Volume Eleven, Number 1, Summer 2012 - Mundelein Seminary

SUMMER 2012
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 1
This newsletter reports on
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Institute of the University
of Saint Mary of the Lake,
and features information about
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Liturgical Institute Graduates Largest Class Yet As Cardinal George
Confers Degrees at University Commencement
at its may 5th commencement exercises,
the ecclesiastical and academic faculties of the
University of St. Mary of the Lake conferred
diplomas on eleven Liturgical Institute graduates.
Cardinal Francis George, omi, Chancellor
of the University and founder of the Liturgical
Institute, personally presented diplomas to each
graduate. Held in the Cardinal Mundelein Auditorium,
the ceremony included an address by
former Mundelein Seminary faculty member,
Sr. Kathleen
Mulchay.
With eleven
graduates
comprised of
six Master’s
degrees, four
Licentiates
and one
Doctorate,
the 2012 class
represents
the Institute’s
largest graduation
class to
date.
Newly-minted doctor Fr. Joseph Lionel
earned his degree by defending his dissertation
entitled Continuity in Liturgical Renewal: A Critical
Analysis of the Prefaces for the Five Sundays of
Lent in the Missale Romanum 1570 and 2002 and
the Foundations in Scripture. He is now a faculty
member of St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary in
Bangalore, India.
Among the graduates earning the degree of
Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Fr. Geoffrey
Kerslake, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of
Ottawa, Canada, brought together theology and
architecture in a thesis entitled The Influence of
Dionysius the Areopagite on Abbot Suger: Are Dionysian
Themes Reflected by Design or By Accident
in the Abbey Church of St.-Denis? Fr. John-Mark
Missio, a seminary professor in the Archdiocese
of Toronto, Canada, investigated the requests
of Pope Pius X to define sacred music as holy,
excellent in form and universal. Entitled Pope
Pius X and the Attempt to Define Sacred Music, his
thesis made recommendations for the current
day by studying the “inner nature” of music as a
means for determining its proper form.
A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago,
Fr. Manuel Razo made a study of the origins
of the Eucharist in a thesis entitled The Jewish
Background of the Eucharist, comparing the
writings of Odo Casel, Anton Baumstark and
Louis Bouyer.
Lastly, Mr.
Owen Vyner,
presented a
thesis entitled
The Contribution
of the
Sacrament of
Penance to a
Conjugal Spirituality:
The
Signification
of Marriage
and the Body
in the Thought
of Dietrich von
Hildebrand and John Paul II. Vyner’s work was
considered so excellent as to be presented in the
Institute’s Hillenbrand Lecture Series (see story
inside).
Mr. Joseph Wagner earned his Master of
Arts (Liturgical Studies) degree with a thesis
centered on the relationship of individual transformation
within the worship of the Mystical
Body by studying the modern Liturgical Movement
and the theology of Joseph Ratzinger and
Alexander Schmemann. Joe has since begun
studying for the priesthood at Mundelein
Seminary. His classmate, Fr. Romanus Nwaru,
entitled his thesis Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Exploring
an Ancient Maxim, taking a fresh look at
this well-known phrase.
The Cardinal also awarded four Master of
Arts in Liturgy degrees, first to Dr. Claudia
Dado, whose project, (continued, page 3)
Liturgical Institute graduation class of 2012 with Director Fr. Douglas Martis
and Assistant Director Dr. Denis McNamara.

Fr. Douglas Martis, a priest of
the Diocese of Joliet, holds an
STD with a concentration in
Sacramental Theology from the
Institut Catholique de Paris and
a PhD in History of Religions
and Religious Anthropology
from the Sorbonne.
From the Director
The past few months have seen significant
changes at the University of Saint Mary of the
Lake—changes both in leadership and in vision.
With the appointment of a new President and
Rector, Fr. Robert Barron, the university begins a
new and exciting phase in its history. As you will
see in this issue of Tidings, Fr. Barron, who is
well-known for his “Catholicism” series on PBS
as well as his preaching on WordOnFire.org,
brings a sense of enthusiasm for the proclamation
of the Gospel to future generations. At the
same time he is inspired by the example of great
Catholic leaders of the past, especially Msgr.
