Volume Six, Number 3, Fall 2007 - Mundelein Seminary

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Liturgical Institute Hosts “10 Things” Conference on Sacred Liturgy
fall 2007
Volume 6, Number 3
This newsletter reports on
the activities of the Liturgical
Institute of the University
of Saint Mary of the Lake/
Mundelein Seminary, and features
information about
the Institute’s events, faculty,
and students. We welcome
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others who might have an
interest in the mission of this
program.
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in an effort to help pastors and their parish
staffs understand the sacred liturgy’s theological
foundations and expression in worship, the Liturgical
Institute sponsored a conference entitled
“10 Things Your Parish Needs to Know About
the Sacred Liturgy” on October 5th and 6th,
2007. It was intended to help invigorate parish
life by addressing some of the most important
and often asked questions about the nature and
practice of the sacred liturgy.
Keynote speaker Fr. Robert Barron of Mundelein
Seminary spoke of “Liturgy: The Life
of the Church,” placing the Church’s liturgy in
it’s long context of salvation history, from the
law of the Old Testament to the prefiguring of
heaven in our earthly liturgy. The Liturgical
Institute’s own Fr. Douglas Martis spoke
of the phrase “actual participation,” tracing
its origins and explaining its meaning as
expressed at the Second Vatican Council in
the context of the 20th century Liturgical
Movement. Fr. Thomas Milota, a priest
of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, explained
how the Mass is indeed the real, re-presented
sacrifice of Jesus Christ as well as a
meal which recalls the Last Supper, gathers
the earthly community, and prefigures the
Heavenly Banquet of the Lamb.
In a cluster of talks aimed directly at
the exercise of liturgical ministry, speakers
addressed music, ritual and church
documents. Liturgical Institute alumna
Sr. Marganne Drago’s talk, “Don’t Sing
at Mass, Sing the Mass,” addressed the
wishes of 20th century liturgical reformers
that active participation of the faithful
center on singing the texts of the Mass itself. Fr.
Dennis Gill of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
spoke of the richness of ritual, understanding the
Church’s liturgical rites as more than a legalistic
framework, but a treasure which amplifies what
Catholic believe and therefore practice. Chris
Carstens, Director of the Sacred Worship Office
in the Diocese of LaCrosse, returned to address
the Church’s documentation, digging beneath
the protective rules to establish them as “exciting
sources of theology.”
Conference presenter Sheila Liaugminas speaks with conference
participants after her talk entitled “The Domestic Church: Liturgy
and Everyday Life.”
Institute faculty member Dr. Denis McNamara’s
talk, “How to Read a Church Building,”
asked participants to see the church as a sacramental
thing which recalls the Old Testament
temple worship, marks the Christian community
in a place, and serves as an image of the Heavenly
Jerusalem. Mundelein Seminary’s Director of
Liturgy, Fr. John Szmyd, explored how progressive
solemnity can clarify the relative importance
of the Church’s liturgical feasts and seasons. Dominican
Father Peter Gerard addressed the topic
of how to listen to a homily, exploring the life
changing possibilities of preaching the Word of
God. Franciscan University’s Prof. James Pauley
then explored the necessary and fruitful relationship
between liturgy and the catechesis necessary
to help people understand it and therefore participate
fully and actively. Lastly, Relevant Radio’s
Sheila Liaugminas offered suggestions for bringing
the fruits of the liturgy to everyday life.
The Institute’s conferences address all facets
of the Church’s liturgical life, theological, pastoral,
and practical. Please view the upcoming
conferences listed in this issue of Tidings and
consider attending in the future.

Fr. Douglas Martis, a priest of
the Diocese of Joliet, holds an
S.T.D. with a concentration in
Sacramental Theology from the
Institut Catholique de Paris and
a Ph.D. in History of Religions
and Religious Anthropology
from the Sorbonne.
From the Director
the autumn term at mundelein is always
exciting. New students arrive from all corners
of the globe, returning students come with new
enthusiasm and offer renewed hope.
The Liturgical Institute staff has had this
year the opportunity to participate in events
both on campus and around the country: Dr.
McNamara with keen insight into church
architecture, Linda Cerabona with her commitment
to honoring previous music directors
at Mundelein, always learning from the past,
moving with greater fidelity and reverence for
the liturgy, and Kevin Thornton, manager for
Hillenbrand Books, with his constant pursuit of
new authors and new projects. I have personally
had the opportunity to meet parishioners, clergy,
a professional liturgists around the country who
have shared their excitement and reverence for
the liturgy. In a particular way, my meetings with
undergraduates to whom I have had the opportunity
to present the different degree programs
offered by the Institute have served to motivate
me and sustain me in this work. We are also
proud to announce that several Liturgical Institute
students have published scholarly articles,
thus contributing in another way to the renewal
of the liturgy in the Church.
