T13**  Liturgias Multiculturales: Ideales, Problemas y Soluciones
            Dr. Linda O’Brien-Rothe

Este taller va a explorar los valores Cristianos que forman la base de las celebraciones multiculturales.  Se tratarán también, los problemas más comunes y se proporcionarán sugerencias para solucionar esos problemas.

** We reserve the right to change this workshop to English based on participation.
    Reservamos el derecho de cambiar este taller al idioma Inglés basado en el interes demostrado a participar.

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T14     Paschal Mystery: Spirituality for Cantors
            Sr. Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, MM, Ph.D.

This session explores how the responsorial psalm acts as a bridge leading from the first reading to encounter with Christ in the Gospel.  Preparation of the responsorial psalm must begin, then, with reflection on the Gospel and how the psalm and gospel together invite the cantor to a deeper living of the paschal mystery.

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T15     Music for Funerals and the Bereavement Process
            Joe Coleman

The Congregation for Divine Worship has decreed that the Church, as a tender mother, seeks by means of its funeral rites not only to commend the dead to God but also to raise high the hope of its children and give witness to its own faith in the future resurrection of the baptized with Christ.  This workshop examines the integral role of music in the rite and the bereavement process.

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T16     The Tools of Our Craft: The Work of the Music Minister in the Parish
            Dan Girardot

Music ministers are called to formation in spirituality, liturgy, musicianship and leadership.  Explore these four areas and their relationship to the nature of ritual action.  The interplay between these elements and all the liturgical ministries is a key to parish worship.

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T17     The Eucharistic Prayer: Echoing Jesus’ Call to Non-Violence?
            Sr. Patricia Ridgley, SSMN

Participants will examine several Eucharistic Prayers through the lens of Jesus’ call to non-violence.  Discussion will explore pastoral consequences of this consciousness.

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T18     Taizé Prayer in Your Parish
            David Anderson

Have you ever experienced the beauty and simplicity of the music and prayer of Taizé?   Explore ways to incorporate this ecumenical prayer into your community.  Discover why people are drawn to this contemplative prayer experience and discuss the ecumenical implications for unity and reconciliation. Come prepared to sing!

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T19     The Eucharist and Our Life as Church: John Paul II’s Ecclesia de Eucharistia
            Rev. Gavin Vaverik

John Paul II was an active participant in Vatican II.  Now, 40 years later, he invites us to live more deeply the mystery of faith encountered in the Eucharist, the font and summit of the Christian life (SC 10, LG11).  On Holy Thursday 2003, the Pope offered his most recent encyclical containing his reflection that the Church draws her life from the Eucharist.  How does this vision challenge us to more fully, consciously and actively participate in the liturgy?

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T20     Making Bridges: Academy to Pew
            Dr. Brian Schmisek

This presentation will highlight the many opportunities available for adult education in the Church today.  We will discuss learning models appropriate for adults and how these learning models are utilized in local and national programs.

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T21     Sign, Symbol and Gesture: Exploring the Depths of Their Meaning
            Rev. Cliff Jacobson

Much of our liturgical practice revolves around the effective use of symbol and gesture and the understanding of what we use and do in liturgy.  But do we really understand their meaning?  Do we reflect on their depth?  This workshop will explore our use of sign, symbol and gesture in liturgy, and we will experience a method for breaking open the depth and richness of our liturgical symbol and gesture.

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T22     Feeding the Flesh, Feeding the Spirit
            Dr. Megan McKenna

What do we actually live on?  Sustenance and substance, bread and wine, hunger for holiness and justice are all ingredients in the same recipe, courses at a meal shared.  Jesus’ stories and meals reveal what are the essentials for a healthy diet for body and soul for his friends.  Come, listen, feed, feast, share and know fullness and fasting as a way of life, first lived, then known ritually.

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 T23    Managing the Risk: Are Our Children Ever Completely Safe?
            Wayne Sandy

Learning from our past, we must make sure that our children, youth and vulnerable adults are kept safe.  This workshop is an overview of what the Dallas Diocese is doing in this area with a ministerial approach.

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T24     Worship Space: Encounter with the Glory of God
            Msgr. Don Fischer, Msgr. Larry Pichard, Lyle Novinski and Joseph J. Patti

See Wednesday afternoon workshop W15.

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