Reynold Hillenbrand. Fr. Barron’s mission and
mandate to transform the seminary into a center
for the new evangelization extends to the other
institutes of the university, and corresponds to a
dynamism that the Liturgical Institute programs
have followed since the Institute’s founding in
2000.
In his first official address to the faculty
as rector of Mundelein Seminary, Fr. Barron
announced: “We are in growth mode.” This
pronouncement highlights the trend toward
larger enrollment for the seminary. The same
can be said for the Liturgical Institute. Steady,
consistent growth over the last decade puts us
now at our largest enrollment ever. Our students
UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE LITURGICAL INSTITUTE
we now offer secure online conference registration at www.liturgicalinstitute.org
October 25-26, 2012 The Glory of Catholic Architecture
The Liturgical Institute presents a conference on the sacramental nature of liturgical art and architecture with presenters Denis
McNamara, Duncan Stroik, James McCrery, Jeff Greene and David Meleca. Perfect for parishes that desire to build or renovate,
worship office directors, liturgy directors or anyone who loves the beauty of the Catholic faith. Includes a live design clinic offering
free architectural suggestions for your church plans or buildings in need of renovations.
November 9, 2012 Profound Preaching 2012: A Workshop for Priests and Deacons
The Liturgical Institute continues its ever-popular series of workshops on preaching, this year with the return of Fr. Peter John
Cameron, op. A noted preacher, teacher of homiletics, author and publisher of Magnificat magazine, Fr. Cameron will center his
workshop around the topics raised at the Synod on the Word of God, Verbum Domini.
January 25, 2013 Treasures of the Triduum 2013
Join the Liturgical Institute for its perennially favorite workshop on the riches of the Easter season. Perfect for priests, deacons,
directors of religious education, RCIA leaders and participants and all who love the Church’s liturgy.
For more information call 847.837.4542 or register online at www.liturgicalinstitute.org
come from all walks of life, from every corner of
the globe. They share the same love for Christ
and his Church, the same determination to foster
authentic liturgical renewal—first by preparing
themselves to understand the richness of the
Church’s public worship of God, and, secondly
using their time with us to hone their skills at
preparing, celebrating and teaching the liturgy.
We believe that since the Holy Eucharist is
both source and summit of the Christian life, all
of our efforts directed toward the education, formation
and enrichment of the Catholic Faithful,
the endeavor of promoting their intelligent engagement
in the Sacred Mysteries is indispensable
for authentic evangelization and renewal.
Our experience with students, in the classroom,
chapel and community room has made evident
that lasting formation must integrate the various
aspects of our lives: prayer, study and socialization
is the most effective formula for preparing
liturgical leaders for the future. The clear
direction of the university’s new administration
reinforces our conviction.
Renewed vision brings new synergy. This
Institute and the Seminary will be working more
closely to find collaborative ways to promote the
new evangelization in our programs and in the
tools we pass on to our students. Please keep the
University of Saint Mary of the Lake, all of its
programs and its new president in your prayers,
especially in this Year of Faith.

during its summer 2012 session, The Liturgical
Institute welcomed The Very Reverend
Robert E. Barron to offer a talk in the Institute’s
Hillenbrand Distinguished Lecture series. Giving
his first public address after being named
President/Rector
of the University of
Saint Mary of the
Lake/Mundelein
Seminary, the noted
proponent of the
new evangelization
provided insights
from his research for
an upcoming book
on the Second Book
of Samuel.
Entitled “David
Dancing Before the
Ark: The Liturgical
Theology Implicit
in 2 Samuel 6,” Fr.
Barron’s lecture addressed
the role of
King David as a new Adam, “leader of a properly
defended Eden.” More than a king, Barron argued,
Adam had also been a priest who, walking
in easy fellowship with God, was naturally in
the stance of adoration. Yet after the Fall, the
world suffered a “suspension of right praise as a
consequence of a failure in priesthood.”
