Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Program for the Fota XI Liturgy Conference

Here is the program for the upcoming Fota XI International Liturgy Conference, which will be held from July 7-9 at the Clayton Hotel (former Clarion Hotel) in Cork City, Ireland. The subject of the conference this year is Psallite Sapienter: The Liturgy of the Hours. (Please note that speakers and times may be subject to variations.) For information about registering for the conference, please click over to this recent post.

Saturday, July 7

8:15  Registration
9:30  Opening of the Conference
9:45-10:45  Fr. Dom Benedict Maria Andersen, OSB: Erant semper in templo: The Divine Office in the Life of the Church
10:45  coffee
11:00-12:00  Gregory DiPippo: The History of the Church in the Divine Office
10:45  luncheon
2:30-3:30  Matthew Hazell: The Second Vatican Council and Proposals for Reform of the Roman Breviary (1959-1963)
3:30  coffee
3:45-4:45  Prof. William Mahrt: The Role of Antiphons in the Singing of the Divine Office
4:45-5:15  Discussion
7:30  Pontifical Vespers at the church of Ss Peter and Paul, celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

Pontifical Vespers during last year’s conference. (Courtesy of Mr John Briody)
Sunday, July 8

11:30  Pontifical High Mass at the church of Ss Peter and Paul, celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

Pontifical Mass during last year’s conference. (Courtesy of Mr John Briody)
3:30  coffee
4:00-5:00  Fr. Sven Leo Sven Conrad, FSSP: Praying in the name of the Church - The liturgy of the hours as public prayer
5:00-6:00  Fr. Joseph Briody: The Imprecatory Passages of the Psalms and their use in the Divine Office
6:30-7:30  Launch of Resourcing the Prayers of the Roman Rite: Patristic Sources, Proceedings of the Fota X International Liturgy Conference (2017), edited by Fr. Joseph Briody
8:00  Gala Dinner

Monday, July 9

9:30-10:30  Sr. Maria M. Kiely, OSB: Sobria Ebrietas: the role of the hymn in the Divine Office
10:45-11:45  His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke: Canonical Questions regarding the Liturgy of the Hours
12:30  Solemn High Mass at the church of Ss Peter and Paul
1:30-2:30  luncheon
2:45-3:45  Dr. Peter Kwasniewski: Useful Repetition in the Divine Office: A Case Study for Questioning Sacrosanctum Concilium 34
3:45  coffee
4:00-5:00  Fr. Dennis McManus: The Reform of the Liturgy of the Hours in Light of Nostra Aetate 

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