This issue of Tidings chronicles some of
the events that have taken place on our campus.
Rev. Dennis Gill, who will be teaching for the
Institute in the summer session, presented the
Hillenbrand Lecture on Pope Benedict’s recent
motu proprio. In this issue of Tidings, Dr. Lynne
Boughton offers her own reflection on Summorum
pontificum.
The Liturgical Institute’s conferences in the
past few months have brought together men and
women from many places. They have prayed, reflected
and learned about the liturgy. They bring
home with them a renewed sense of the sacred
and a deeper appreciation for the liturgy. They
leave us with growing resolve to continue the
mission of the Institute with new ideas and new
opportunities.
These people and events give us a strong
sense that the vision of liturgical renewal is ever
new and ever timely. The work is invigorating
and valuable. It is crucial for the new generation
of the Church and we are glad to be part of
it. Each person we have met, each one who has
participated in our conferences, academic programs,
special projects and books, has given us
input that is important as we continue our work.
Others have made financial contributions that
allow access to those who might not otherwise
be able to attend. And some major donors have
made copies of the Mundelein Psalter available
both for seminarians and Liturgical Institute
students to foster their liturgical prayer. For all
this we are profoundly grateful.
upcoming events at the liturgical institute
January 18, 2008 Treasures of the Triduum
A one-day workshop which unveils the rich theology of the apex of the Church’s liturgical year. Perfect for preachers, liturgy
directors, musicians, parishioners and all who desire to enter more deeply into the heart of the Paschal Mystery. With workshop
leaders Fr. Douglas Martis of the Liturgical Institute and Rev. Michael Fuller of Mundelein Seminary.
April 2-3, 2008 Liturgy, Justice and Social Reconstruction
A conference which examines and reclaims the intimate link between the Sacred Liturgy and Christ’s reign of peace and justice
flourishing in a society built on Christian principles and transformation of individuals through grace in the sacraments. With
keynote speaker Rev. Richard John Neuhaus.
June 22-27, 2008 Sacred Music Retreat
The Institute’s third music retreat welcomes veteran Church musician Fr. Greg Labus as retreat master. A true preached retreat on
the ministry of liturgical music with spiritual talks, time for prayer and reflection, Mass and sung Liturgy of the Hours, the event
is a must for musicians who want to renew their souls and place their ministry in proper theological context.
September 19-20, 2008 The Bible and the Liturgy: Written Text Becomes Living Word
Join Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Robert Barron, Dr. John Cavadini, Mr. Jeff Cavins, Dr. David Fagerberg, Dr. Brant Pitre, and the Liturgical
Institute’s own Fr. Douglas Martis and Dr. Denis McNamara and others for a scholarly and popular look at the Biblical
foundations of the Catholic liturgy. Enrollment limited.
For more information call 4..4542 or visit www.liturgicalinstitute.org

Fr. Peter Cameron, op Returns for “Profound Preaching”
Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP returns to the
Liturgical Institute for his second “Profound
Preaching” workshop.
after the success of his 2005 preaching
workshop of the same name, the Liturgical
Institute welcomed the return of Fr.
Peter John Cameron, op to offer an allnew
workshop on the spirituality and
practice of preaching. With nearly 120
priests and deacons from over a dozen
dioceses, the conference proved again to
be one of the Institute’s most popular
events. Cameron, who is the founding
editor of Magnificat magazine, teaches
homiletics at the Dominican House
of Studies in Washington, DC and
is the author of To Praise, To Bless, To
Preach: Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday
Gospels.
Fr. Cameron’s workshop consisted
of four sections, with the first two
beginning with Pope Benedict XVI’s
encyclical letter Deus Caritas Est. Cameron
asked participants to consider using
the appeal to the experience of their listeners,
primarily concerning their experience of Christ,
which is “not a result of an ethical choice or lofty
idea, but the encounter with an event, a person.”
Cameron asked the attendees to consider the
meaning of the words “event” and “encounter,”
suggesting that the encounter is the Christian
method for knowing God, and that preaching
must offer a proposal which addresses the Good
News and the faithful’s question “How do I apply
this to my life”
In session three, Fr. Cameron turned his attention
to the concept of homiletic imagination,
arguing that the mental picture is a key method
for helping the hearers of a homily understand
the message. He chose definitions of imagination
from Aristotle, Pascal, Einstein, and even Tennessee
Williams. Imagination in this case was
not fantasy per se, but the power of the mind to
conceive of things as they ought to be.