In second Samuel, Barron argued that David
becomes a priest because he presides over a “liturgical
kingdom,” and so Samuel chose 30,000
Fr. Robert Barron, newly-appointed President of the University
of St. Mary of the Lake, presents his lecture on the
meaning of sacrifice in liturgical worship as evidence in the
second book of Samuel.
Fr. Robert Barron Offers Thoughts on 2 Samuel and Sacrifice in
the Hillenbrand Distinguished Lecture Series
The Liturgy of the Hours: A Model to Implement
the Prayer of the Church in the Parish, resulted in
the regular prayer of the Divine Office in her
local parish. Fr. John Baptist Nguyen, op, a Dominican
priest from Calgary, Canada, was asked
by his local ordinary to address the alarming
statistics that over 60% of the high school students
in his local Catholic high school were not
confirmed. His master’s project, entitled Journey
of Faith to Encounter Christ in the Sacraments of
Initiation: A New Implementation for High School
Students, was developed to address this pastoral
need.
Father Don Bosco Selvaraj, a priest from
India, chose to approach the question of the
Sacrament of Reconciliation within the context
of the several major religions operating in his
diocese. Calling his project Preparation for the
men to recover the Ark of the Covenant and
return it to Jerusalem that he might center his liturgical
empire around right praise. Barron then
turned his attention to the “sacrificial history
and attitude of Israel presided over by the one
who is not only King but priest as well.” Only
in relationship to Adam can David’s dancing
before the Ark be properly understood, Barron
claimed, since Adam “danced in unison with
the Lord,” while a sinful people felt “out of step
with God.”
David therefore danced before the Ark as
an image of “humanity dancing with the Lord,
recovering the effortless harmony of Eden.” Fr.
Barron then noted that the “gestures and movements
of the priests in the Jerusalem Temple
were intended to mimic, in a stylized way, the
exuberant dance of King David. And since the
ritual moves of the Byzantine and Catholic
Mass trace their origins to the Temple,” one
could conclude that the “processions, gestures,
and bows of Christian priests today participate
in the priesthood of the king who wore the
ephod as he danced before the Ark.”
Before the talk, Liturgical Institute director
Fr. Douglas Martis gave Fr. Barron a historic
photo of Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand, for whom
the lecture series is named, and to whom Barron
looks as a role model for his own time as
Rector.
Many thanks to Fr. Barron for sharing the
fruits of his labors with us.
Liturgical Institute Graduates Largest Class Yet, continued
Sacrament of Reconciliation Today in the Context
of the Diocese of Kumbakonam, India, this multicultural
approach addressed notions of sin and
forgiveness in Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
Lastly, Mr. Evan Stricklin, who works at
a Catholic parish in New Jersey, developed an
educational program for the implementation of
the third edition of the Roman Missal, calling
his project Glorify the Lord by Your Life: Discovering
Active Participation in the Mass by Way of the
New Roman Missal.
Our liturgical Institute graduates are now
serving the Church around the nation and the
world, bringing the Institute’s unique blend of
fidelity, joy, and prayerful preparation to the
people of God. Congratulations to our 2012
graduates!

Owen Vyner gives a Hillenbrand Lecture on signification
of marriage and the body and its relationship
to the sacrament of Penance.
Owen Vyner Gives Hillenbrand Lecture on Conjugal Spirituality
as part of its hillenbrand distinguished
Lecture Series, The Liturgical Institute welcomed
recent Institute graduate Owen Vyner,
who was awarded his Licentiate in Sacred
Theology in the 2012 graduating class. Liturgical
Institute Director, Fr. Douglas Martis, found his
thesis to be of such fine quality
and important contribution that
he invited Vyner to address the
2012 summer students and guests.
