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photo: Darrell Harmon Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Gives Hillenbrand Lecture Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM CAP, preaches at Mass before his Hillenbrand Distinguished Lecture as part of the liturgical institute’s hillenbrand distinguished lecture series, His Excellency Charles J. Chaput, ofm cap, Archbishop of Denver, traveled to Mundelein to speak to over 100 of the Liturgical Institute’s cadre of summer participants: students, staff, faculty, members of the Sacred Music Retreat, members of the Liturgical Retreat for Priests, and visitors from the local community. He also served as principal celebrant and homilist for the Institute’s evening Mass. Archbishop Chaput entitled his lecture “Glorify God By Your Life: Evangelization and the Renewal of the Liturgy,” and began by citing the famous question raised by liturgical reformer Romano Guardini. Because Guardini “believed that the spirit of the modern world was undermining the beliefs that made this liturgical consciousness possible,” he asked if it were even possible for modern people to celebrate “the liturgical act” at all. The Archbishop then posed that same question to those in attendance, asking them to contemplate how the current American context affects our ability to understand what is true. “Let’s consider some of the evidence, “ he said. “We live in a society where the organizing principle is technological progress, conceived in narrow, scientific and materialistic terms. Our culture is dominated by the assumptions of this scientific and materialistic worldview. We judge what is ‘true’ and what is ‘real’ by what we can see, touch and verify through research and experimentation.” He then cited Mundelein Seminary professor Fr. Robert Barron who asked not that we “accommodate the liturgy to the world, but to let the liturgy be itself – a transformative icon of the ordo of God.” Chaput then offered his own commentary on the nature of the sacred liturgy. He asked first that Catholics “recover the intrinsic and inseparable connection between liturgy and evangelization,” then follow up with an understanding of the liturgy as “a participation in the liturgy of heaven, in which we worship in Spirit and truth with the worldwide Church and the communion of saints.” In speaking of the devotion of early Christians, Chaput noted that the Mass described by a group of early disciples was called a “glorious assembly” and “a heavenly liturgy” which lead them exclaim: “We cannot live without the Mass.” “This is the kind of faith that should inspire our worship,” Chaput claimed. “And this is the kind of faith that our worship should inspire. Can we really say today that we’re ready to die rather than not celebrate the Mass?” The Liturgical Institute thanks Archbishop Chaput for sharing his wisdom with our academic community. UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE LITURGICAL INSTITUTE we now offer secure on-line conference registration at www.liturgicalinstitute.org September 17, 2010 Mystical Body, Mystical Voice: Preview for Diocesan Representatives A preview of the Liturgical Institute’s program for liturgical renewal and the third edition of the Roman Missal. Offered for clergy and church professionals, parish and diocesan Directors of Worship, Religious Education and Deacon Formation, and college and university chaplains. The event is offered at no charge thanks to a generous grant from Liturgy Training Publications. More information and on-line registration is available at www.mbmv.org. November 5, 2010 Profound Preaching: Contemplative Homiletics Deacon James Keating, phd, noted presenter, educator and author, leads one of the Institute’s most popular events: a one-day workshop for priests and deacons on preaching the Word of God entitled Contemplative Preaching: Letting the Word Heal. January 21, 2011 Treasures of the Triduum with all new topics! Fathers Douglas Martis and Michael Fuller return for one of the Institute’s most popular workshops unveiling the rich theology of Holy Week. This year’s event draws from Holy Week’s Liturgy of the Hours, providing insights perfect for preachers, RCIA leaders, liturgy directors, musicians and all who desire to enter more deeply into the heart of the paschal Mystery. April 8, 2011 Mystical Body, Mystical Voice: For Church Musicians Enjoy the Liturgical Institute’s rich insights for the implementation of the third typical edition of the Missal adapted specifically for church musicians. Perfect for music and liturgy directors, priests, choir members, and all who love music and sacred liturgy. For more information call 4.3.440 or register online at www.liturgicalinstitute.org
Institute Sponsors Retreats for Priests and Church Musicians photo: Darrell Harmon Participants in the Liturgical Institute’s Sacred Music Retreat gathered for a photograph after Mass. in an endeavor to foster prayer and contemplation of the sacred liturgy, the Liturgical Institute sponsored two concurrent week-long summer retreats: one treating sacred music and the other planned for priests. Intended to combine theological and practical aspects of church music with prayer and meditation, the Institute’s fifth annual Sacred Music Retreat for church musicians was led by Fr. John-Mark Missio, an experienced church musician, composer, and former head of St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto, Canada. The retreat theme, “Faith flows from Alleluia,” allowed a meditative journey through the Sequences that extend the Gospel Acclamation in significant moments in the Church’s year. “How fitting it is,” Fr. Missio said, “that the source of these poetic expositions of faith is found not only in the syllables of an acclamation of joy, but ultimately is found in the movement of the heart towards the Word of God.” Participants formed a retreat schola under the direction of noted Chicago composer Mr. Kevin Allen, and sang several pieces at the Institute’s Solemn Mass of the Nativity of John the Baptist. During the same week, the Institute also organized it first retreat for priests, offering meditations on themes related to the sacred liturgy. The retreat focused on priesthood and the sacred liturgy, taking inspiration from Pope Benedict xvi, who described priesthood as “The Love of the Heart of Jesus.” Retreat master Fr. Lawrence Hennessey of Mundelein Seminary chose to speak on the sacred liturgy as the living spring of priestly spirituality. Centering on the mystery of Christ disclosed by the Holy Spirit in the mission of a priest, he drew from the various invocations of the Holy Spirit during the course of the Eucharistic Liturgy. Participants in both retreats joined the Liturgical Institute students for sung Lauds, Vespers and Mass each day. They also attended the Institute’s Hillenbrand Distinguished Lecture given by Archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput, ofm cap. The Liturgical Institute will be sponsoring another retreat for priests in the summer of 2011 entitled “Christ: The Ideal of the Priest” led by retreat master Fr. Joseph Henchey, css. Institute Awards First Spiritus Liturgiae Award to Monsignor James Moroney the liturgical institute is pleased to announce that Monsignor James Moroney is the recipient of the Liturgical Institute’s first Spiritus Liturgiae Award. This award recognizes distinguished service to the Church in promotion of her sacred liturgy. A priest of the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, Monsignor Moroney was Executive Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for the Liturgy from 1996 to 2007. He currently serves as Executive Secretary to the Vox Clara Committee and was a visiting faculty member at the Liturgical Institute in the summer of 2010. “Monsignor Moroney has labored tirelessly for years in helping to renew the Church’s liturgy,” said faculty member and Assistant Director of the Liturgical Institute Dr. Denis McNamara. “He has taught and studied from the heart of the Church— and always accompanied by enthusiasm and good cheer.” In his acceptance comments, Msgr. James Moroney referred to the forthcoming new translation of the Roman Missal: “I thank you for this award. I am particularly humbled that it comes from such an esteemed and estimable organization as the Liturgical Institute, which in its first decade has succeeded in imbuing so many talented individuals, many of them present here this evening, with the spirit and the power of the sacred liturgy... How blest we are to be witnesses to the second springtime of the vision of the Council Fathers lived out in our own day, as we prepare to utter, in some ways for the first time, the ancient collects which define who we are and who we are supposed to be as we seek to move from ideology to worship, and from novelty to mystery, as we seek to desire not so much to change the Liturgy, as to be utterly transformed by it, as we seek to move from the prestige of being liturgists, to a recognition of our role as the very model of unworthy servants of this holy and living sacrifice.” The Liturgical Institute extends its congratulations and best wishes to Monsignor James Moroney.
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