Finally, Cameron addressed the Gospels of
the upcoming liturgical cycle, touching on the
fundamental questions of each Sunday and feast,
and culling from each reading an “implied lived
question” about which priests and deacons could
pray and preach.
In order to demonstrate the Liturgical
Institute’s deep connection between practical,
academic and spiritual development, the day’s
sessions were punctuated by sung Morning,
Midday and Evening prayer in the university’s
grand Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
with prayer settings from The Mundelein Psalter.
Hillenbrand Books Announces New Title
In 1828, theology professors in the German university city of Freiburg issued a provocative statement
calling for the abolition of mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests. They advanced two arguments,
first, that celibacy was no longer up-to-date and second, there was a pressing shortage of priests.
Young theologian and priest, Johann Adam Möhler responded with an article called “Illumination
on a Memorandum Concerning the Elimination of Celibacy Prescribed for Catholic Priests.” The
consequence of Möhler’s article was a dramatic rise in vocations to the priesthood. Young men of all
walks of life rediscovered priesthood as a way of following Christ and making him present to others.
This book is the first English translation of this classic work on celibacy and speaks well to
modern day concerns about priestly celibacy and the priest shortage. An insightful commentary by
theologian and professor Dieter Hattrup of the University of Paderborn sheds more light into this
discussion, making this a wonderful addition to priestly formation, sacramental and Holy Orders
courses or for anyone concerned about celibacy and the priesthood.
Johann Adam Möhler (1796-1838) was a professor of Church history, canon law and apologetics
at Tübingen University. He developed an ecumenical sensitivity which led him to write the famous
Symbolik, which catapulted him to academic prominence. He also wrote On the Unity of the Church
(1825) and Athanasius the Great and the Church of His Time (1827). These three books rank him, along with Scheeben and Newman,
among the greatest Catholic theologians of the 19th century.
To order The Spirit of Celibacy visit www.ltp.org or call 1.800. 933.1800.
“Johann Adam Möhler’s spirited defense of clerical celibacy poses a welcome challenge to contemporary reflection. Möhler not only refutes
the arguments in favor of clerical marriage; he also puts forward with passionate conviction his thesis that celibacy is a spiritual necessity
for the priest.” —Sara Butler, msbt, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Archdiocese of New York

Rev. Dennis Gill Gives Hillenbrand Lecture on Summorum Pontificum
Fr. Dennis Gill of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
offers his thoughts on Pope Benedict’s Apostolic Letter
Summorum Pontificum.
as part of the hillenbrand distinguished
Lecture Series, Fr. Dennis Gill addressed
the meaning of Pope
Benedict’s recent Apostolic
Letter Summorum
pontificum. Ever mindful
of the teaching of the
Church in matters of
liturgy, the Liturgical
Institute offered the lecture
to its own students,
faculty, seminarians, and
the larger community.
Currently a doctoral
student in sacramental
theology at the
Pontifical Athenaeum
Sant’Anselmo in Rome,
Fr. Gill has served
previously as Director of
Liturgy for the Pontifical
North American College
in Rome and as Associate
Director of the Office
of Worship for the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia.
Gill began by
discussing Benedict’s
address of December 22, 2005 in which he
spoke of the two hermeneutics after the Second
Vatican Council, one of continuity and one of
discontinuity. Gill spoke of Benedict’s assertion
that there is one liturgy, one subject which is
always the same. Therefore, one must avoid the
tendency to see a split between pre-conciliar and
post-conciliar liturgical books.
In Summorum pontificum, Gill argued, one
finds an attempt to build bridges to reconnect
with the received tradition because liturgy
lives and develops organically from one age to
another. Fellowship with previous generations is
therefore something we can actually experience
through liturgical continuity.
Gill was careful to assert that Summorum
Pontificum allows a two-fold use of the same rite,
and cautioned his audience against thinking of
the Missals of John XXIII and Paul VI as separate
rites. He also emphasized that the usage of
the extraordinary form of the rite was optional,
not obligatory.