Vyner entitled his lecture “The
Contribution of the Sacrament of
Penance to a Conjugal Spirituality:
The Signification of Marriage
and Body in the Thought of
Dietrich von Hildebrand and John
Paul II,” and began by asking the
fundamental questions about how
Christians grow in holiness. He
then cited the idea proclaimed by
John Paul II that the Eucharist
and Penance are the infallible and
indispensable means for forming
the Christian spirituality of
married and family life. “Is there
something in the very nature of
Penance that is indispensable to
the pursuit of holiness for spouses?,”
Vyner asked.
With that starting point, he then addressed
questions on the nature of marriage, the meaning
of the body and the relationship between
penance and marriage. He cited Dietrich von
Hildebrand’s statement that “Love is the primary
Two New Titles from the Liturgical Institute’s Hillenbrand Books
The Church Building as a Sacred
Place: Beauty, Transcendence
and the Eternal
Duncan G. Stroik
Duncan Stroik’s architectural career
has lead the evolution of the
international classical movement
and his work has been instrumental
in the renaissance of sacred
architecture.
This retrospective and forwardlooking
collection of 23 essays by Duncan Stroik shows the
development and consistency of his architectural vision over
the last eighteen years. Packed with informative essays and
over 170 photographs, this collection will help priests, bishops,
liturgical consultants, lay commissions and parishioners
understand the Church’s architectural tradition.
224 pages, $75.
meaning of marriage” and John Paul’s notion of
the spousal meaning of the body. Conjugal love,
Vyner claimed, is personal in that it reveals the
being of the beloved, and involves a mutual selfgiving
in the most profound “I-thou” relationship.
The lecture then went on to examine the filial,
spousal and procreative meanings of the body,
noting that each person is first made in the image
of God and with a capacity for God, existing
in a filial relationship with the Father. The
spousal meaning of the body in addition indicates
that each person is made for self-gift and
participation in the Son’s communion with the
Church. The body carries a procreative meaning
as well, Vyner claimed, in which the Holy Spirit
becomes the source of spousal fruitfulness and
enables spouses to witness Christ’s love.
Finally, within the categories of each meaning
of the body, the role of Penance and marriage
was addressed. Because sin ruptures the
filial relationship with God, each spouse needs
an encounter with the mercy of the Father in
confession to be renewed as a son or daughter.
Mercy, then, “becomes the new hermeneutic of
gift in marriage,” as it is a concrete expression of
love contained in the marriage vows.
In conclusion, Vyner argued that penance assists
spouses to live the meaning of the body and
therefore cause spousal love to take the form of
mercy. As a prophetic witness, the love signified
by marriage and the body is transformed from
spousal love into merciful and beautiful love.
Church, World, Kingdom: The
Eucharistic Foundation of Alexander
Schmemann’s Pastoral Theology
William C. Mills
Alexander Schmemann’s theological
legacy has influenced all levels of Church
life. His books, articles, essays and sermons
are known world-wide and have
been referenced by theologians in the
East and the West. His theology was influential
from the Second Vatican Council
onward, not only on his own Orthodox tradition, but also on
Roman Catholic and Protestant liturgical theology. In Church,
World, and Kingdom, Rev. William Mills reminds us that for
Schmemann, the scriptures, doctrine, faith, teachings, practices
and prayers of the Church are expressed and fully realized in the
Eucharistic gathering. 193 pages, $18.

Meet Our Students
More student profiles to come in
future issues
Sr. Marie Bernadette Thompson,
op, B.M in Music Education
and Performance, Johns Hopkins
University; continuing studies at
the Juilliard School, New York
and Aquinas College, Nashville.
Sr. Marie Bernadette is a Dominican
Sister of St. Cecilia and
a teacher and choir director at St.
Jude School in Joliet, Illinois. An accomplished singer
and percussionist, she came to the Liturgical Institute
in part because she believes that for the new evangelization
to take place, youth must be “well formed in
liturgy and learn to recognize, value and actively participate
in beautiful liturgical celebration according to
the mind of the Church.”
