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Wednesday, October 15
Study Day:
To Worship
in Spirit and Truth: Liturgy in the Shaping of Catholic Identity
Some 40
years after the Second Vatican Council, there has been great
interest in the question of "what constitutes Catholic Identity”.
For some, the display of catholic identity needs to be overt and
characterized by certain kinds of specific liturgical and devotional
practices. In the renewal inaugurated by the Second Vatican Council,
the emphasis on the centrality of the liturgy eclipsed some
well-loved devotional practices. While it is possible to resurrect
some of these practices, doing so may undermine the original intent
of the Council. Therefore, the meeting will provide a context for
participants to dialogue on such issues as:
1.
What is it that people are looking for in the liturgical life of
their parishes? & Why do they want it?
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Theological foundations of the liturgy.
3.
What may we do to meet people's needs and still be faithful to the
Council?
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Liturgy: Exit Polls
This presentation will explore
findings from recent CARA research about Mass attendance and
participation in the liturgical life of the Church and the local
parish. Using data from national surveys of Catholics in the United
States, the presentation will examine beliefs and attitudes about
Eucharist and Mass and the factors that encourage and discourage
participation in Mass and other liturgical and devotional practices.
The presentation will also highlight differences in attitudes and
behaviors across generations and among those from various ethnic and
cultural backgrounds.
Sr. Mary E. Bendyna, RSM,
Ph.D is the Executive Director of the
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
(CARA) Sr. Mary is a member of the Buffalo Regional Community of
the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She has a B.A. in history and
political science from Canisius College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in
government from Georgetown University.
At CARA, Sr. Mary
specializes in questionnaire design, focus group facilitation, and
quantitative and qualitative data analysis, with emphasis on
attitudinal and cultural research. She has led numerous studies on
ministry, faith formation, and religious life and has focused in
particular on generational differences among Catholics.
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It Is Right to Give Thanks and Praise
The liturgy is the act by which
God the Father is most appropriately worshipped, for it is adoration
through the Son and in the Holy Spirit. Now this right praise
(orthodoxy) redounds to our infinite benefit, precisely because God
has no need of it. Whatever we give to him breaks against the rock
of the divine self-sufficiency and comes back to us. This is why
the liturgy is the ultimately humanizing act, the moment in which we
are most elevated and brought to the fullness of life. What I would
like to do in This presentation will explore the theological
background for all of these claims and to bring out their practical
implications.
Rev. Robert E. Barron, S.T.D.
is Professor of
Systematic Theology at University of St. Mary of the Lake in
Chicago. He received his Masters degree in Philosophy from the
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1982 and was
ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1986.
In 1992 he received his S.T.D. from Institut Catholique de
Paris.
Fr. Barron has authored
Toward a Post-Liberal Catholicism (2007) and Bridging the
Great Divide: Musings of a Post-Liberal, Post-Conservative,
Evangelical Catholic. He
has received the Catholic Press Association Book Award for each of
two publications: The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path
and Thomas Aquinas: Spiritual Master.
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What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem OR What Has Sociology to Do
with Theology?
A Future for Liturgical Renewal
After
exploring how data derived from the human sciences might interact
with theological discourse, this session will explore the importance
of evangelization, catechesis, and mystagogy for the future
of Catholic Christian worship in the United States.
Rev. Jan Michael Joncas, S.T.D. is a presbyter of the Archdiocese of
Saint Paul-Minneapolis. He is
Associate Professor in the
Departments of Catholic Studies and Theology of St. Thomas
University. He holds both an
S.T. L. and. S.T.D from the
Pontificio Istituto Liturgico at the Collegio Sant' Anselmo,
and an M.A. in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame.
Well known as an author, presenter, composer, and lecturer on
liturgy and theology, Fr. Joncas was presented the Jubilate Deo
award at the 2007 NPM National Convention.
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Facilitator:
Mrs. Sheila McLaughlin
is the Director of the
Joseph Bernardin Center for Theology and
Ministry at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Sheila
was the Director of the Office for Divine Worship of the Archdiocese
of Chicago as well as a member of the FDLC Board of Directors and
National Meeting Facilitator. She holds an MA degree in Pastoral
Studies from the Catholic Theological Union.
She is a member of the Advisory
Board of the Georgetown Center for Liturgy, the Siena Center at
Dominican University and the Precious Blood Center for
Reconciliation. She also serves as liturgy consultant for the
Catholic Health Association.
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Thursday, October 16
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Study Night
Conversation with a Liturgical Scholar
Informal discussion with Bishop Blase Cupich. Follow-up on previous
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Most Rev. Blase Cupich
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Most Reverend Blase Cupich is Bishop of the Diocese of
Rapid City, South Dakota. He was ordained a priest for the
Archdiocese of Omaha in 1975, and ordained Bishop of Rapid City in
1998. Bishop Cupich holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University
of St. Thomas an M.A. theology from the Gregorian University, and an
S.T.L./S.T.D. in Liturgy from the Catholic University of America.
He has served as the director of worship of the Archdiocese of
Omaha, an instructor at Creighton University, a secretary of the
Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, DC, and the rector of the
Pontifical College Josephinum. He served on the USCCB Committee on
Liturgy from 1999-2007, chairing its Task Force on Liturgy with
Children from 2000 – 2005. Bishop Cupich currently serves on the
USCCB Ad Hoc
Committee on Scriptural Translations and is the chair-elect of the
Bishops'
Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People.
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