Gill concluded by telling his listeners that
Summorum Pontificum is not an attempt to “go
backward,” but a decidedly post-conciliar event
in the context of the Church’s self-understanding
with and since the Council. He also argued that
the motu proprio was not a permanent solution
to the problems which have arisen in liturgy
since the Council, but that it would work in
union with other liturgical instructions given to
the Church in recent years. Last, he urged charity
among all involved in the liturgical renewal
envisioned by the Second Vatican Council so
that Summorum pontificum might have a “serene
reception.”
The Mundelein Psalter in Second Printing
in its effort to help renew the liturgical life of the church, the Liturgical Institute’s Hillenbrand Books released in
May of 2007 The Mundelein Psalter, the first complete one-volume edition containing the approved English-language texts of the
Liturgy of the Hours that are pointed for chanting the Divine Office. Response to the Psalter
has been even greater than predicted, with the psalter’s web site, mundeleinpsalter.com, receiving
thousands of visits to utilize on-line resources there such as music downloads and instructions
for singing the Divine Office. With orders exhausting the first printing in only six months, the
second printing was released in November of 2007. The Psalter has already been ordered by
seminaries, religious communities, individuals, and by multiple parishes to begin the public praying
of the Divine Office.
Edited by Liturgical Institute Director Fr. Douglas Martis, the Psalter offers simple yet beautiful
Gregorian-based modes composed for English singing by Fr. Samuel Weber, osb, a monk
of St. Meinrad Archabbey and founding faculty member of the Wake Forest Divinity School.
The Psalter offers proper hymns with their ancient modal settings for each ferial day as well as a
selection of hymns for feasts and solemnities from the editio typica.
To order the Mundelein Psalter, contact Liturgy Training Publications at 1.800.933.1800 or
www.ltp.org. More information on the Psalter can be found at www.mundeleinpsalter.com.
Be sure to mention the Tidings discount code 8MST11 to receive 20% off list price!

Dr. Lynne Boughton is an adjunct faculty
member of the Liturgical Institute.
Two Expressions of the Roman Rite: Summorum pontificum
pope gregory the great (590-604) explained in a letter to the Bishop of Syracuse that
preserving continuity of Roman liturgy with apostolic tradition is ultimately the responsibility of the
papacy. Gregory noted that he curtailed a custom, among priests celebrating Mass in Rome, of reciting
the “Our Father” after breaking the consecrated host because their doing so placed this prayer outside
the rite’s canon/anaphora and deviated from ancient practice. Recitation of the entire Kyrie by congregations,
as was done in Constantinople, was also judged by Gregory to have departed from tradition
and he promised that in Rome priests and laity would continue to alternate in voicing each of the
prayer’s nine pleas for God’s mercy.
The solicitude of Gregory and other pontiffs for the Roman Rite is the underlying principle that
governs Summorum pontificum (hereafter: SP), an Apostolic Letter issued by Pope Benedict XVI (7 July
2007). In this motu proprio Benedict continues the work of his predecessors by explaining that the rite
that they nurtured has now developed into two tangible forms. Each transmits the supernatural gifts
and central act of worship that Jesus entrusted to the Apostles and each demands from the Church
the same degree of reverence and reflection. SP affirms that every priest in good standing who has
been ordained in the Roman Rite has the canonical right – and has never been deprived of the right – to offer Mass, either alone or with
a congregation, in the liturgical form that: 1.) appeared in its basic structure and content more than two centuries before Gregory’s pontificate;
2.) was transcribed in successive sacramentaria and missali between the 6th and 19th centuries; and 3.) was most recently issued by Pope
John XXIII as the 1962 Missale Romanum (MR). Benedict emphasizes that this eucharistic form remains as much the Church’s expression of
her theology as the 1969/1970 MR that was instituted after the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and is now in its third edition. Although
Benedict expects the form of Mass, manner of conferring other sacraments, and way of praying the Divine Office that originated after
Vatican II to remain “ordinary” manifestations of the Roman Rite, he urges that the “venerable and ancient usage” preserved by the form of
Mass and other liturgical actions that developed prior to that council be available as “extraordinary” expressions of the same Catholic faith.
