Provisional Program of the Fota XIII International Liturgy Conference

St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce the following program for the XIII Fota International Liturgy Conference, which will be held this coming weekend, July 2-3, in the New Hall at Ballyhea, Charleville, Co. Cork (Ireland). The conference is titled Worship in Spirit and in Truth, and is intended to mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger’s book The Spirit of the Liturgy. Registrations may be made on line by email to Colman.liturgy2@yahoo.com.

Saturday, July 2

8.00 am - Registration opens

9.00 am - Conference convenes

9.30 am - Bryce Evans: The Role of the Sacred Liturgy in Joseph Ratzinger’s Fundamental Theology.

10.30 am - Serafino Lanzetta: The Sacrifice of the Logos incarnatus. Ratzinger’s Theology of the Liturgy in perspective.

11.30 am - morning coffee

12.00 pm - Mariusz Bilieniwick: Twenty years of reception of Ratzinger’s The Spirit of the Liturgy.

1pm - break

2.30 pm - Matthew Hazell: The Spirit of Liturgical Reform and the Vota of the Second Vatican Council Fathers.

3.30 pm - break

4.00 pm - Brian A Butcher: The Spirits of the Liturgy: Ressourcement vs. Aggiornamento in Contemporary Eastern-Rite Catholic Worship.

5.00 pm - discussion Panel

8.00pm - dinner

Sunday, July 3

9.00 am - Sven Conrad: The relationship of the Old and the New Testament in the light of the Logos incarnatus. Joseph Ratzinger’s solution of the spiritualisation of the idea of worship.

10.00 am - Roland Millare: An Iconic Theology of Liturgy for the World: A Rapprochement Between Joseph Ratzinger and Eastern Orthodox Theology.

11.00 am - morning coffee

11.30 - Manfred Hauke: Reservation and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Its theological and pastoral importance.

2.30 pm - break

2.00 pm - Kevin Zilverberg: Worship in Truth (John 4, 23–24): Polyvalent Veritas in the Latin Fathers.

3.00 pm - John Hayes: Worship in Spirit and Truth: A Biblical Foundation for Ratzinger’s Notion of Active Participation.

4.00 pm - coffee

4.15 pm - Joseph Briody: Obedience over Sacrifice (1 Sam. 15, 22; Hos. 6, 6): Liturgical Interiority and Biblical Covenantal Attentiveness.

5.15 pm - discussion

6.15 pm - Solemn Pontifical High Mass

Fota XIII Liturgical Conference Postponed to Next Year

St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy has asked us to announce that the XIII Fota International Liturgy Conference, previously scheduled for July of this year, has been postponed due to the current public health ordinances in Ireland to combat coronavirus. The Conference will now be held July 3-5 of next year; its subject will be Worship in Spirit and in Truth, to mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI’s Vom Geist der Liturgie (The Spirit of the Liturgy).

Guardini's Spirit of the Liturgy Centenary - Call for Papers of the Society for Catholic Liturgy

Call for Papers
Centenary of the Publication of
The Spirit of the Liturgy by Romano Guardini

September 27–29, 2018
Cathedral of St. Mary
Miami, Florida

A touchstone of the twentieth-century Liturgical Movement, Romano Guardini’s Spirit of the Liturgy marks its centennial year of publication in 2018. For the occa

sion of its annual conference, The Society for Catholic Liturgy invites submissions for academic papers and pastoral presentations on topics related to Guardini’s work.

• Expositions on the life and work of Romano Guardini
• The legacy of Guardini and The Spirit of the Liturgy
• The place of Guardini within the twentieth-century Liturgical Movement 
• The Spirit of the Liturgy and the Second Vatican Council 
• Problematics posed or introduced by The Spirit of the Liturgy 
• The relationship between Guardini’s and Ratzinger’s The Spirit of the Liturgy 
• Relationships between the following in The Spirit of the Liturgy: 
• Nature and grace, or nature and “cultural heritage”/civilization 
• The individual and the community, the parish and the universal Church, or more generally the particular and the universal 
• Change and stability 
• Emotions, the mind, truth, or the will, etc. 
• Vertical and horizontal aspects of the liturgy 
• Liturgy and the moral life 
• The subjective and the objective 
• Popular piety/devotions, the spiritual life, and the liturgy 
• Lex orandi and lex credendi 
• Externality and internality 
• Freedom and restraint 
• Individual “style” and universality of expression 
• The material and the spiritual 
• Purpose and meaning 
• Beauty, truth, and goodness 
• Logos and ethos 
• Contemplation and activity 
• The role of the following in the liturgy, according to Guardini’s work 

• Christ as figure or actor 
• Repetition 
• “Active participation” 
• Sacrifice 
• Humility 
• Sensibilities of the modern man 
• Mystery 
• Symbolism and typology 
• Playfulness 
• Minimalism or simplicity 
• Rubrics and rules
• The problems of aestheticism, moralism, Kantianism, or didacticism vis-à-vis the liturgy 
• Reception and application of principles of The Spirit of the Liturgy in the post-modern context, or within Guardini’s own time 
• The place of The Spirit of the Liturgy within Guardini’s oeuvre 
• Guardini’s liturgical praxis and ars celebrandi 
• Guardini’s work with youth 
• Liturgy and technology 

Other proposals will be considered, but primary consideration will be given to proposals that are related to the conference theme.

Paper proposals of approximately 250 words should be emailed to Jennifer.Donelson@archny.org or mailed to Jennifer Donelson, 201 Seminary Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Proposals must be received by Friday, May 4, 2018.

Presentations will be 45 minutes in length, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Papers presented will be considered for publication in the SCL’s journal Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal. Presenters must register for the full conference and will be responsible for their own expenses.