Greetings to all from Liturgy Brisbane.
This issue of LITed is devoted to the celebration of the 50 days of Easter
and offers particular reflections on the Solemnities of Ascension and Pentecost.
Information about an upcoming online lecture with internationally renowned theologian, Msgr Kevin Irwin is included, along with details about how to register for the Liturgical Musicians' Training Day for those readers living in Brisbane.
Wishing you all the blessings and joy of the Easter Season.
From all of us at Liturgy Brisbane.
This issue of LITed is devoted to the celebration of the 50 days of Easter
and offers particular reflections on the Solemnities of Ascension and Pentecost.
Information about an upcoming online lecture with internationally renowned theologian, Msgr Kevin Irwin is included, along with details about how to register for the Liturgical Musicians' Training Day for those readers living in Brisbane.
Wishing you all the blessings and joy of the Easter Season.
From all of us at Liturgy Brisbane.
Articles on the 50 Days of Easter
Activities to Celebrate Easter's 50 DaysTo help families sustain the Easter spirit of celebration all the way to Pentecost, this article offers fifty ways to celebrate the 50 days.
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Aspects of the AscensionDrawing on the liturgical readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension Year B, this reflection from 'Sacred Space' illuminates some aspects of the mission which Jesus gives to each of us.
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A reflection for PentecostFrom the Vatican News website, Fr. Antony Kadavil comments on the readings at Mass for the Pentecost Sunday and identifies important life messages for contemporary Christians.
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The Australian Catholic University (ACU) Centre for Liturgy will host Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin in an online public lecture, ‘Liturgy and Sacraments in a COVID World: Renewal not Restoration’, broadcast live from Washington DC, on Sunday 16 May via Zoom.
Restrictions on in-person worship during the pandemic have challenged parishes to find other ways to connect through the use of technology. While some successful innovations have emerged during this period, some problematic liturgical practices have also been uncovered which indicate that further work is still needed in many places to implement Vatican II’s liturgical reforms fully. Kevin Irwin’s analysis of the current situation will highlight a positive path forward.
The ACU Centre for Liturgy is offering this public lecture via a live virtual platform to connect those interested in liturgy to the worldwide scholarly conversation and to make the lecture available to an international audience.
Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. A member of The Catholic University of America (CUA) Theology Faculty for more than 30 years, Msgr Irwin held the Walter J. Schmitz Chair of Liturgical Studies from 2000- 2015 and was the Dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies from 2005-2011. Currently Ordinary Research Professor at CUA, Msgr Irwin is the author of more than 20 books and 70 journal articles. Prominent in his research are liturgical-theological method and the role of creation in liturgy and sacraments. Msgr Irwin’s most recent books include A Commentary on Laudato Si’ (Paulist Press, 2016); the revised and expanded edition of his classic text Context and Text: A Method for Liturgical Theology (Liturgical Press, 2018); Pope Francis and the Liturgy: The Call to Holiness and Mission (Paulist Press, 2019); and Liturgy and Sacraments in a COVID World: Renewal not Restoration (Paulist Press, 2021).
Please email the ACU Centre for Liturgy at [email protected] with any questions or for further information.
https://www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/institutes-academies-and-centres/acu-centre-for-liturgy/news-events-and-resources
Registration: Essential by 13 May 2021. Register at www.acu.edu.au/PublicLectureCfl.
Cost: $A10, $5 for student / pensioner concession.
It is with great pleasure that the Archdiocesan Commission on the Liturgy invites you to register for the Liturgical Musicians’ Training Day.
Date: Saturday 15 May 2021
Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Venue: St Laurence’s College, South Brisbane
Please click on the link below to view information about the workshops and the presenters, and to select which workshops you wish to attend.
There are also links on this page to purchase either an individual or a group ticket.
https://liturgybrisbaneworkshops.weebly.com/liturgical-musicians-training-day-registration.html
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone on (07) 3324 3321.
Date: Saturday 15 May 2021
Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Venue: St Laurence’s College, South Brisbane
Please click on the link below to view information about the workshops and the presenters, and to select which workshops you wish to attend.
There are also links on this page to purchase either an individual or a group ticket.
https://liturgybrisbaneworkshops.weebly.com/liturgical-musicians-training-day-registration.html
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone on (07) 3324 3321.
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Liturgy News now freely available to all!
