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37th Annual Conference

Paul as Liturgical Theologian
June 15 - 17, 2009
at the University of Notre Dame


From June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009 the Church will be celebrating a Jubilee Year in honor of the apostle Paul, to commemorate the bimellenium of his birth. As its contribution to this commemoration, the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy is dedicating its 2009 conference to exploring "Paul as Liturgical Theologian."

Presentations will consider Paul's teachings on Christian worship and liturgy, and how the Church community's worship serves as matrix for his theology.


Keynote Speaker:

  1. Fr. Robert Taft, S.J., Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome
    Paul as Liturgical Theologian

Plenary Session Speakers:

  1. Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary
    "Faith comes by what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ."
    Romans 10:17
    The Word in Worship -     This presentation will offer a Reformation perspective on Paul’s understanding of the proclamation of the Word when the Christian community gathers for worship. How, based on the witness of St. Paul, do Christians of Reformation heritage understand that God is working through preaching? How does the experience of hearing the Word proclaimed when the community worships affect the faith of the community? What is the role of preaching in worship?
  2. Fr. Paul McPartlan, Catholic University of America
    "The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?"
    1 Corinthians 10:16
    One Body: Ecclesial and Sacramental -     Paul's teaching concerning the Church and Eucharist as body of Christ is fundamental to ecclesiology. This first presentation on the Church as “One Body” will focus on how the Eucharist makes the Church, and how the Church is manifest in the Eucharist. It will also investigate how we become the one body of Christ in the eucharistic liturgy. Finally, the significance of this starting point for current ecumenical dialogue will also be considered.
  3. Aurelie Hagstrom, Providence College
    "To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good."
    1 Corinthians 12:7
    One Body: Gifts, Minitries, Responsibility -     This second presentation on the Church as “One Body” will consider two related aspects. First, when the Church community comes together as “One Body” to worship, they receive “manifestations of the Spirit for the common good”: gifts which, though diverse, all have value, work together for the good of the whole community, and complement each other. Second, within the One Body of the Church, all have responsibility for each other – the stronger members serve those who are weaker, and the rich share with the poor.
  4. Fr. John Behr, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary
    "As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth."
    Ephesians 1:10
    The Eschatological Dimension of Liturgy -     Paul understood Jesus to have made known to us the mystery of God’s will. The plan for the fullness of time was fulfilled in Christ’s life, death and resurrection. This life is now shared with his body, it is bestowed in the sacraments, it is celebrated in the Eucharist. This presentation will consider how heaven and earth are united in the Church’s life of liturgical celebration, and how the Holy Spirit works in the liturgy to effect this union and leads to the growth of each Christian’s life in the Spirit.

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Breakout Session Speaker:

  1. Normand Bonneau, Saint Paul University
    Paul in the Lectionary
  2. Paula Carlson, St. Olaf College
    Paul Lifted Up by Preachers as Model to be Imitated
  3. Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University Divinity School
    Paul's Presence in Christian Worship Through the Centuries in Art
  4. Fr. John Lodge, University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary
    Preaching From Paul's Letters Today
  5. Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame
    Jewish Roots of Paul's Liturgical Theology
  6. Jan Poorman, University of Notre Dame
    Pauline Lectionary Texts for Sacramental Catechesis
  7. Fr. Eugene Uzukwu, University of Notre Dame Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin
    Paul's Theology of Worship and Justice in Africa Today