharist.  How and why is this so?  Sr. Joyce will explore this question.

Joyce Ann Zimmerman is a member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood and the director of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio; founding editor and columnist for Liturgical Ministry; and is a past advisor to the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.  She is also an adjunct professor of liturgy, liturgical consultant, and frequent facilitator of workshops on liturgy.  She has published numerous scholarly and pastoral liturgical works and holds civil and pontifical doctorates of theology.

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The Spiritual Power of Our Eucharistic Prayer
  (Second Major Address - Thursday 2:00 p.m.)

 Rev. Hugh Tasch, O.S.B.

In this address Fr. Hugh will explore the ‘spiritual power’ of the Eucharist by discussing 1) the spiritual value of offering fitting worship to God through our union with Christ and 2) the congregation’s participation in the sanctifying/consecrating of the bread and wine as well as its own transformation in the Holy Communion.  The various parts of the Eucharistic Prayer will be described in detail.

Father Hugh Tasch is a Benedictine monk and theology professor at Conception Seminary College in Missouri.  He has studied liturgy at Notre Dame and conducted countless retreats and workshops nationwide in scripture and liturgy.

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Ritual Embodiment and the Body of Christ
  (Third Major Address - Friday 9:00 a.m.)

Dr. Margaret Mary Kelleher, O.S.U.

Dr. Kelleher will explore the Eucharist as a ritual action in which the Church performs its identity as the Body of Christ.  Implications of that identity for the Christian life will be offered.

Dr. Kelleher is an Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America School of Religious Studies in the Department of Religion and Religious Education in Washington, D.C.  She received her B.S. from College of Mt. St. Vincent, her M.S. and M.A. from Fordham University and her Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America.  She has served in various capacities on the Advisory Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and as a member of the Brookland Commission on Women Religious and the Intellectual Life.  She has written extensively for various publications and is a popular conference presenter.

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Mystagogy Through the Sacred Arts
  (Fourth Major Address - Friday 2:00 p.m.)

Rev. Michael Driscoll

“Faith grows when it is well expressed in celebration.  Good celebrations foster and nourish faith.  Poor celebrations may weaken and destroy it.”  Music in Catholic Worship, 1983, par. 6.  The speaker will address the role of aesthetics in the liturgical celebration.

Fr. Driscoll is currently Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  He received a B.A. in Philosophy from Carroll College in Helena, Montana.  He received his S.T.B., at the Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, Rome, Italy and his S.T.L. in Sacramental Theology from Sant Anselmo, Rome, Italy.  Continuing his studies, he attended the Institut Catholique de Paris, France where he received a Doctorate in Theology with a specialization in Liturgy and Sacramental Theology.   Fr. Driscoll received his Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, France.  He has written numerous articles, papers and presentations and is a popular lecturer.

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We Are Eucharistic People
  (Fifth Major Address - Saturday 9:00 a.m.)

Rev. R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B.

As people formed by the Eucharist, we are to take the presence of Christ with us when we leave the Church.  Christ’s presence should condition the way we love, challenge and support one another.  It should empower us to respond in justice, in forgiveness and in mercy to the needs of the poor, the underprivileged and the marginalized in our world.

Fr. R. Kevin Seasoltz is a Benedictine monk of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota and a professor in the School of Theology Seminary at Collegeville.  He is the editor of the liturgical journal, Worship.

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