Fr. Gregory Labus, BME, Music
Education, Texas Christian
University; MDiv/STB, University
of Saint Mary of the Lake/
Mundelein Seminary. A priest
of the Diocese of Brownsville,
Texas, Fr. Greg is Pastor of St.
Joseph Church in Edinburgh
and Diocesan Coordinator of
the Office of Worship. A trained musician, he served
as the Director of Music and Liturgy at Corpus
Christi Cathedral in Corpus Christi, Texas for 17
years. He chose the Liturgical Institute because he
believes it “is training current and future leaders in
keeping with the great tradition of the Church.”
Fr. Peter Stanley, BA, Philosophy
and Letters, University of
Dallas; M. Div., University of
St. Thomas. Fr. Peter is currently
Parochial Vicar of St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church and
assistant vocation director in
the Diocese of Corpus Christi,
Texas. He was sent to the Liturgical
Institute by his bishop, and his goal is to be a
resource for liturgical questions in the diocese and be
able to teach priests, deacons and the laity about the
Church’s liturgy.
Fr. David Cirata, BS, Agriculture,
The Ohio State University,
Columbus; MDiv, Mt. St.
Mary’s Seminary, Cincinnati. Fr.
David is a priest of the Diocese
of Toledo, Ohio, where he is
pastor of St. Jerome Parish in
Walbridge. After experiencing
the Institute’s Mystical Body,
Mystical Voice presentation on the implementation of
the third edition of the Roman Missal, he applied
for further studies in order to “appreciate in a deeper
way the theological underpinnings of the Roman
Liturgy.”
Mr. Rolando Moreno, BA,
Franciscan University of Steubenville;
MTS, Pontifical John
Paul II Institute, Washington,
DC. Rolando is a Pastoral Associate
of Catechesis and Family
Life at St. Joseph Church in
Salem, Oregon and a Theology
Teacher at St. John Bosco
High School in Silverton, Oregon, where he seeks to
“advance the new evangelization through catechesis,”
especially through RCIA. He chose the Liturgical
Institute for its good reputation, rigorous approach to
studies and the combination of academic and spiritual
approaches evident in students’ daily life.
Mr. Adam Erdosy, BA, English
and Philosophy, Villanova University,
MA (cand.), English,
Villanova University. Adam
comes to the Liturgical Institute
from Philadelphia where he
is the sacristan for the Cathedral
of Sts. Peter and Paul. He
brings a varied background to
his studies, with experience as both a yoga instructor
and sommelier. He chose to study at the Institute in
order to work as liturgist and in contribution to his
plans to be ordained a permanent deacon. He chose
the Liturgical Institute because of its “specific focus
on liturgy and its reputation for excellence.”
Fr. Thu Nguyen, BS, Mechanical
Engineering, University of
Texas at Arlington; MA, Theology,
Oblate School of Theology,
San Antonio, Texas. Fr.
Nguyen comes to the Institute
from the Diocese of Fort Worth,
Texas, where he is pastor of St.
George Catholic Church. He
has a particular interest in “good liturgy according to
the current teaching of our Catholic Church,” especially
in light of his experience in trilingual ministry
in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Ms. Katherine Kelly, BS,
Civil Engineering, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Chapaign.
Katherine began studies at
the Liturgical Institute after
working an instructor of youth
catechesis and as an estimator,
doing cost analysis for building
renovations. She came to the
Liturgical Institute to find an education “rooted in
truth, relationship and beauty,” and has valued the
Liturgical Institute’s combination of prayer and study
as well as its beautiful campus.

Scenes from the Liturgical Institute
(Left to right): Institute Director Fr. Martis carries the Host in the Institute’s Corpus Christi procession; Institute graduate Owen Vyner speaks
with attendees after his Hillenbrand Lecture; Institute students offer their musical talents at the Hillenbrand Lecture reception.
(Left to right): Taking advantage of outdoor study on the beautiful campus; Enjoying the Chicago cityscape on an Institute outing: a lake cruise of
Chicago; Fr. Martis meets Cecilia, daughter of Institute student Alexis Kutarna.
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