34th Annual Liturgy Conference
Liturgy and Spirituality
June 19-21, 2006
at the University of Notre Dame
How do we understand our encounter with God in the celebration of the liturgy? How
do we live out our relationship with God in our time spent in prayer apart
from the liturgy and in the rest of our day-to-day lives? Join the
Notre Dame Center for Liturgy at our 34th annual conference as we explore
ways of understanding liturgy, spirituality, and the relationship between
them.
Keynote Speaker
- Fr. J. Michael Joncas
University of St Thomas
"What is Liturgy? What is Spirituality?" - The keynote session will attempt to explore two kinds of discourse on both liturgy and spirituality, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both, and propose a mediating discourse.
General Session Speakers
- Michael Baxter
University of Notre Dame
"The Misread Vision of Virgil Michel" - Pamela Jackson
Notre Dame Center for Liturgy
"The Liturgy as World" - This presentation will reflect on the liturgy as a world within which our ways of thinking about God, and our experience of living in relationship with God, are shaped and expanded and deepened. - Fr. John Jillions
Saint Paul University
"The Orthodox Experience" - Don Saliers
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"Literature and Music: Spiritual Synaesthesia " - Why do heightened speech and ordered sound converge so deeply in the soul, opening our sense of being-in-the-world? By developing the root metaphor of synaesthesia (interanimation of our senses), I propose to explore the work of two poets (Hopkins and Dickinson) in conversation with two musical performances. Spiritual maturation requires forms of poetic and musical synaesthesia.
Breakout Session Speakers
- John Cavadini
University of Notre Dame
"The Liturgy of the Hours and Family Prayer" - Keith Egan
Saint Marys College & University of Notre Dame
"Eucharist and Contemplation" - The Maritains feared that the Liturgical Movement was a threat to contemplation. Far from a threat, the Eucharist has deep roots in the mystical/contemplative tradition. The Mystical Body as Eucharist and as Church is a "source and summit" of contemplation, a contemplation that is the transformation in God through love of both Christians and the Christian community (Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross). - Aurelie Hagstrom
Providence College
"Feasts of Mary and Spirituality" - This session will explore Marian devotion based on the liturgical texts of a few major Marian feasts. Taking our cue from the texts of the liturgies themselves, how might we re-center Marian piety and devotion? How do Christology and Eschatology form a foundation for liturgical celebrations of Marian dogmas and doctrines? And how might the retrieval of a practical Marian spirituality foster ongoing renewal in the life of the Church? - Fr. Ron Lewinski
St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish
"Liturgy of the Hours in the Parish" - Explore the potential, value and significance of fostering the Liturgy of the Hours in Catholic parish life. By extending the liturgy of Christ throughout the day, our spirituality is grounded in the prayer and sacrifice of Christ. - Fr. Paulinus Odozor
University of Notre Dame
"Liturgical Spirituality in a Global Perspective" - Jem Sullivan
The Dominican House of Studies
"Liturgical Year and Spirituality" - This session explores the manifold ways in which the liturgical year is a rich source for the spiritual life. - Helen Theodoropoulos
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology & Seabury-Western Seminary
"Praying With Icons" - This session will focus on the ways in which the icon in prayer can become a place of encounter, a meeting with the Lord that, at the home altar, images and echoes the perfect communion experienced in the Liturgy. Among other things, we will look at how the icon defines a sacred space for this encounter, teaches and uplifts, facilitates prayer, and offers a vision of transfigured life. - Susan Walker
St. Marks Parish
"Spirituality for Liturgical Ministers" - Liturgical ministers, especially directors of liturgy and music, can easily be caught up in the logistical details of worship: who stands where, who moves when, cues for music and lighting and sound. So, then, when do we worship? When do we pray? How do we steward our gifts in a manner that allows us to effectively serve and still remain in close communion with God? This session will help participants explore the blessings and challenges of their particular situations and find ways to maintain the balance that is necessary for life-giving and nurturing ministry.
