NEW online public lecture
Liturgy’s Imagined Futures: Beyond Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy 

The ACU Centre for Liturgy will have the pleasure of hosting Professor Teresa Berger from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School in the USA on 6 November 2023.

Professor Berger will present an online lecture via Zoom at 10am AEDT. 

Taking as a starting point the upcoming 60th anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy on December 4, 1963, this lecture asks about the possible futures of Catholic liturgy beyond the vision of Sacrosanctum Concilium. In particular, it will probe ways in which liturgical life into the 21st century will be – and will have to be – different from what both the Council and the post-conciliar liturgical reforms were able to imagine.

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About Professor Berger
Teresa Berger is Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, USA, where she also serves as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology. She holds doctorates in both theology and in liturgical studies.

Recent publications include an edited volume, Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation (2019), and a monograph titled @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (2018). Earlier publications include Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History (2011), Fragments of Real Presence (2005), and a video documentary, Worship in Women’s Hands (2007).

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New FREE public lecture
A Liturgical Reform in Peril? Sacrosanctum Concilium Sixty Years On 

 The ACU Centre for Liturgy will be delighted to host Fr John Baldovin, SJ for a free public lecture on 3 December 2023.

The lecture will be held at The Julien O’Connell Lecture Theatre, St Teresa of Kolkata Building (ACU Melbourne Campus 421.2.03) 115b Victoria Parade Fitzroy Vic 3065, and also ONLINE via Teams at 5pm AEDT.

The modern liturgical movement reached a highpoint with the promulgation of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963). But promulgation is one thing, reception another. How has the Constitution been received? Is the vision of the reform in peril? What remains to be done? How have the recent statements of Pope Francis moved the reform of the liturgy forward? What are the prospects for the future?

John F Baldovin SJ is Professor of Historical and Liturgical Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross, an MDiv from Weston School of Theology, and MA, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University. Fr. Baldovin has taught at Fordham University, the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA (1999–2008). He served on the advisory committee for the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy of the USCCB (1989–1993) and on the advisory committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) (1994–2002). He is past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy (which presented him its Berakah Award in 2007), Societas Liturgica. and the International Jungmann Society for Jesuits and the Liturgy (2019-2022).

Widely published in journals including Worship, Theological Studies, America, and Commonweal, Fr. Baldovin’s books include The Urban Character of Christian Worship: The Origins, Development and Meaning of Stational Liturgy (Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 1987); Living Bread, Saving Cup: Understanding the Mass (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003), Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics (Liturgical, 2008) and Catholic Sacraments, edited with David Turnbloom (Paulist, 2015).

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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.

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• 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
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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

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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

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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