Liturgy News is a seasonal periodical from Liturgy Brisbane. Each issue features commentary and insight from Australia's leading liturgists. Written for parishes, schools, experts and novices. Liturgy News is an essential tool for anyone working in liturgy! Now freely available at the end of each quarter on the Liturgy Brisbane website. Contact us if you would like us to email you the PDF of each new issue as it is released. Past editions of Liturgy News are also available for PDF download from March 2001 (Vol 31 No 1). The complete index is searchable on the Liturgy Brisbane website. |
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Recommended Reading
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Authenticity is a value difficult to define but impossible to ignore in contemporary life. The desire for authentic experience pervades art, music, food, dating, marketing, and politics. Worship is no exception: Vatican documents, megachurch websites, pastors, and liturgy planners all make competing claims to offer the genuine article. But what makes liturgy authentic? What distinguishes real celebration from artificial spectacle, heartfelt prayer from empty ritualism, a living tradition from both stagnation and gimmickry? Can today's Christians perform the liturgy so that it is not a mere performance but a sincere offering of their whole selves?
In this book, Nathaniel Marx argues that the defining characteristic of authentic liturgy is harmony. Authentic liturgy happens when the minds of participants are in tune with their voices. The call for worshipers to harmonize their inward and outward offerings of prayer is discernible in the Bible, in the history of Christian prayer, and in diverse efforts to invigorate communal worship today. Marx's argument unfolds the meaning of this call to authentic worship through a provocative and wide-ranging study incorporating scriptural exegesis, liturgical history, anthropology of ritual, and philosophy of action. He argues that authenticity is not a modern buzzword but an ancient virtue essential to worshiping in a spirit of communion. Nathaniel Marx is assistant professor of sacramental and liturgical theology at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. He holds a PhD in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in social sciences from the University of Chicago. |
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Praying Together With Young People 2021
Introducing a new daily prayer resource designed to help teachers, parents and catechists to lead prayer with a class or family. Also includes an electronic flip-book version of the book for easy display on screens.
The structure of the prayer for each weekday is the same so that prayer time becomes a familiar routine, leading children into a liturgical pattern of responses. Responses to the gospel reading for each day include intercessions, songs, guided meditations, short video clips or silent prayer. Hyperlinks in the electronic version of the resource provide easy access to online reflections.
Sample pages are available to view on the Liturgy Brisbane website. (Click on the image below)
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Sunday Readings and Praying With Children resources are now available by subscription.
Resources are available to parishes, schools and to individual subscribers.
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The Sunday Readings resource is delivered by email each week. It contains a link to the current week's web page and an accompanying PDF which includes the Sunday readings and associated commentaries. Subscribing parishes may share these resources with their parishioners. |
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The Praying with Children resource has been expanded to include music (audio, sheet music and PowerPoint).
It also includes the features you have become familiar with, including a gospel reading, reflection, video, discussion topic and group activity. This resource has been designed for use: 1) at Children’s Liturgy of the Word during Sunday Mass and 2) by parents and children in the home. Subscribers receive an email each week which contains the link to the current week's web page, as well as an accompanying PDF. Parishes who subscribe may forward this email on to parishioners, or they may decide just to send the PDF. |
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The Wedding by LITURGIA has been designed for couples who are preparing their wedding liturgy. This electronic resource contains all the readings and prayers from the new revised Order of Celebrating Matrimony as well as music suggestions and lyrics of hymns. It runs on all Internet enabled devices: PCs, Macs, Tablets and Phones. Choose from the full range of prayers and readings and prepare the liturgy from start to finish. No need to type in any texts! View music suggestions for each part of the liturgy and insert your chosen hymns, with lyrics, into your liturgy plan. Type in the names of the bride and groom, and the names appear correctly throughout all of the ritual texts. Export your liturgy to Word or PDF and print a booklet, or create a PowerPoint presentation for use on display screens. It also comes with a companion hard-copy book (pictured) which contains all the prayers and texts of the Catholic marriage rite along with other helpful information. Click here to order. |
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The Funeral by LITURGIA is an electronic resource which has been designed for families who are preparing the funeral of a loved one, or for those who may wish to prepare their own funeral.
This electronic resource contains all the readings and prayers from the Order of Christian Funerals as well as music suggestions and lyrics of hymns. It runs on all Internet enabled devices: PCs, Macs, Tablets and Phones. Choose from the full range of prayers and readings and prepare the liturgy from start to finish with no need to type in any texts! Type in the name of the deceased and this name appears correctly throughout all of the ritual texts. Export your liturgy to Word or PDF and print a booklet, or create a PowerPoint presentation for use on display screens. This resource also comes with a companion hard-copy book (pictured) which contains all the prayers and texts of the Catholic funeral rite along with other helpful information. Click here to order |
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