Because the papacy safeguards the “uninterrupted apostolic tradition” that the Church has received, Benedict declares that the liturgical
form which predated Vatican II has never been juridically prohibited. Although, several authoritative entities in the Church have ruled
that the 1962 MR may be used only in seclusion by elderly and infirm priests, no papal decree has imposed this restriction. Pope Paul VI
responded positively to a request from the diocese of Westminster for regular celebration of the 1962 MR and rulings from Pope John Paul
II not only exhorted bishops to be generous in allowing priests to offer this Mass but established new institutes and communities of priests
dedicated to celebrating all components of the pre-Vatican II liturgical form. The key restriction has been that there be no intermingling, in
any particular celebration, of the structures, rubrics, or ministries characteristic that developed within one form of the rite with those that
developed within the other. Although the objectives of SP are clear, discussions of its content are often misleading. Some have evaluated the
document as though it were merely a disciplinary ruling regarding use of the “Tridentine Rite” vis-à-vis the “Vatican II Rite” – with ensuing
commentary expressing joy, indifference, or consternation at this turn of events. Such discussions overlook SP’s explanation that there are not
two competing “rites” but two harmonious expressions of a single Rite, and also ignore SP’s illuminating language.
For example, Benedict does not identify the 1962 MR as “Tridentine.” Although this MR is, except for the revised Paschal Triduum
(1955), almost identical to the 1570 MR issued by Pope Pius V after the Council of Trent (1545-63), the 1570 MR was not a Tridentine innovation
but a reissue of the 1474 MR with a few changes in calendar, rubrics, and propers assigned to particular feasts. The 1474 MR, in turn,
parallels the 12th/13th century missale of the Roman curia. Moreover, the Mass common to all these missali is presented from beginning to
end in the Stowe Missal, an 8th century transcription of the ordo missae and Roman Canon present in every Roman Rite Mass by the late
6th century along with propers of a single feast. SP similarly eschews classifying the 1970 MR as the rite of “Vatican II.” Certainly, the 1970
MR departs from all preceding missali in allowing options within the ordo missae and in eliminating or making optional certain propers while
expanding others. Nevertheless, the 1970 MR retains most prayers from the prior form of ordo missae and its Eucharistic Prayer #1, varies
only slightly from the Roman Canon that serves as the only anaphora in the 1962, 1570, and 1474 MR, the curial missal, the Old Gelasian Sacramentary
(7th century), the Stowe, and was cited c. 380 by St. Ambrose. And, of course, in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms, the
Words of Institution are those of Jesus, preserved for all time in the three Synoptic Gospels and in a letter of Paul.
Although some maintain that SP’s recognition of each priest’s right to offer the extraordinary form applies only to “private” celebrations,
this misreads the document. Benedict never refers to “private” Mass because, as Pope Paul VI (citing St. John Damascene) noted, “Every
Mass even though a priest may offer it in private is not a private matter; it is an act of Christ and the Church.” Benedict’s reference in SP
art. 2 to missis sine populo celebratis (“Masses celebrated without a congregation”) does not restrict priests to celebrating the 1962 MR only
in seclusion. Instead, the passage merely prohibits offering either the 1962 MR or the 1970 MR without a congregation during the Paschal
Triduum. In SP art. 4, Benedict affirms that any priest may offer Mass in the extraordinary form among christifideles qui sua sponte id petunt
(“Christian faithful who, of their own will, ask to attend”).
Congregations present at the extraordinary form of Mass are permitted traditional methods of external as well as interior participation.
In the 13th century St. Thomas Aquinas noted that congregations chanted the Credo, Sanctus and other fixed prayers. In 1501 the papal
chaplain advised that in recited Masses, the interessentes (congregation) were to reply audibly to the priest in alternating the verses of the
introductory psalms, the Kyrie, and the “Lift up your hearts” dialogue. The laity were also to voice with the priest-celebrant the entire Confiteor,
Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. In 1903 Pope Pius X urged congregations to participate in the Gregorian chant that made these
prayers and affirmations audible in sung Masses.
Like others who have occupied the Chair of St. Peter, Benedict affirms that what the Church has preserved through the course of centuries
is not her own creation but is a treasure entrusted to her by God to be cherished and made available to people inhabiting all times and
places. SP manifests Benedict’s conviction that in both forms of the Mass of the Roman Rite ordained priests effect a divine actio that makes
present Jesus’ propitiatory sacrifice and substantial presence as God and man. Both forms of this living reality, as well as of the sacraments
and daily office that developed in conjunction with them, are to be welcomed by the Church with reverence and joy.

Scenes from the Liturgical Institute
(left to right): Liturgical Institute Music Director Linda Cerabona welcomes faculty and staff to dinner; Institute faculty member Denis McNamara
explains the sacramental theology behind the University’s Chapel of the Immaculate Conception; students, staff and faculty gather for a meal.
(left to right): Fr. Thomas Milota speaks on “The Mass as Sacrifice and Meal”; Celebratory dinner for All Saints Day; Institute Director Fr. Douglas
Martis teaches the fundamentals of chanting the Divine Office.
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