Liturgy: Presiding and Participating in Community Celebrations (DL3010Y)

Content

Building on prior studies and/or experience in Liturgy, this unit comprises three continuous and contiguous elements which overlap and interweave throughout the unit: information relating to the spirit and structure of liturgical celebrations as essentially communal and participatory; reflection on these as developed in the Liturgical books and commentaries, and as experienced in a variety of situations; experience which prepares presiders, particularly, for their role in a variety of Liturgical celebrations in the Catholic tradition

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Prior studies and/or experience in liturgical celebration

Pedagogy

Lectures, group discussions, practical work, critical analysis

Indicative Bibliography

• Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal. 2007.
• Foley, Edward, Nathan Mitchell and Joanne Pierce, eds. A Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Collegeville, MN: Pueblo, 2007.
• Foley, Edward. From Age to Age: How Christians Have Celebrated Eucharist. Revised Ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008.
• Fortescue, Adrian, John Berthram O’Connell and Alcuin Reid. The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described. 15th ed. London: Burns & Oates, 2009.
• Hovda, Robert W. Strong. Loving and Wise: Presiding in Liturgy. Washington DC: Liturgical Conference, 1976
• International Committee on English in the Liturgy. English Translation of the Order of Mass, 2008.
• Kavanaugh, Aidan. Elements of Rite: A Handbook of Liturgical Style. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990
• Lysik, David, ed. The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource. 4th ed. (2 vols). Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, 2004.
• Martin, James. Celebrating Good Liturgy. Chicago, IL: Loyola Press, 2005.
• Mitchell, Nathan. Meeting Mystery. New York, NY: Orbis Books, 2006.
• Pecklers, Keith. The Genius of the Roman Rite: On the Reception and Implementation of the New Missal. London: Burns & Oates, 2009.
• Smolarski, Dennis. How Not to Say Mass. Revised ed. New York: Paulist Press, 2003.
• — Sacred Mysteries: Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1995.
• The Rites of the Catholic Church. 2 Vols. New York, NY: Pueblo, 1990.
• White, James. Introduction to Christian Worship. Revised ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000.

Assessment