Public Lecture “I am what I ritualise: identity, theology, and liturgy in a secular context” an online public lecture by The Rev Canon Lizette Larson-Miller.

On 8 May 2023 the ACU Centre for Liturgy had the honour of hosting Dr Lizette Larson-Miller, Canon Precentor of the  Anglican Diocese of Huron, for a public lecture on this very relevant topic.  

There is no such thing as an un-inculturated liturgy because all liturgical events are shaped by cultures of the past, present, and anticipated. Those celebrating belong to overlapping cultures of language, geography, ethnicity, age, gender, generation, and more. For many Christian generations the church and the dominant culture were synced (at least outwardly), but now in Australia, Canada, the US, the UK and elsewhere, they are not. There have always been communities for whom Christianity’s inherited patterns and their own culture have never aligned. But beyond the loss of a so-called Christendom, there is now a lack of alignment between the domestic church (the household or family) and the official church, often resulting in a lack of reinforcement and continuity, popular religiosity shifting from an extension of the official liturgy to a parallel expression of ritual desire, and a tendency to turn on its head the notion that rituals shape us, as the online world enables us to shape or curate our own ritual expressions. Who are we? What does theology have to do with it? And do our liturgies and rituals need to adapt or resist these changes?

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Celebrating the Lectionary Year A (Garratt, 2019)

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Celebrating the Lectionary Year A is designed for schools and parishes as a catechetical resource that focuses on the Gospels of the Liturgical Year. It can be used as a supplement to Catholic school religious education programs, as a resource for Children’s Liturgy of the Word in parishes, and during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation. Celebrating the Lectionary Year A includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts, including Australian Feasts, Saints and Seasons.

Each 15-20 minute session is designed so that you can lead group discussions and engage in activities which require minimal preparation and make use of resources on hand. Sessions can easily be adapted to your group’s specific needs and time constraints.

Each session includes:

• Background information for teachers and catechists
• Ways to connect children’s lives with the liturgical year
• Full text of the day’s Gospel reading and an age-appropriate guided reflection
• Gospel-related activities
• A take-home page for families to do during the week

Authors: Catherine G. Johnson, Mary Kathleen Kelley, SSJ, Maureen A. Kelly, Nora Malone, Christine Ondrla, James Philipps

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year  - General Introduction to the online guide to this resource

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year A)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year B (Garratt, 2020)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year B (Garratt: 2020) is the second volume of a rich resource of Lectionary-based catechesis designed especially for use in schools and parishes celebrating Children’s Liturgy of the Word. Collaborating with authors from the USA, Prof Clare V. Johnson has prepared this text for use with students in years 5-8 in conjunction with the Year of Grace Calendar for 2021. Exploring the Gospel for Sundays, solemnities, feasts and holydays (according to the Australian Lectionary and liturgical calendar) through proclamation, reflection and engaging classroom activities, this attractive book will help young people to link each Gospel text with their Catholic faith and everyday lives.

Authors: Sr Ann Therese Chaput BVM, Christine Ondrla, James Philipps, Sr Ann Therese Chaput, Clare Johnson

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

RRP $39.95

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year B)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year C (Garratt, 2021)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year C (Garratt: 2021) is the third volume of this valuable supplementary catechetical resource that helps bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into the school or parish catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs.

Each session is easily adapted to meet specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so class discussions and activities can be led with minimal preparation and to make use of the resources on hand. Exploring the Gospel for Sundays, solemnities, feasts and holydays (according to the Australian Lectionary and liturgical calendar) through proclamation, reflection and engaging classroom activities, this attractive book will help young people to link each Gospel text with their Catholic faith and everyday lives.

Authors: Christine Ondrla and Clare Johnson

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

RRP $39.95

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year C)

For more information see: www.garrattpublishing.com.au