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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR LITURGY
St Patrick's College
Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Ireland

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Find out Who We Are


SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a holyday of obligation.  But if 8 December is the Second Sunday of Advent the solemnity is transferred to Monday 9 December but is not a holyday of obligation.  This happens this year.  It happened most recently in 2013 and 2002 and will happen again in 2024.

​The solemnity appears on p 6 of next year's Liturgical Calendar but note the brackets and the date 9 December.  Immediately we are aware that is one of the years when it is not a holyday of obligation.  On p 32, Monday 9 December is the solemnity but without  +, an indication of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation (p 6).


STUDY PASTORAL LITURGY FEBRUARY - MAY 2020
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The National Centre for Liturgy, in association with St Patrick’s College, Maynooth offers a short course for people who wish actively to support the Liturgy and  public prayer in their parishes.  This course takes place over 12 weeks between February and May 2020, and is comprised of a number of modules, any combination of which may be taken. 

The course meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with modules from 10.00 a.m. -12.00 noon and from 2.00-4.00 p.m. There is a daily Eucharist at 12.05 each day.

Why do this Course

Each of the four modules is designed to meet the needs of people in ordinary Irish parishes in this time of tremendous change for the Church in Ireland. The modules will help participants lead people in prayer, will permit a deeper appreciation of the Eucharist, as well as providing a new sense of the sacraments, and an empowering vision for the future.
 

Taking the Course
The modules may be taken for credit or they may be   audited by those who want to participate in the modules without the added pressure of assignments.  Participants may take any or all the modules.

Download:    Brochure February - May 2020  
                      Application Form                      

Courses in Liturgy, Academic Year 2019-20
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The National Centre for Liturgy will begin the new academic year 2019-20 on Monday, 23 September 2019.
Classes are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the academic year beginning at 10.00am and concluding at 4.00pm each day.  (See Courses)

Download: Application Form Diplomas
                   Application Form Masters


Photograph:  Graduation November 2017


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Download:
Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord by Michael Joncas
Honour Glory and Blessing by J. Columba McCann O.S.B.
Composed for the National Centre for Liturgy, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Celebrating the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy on its 50th Anniversary, 22 November 2013

Download: Though We Are Many  - Bernard Sexton
                   Sprinkling Rite (Mass of St Mel) - John O'Keeffe
                   Be Merciful - Ian Callinan
                   Hold Us In Your Mercy - Ian Callinan
                  The Lord is Compassion and Love - Oliver Hynes

                 Faithful is the Lord - Liam Lawton/John O'Keeffe
                  Canticle of Revelation - J. Columba McCann O.S.B.
                  Responsorial Psalm, St Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland - Paul Flynn
                  Responsorial Psalm, The Ascenstion of the Lord - Paul Flynn
                  One Bread, One Body, One Lord - Ian Callinan
                  Heart Of Our Love - J. Columba McCann O.S.B.
                  Joy For The World - Liam Lawton
                  Christ Has Died - Frank O'Donnell



Advisory Committee on Church Music

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College Chapel, Maynooth

Courses and Certificates
in Liturgical Organ Playing


The Advisory Committee on Church Music facilitates tuition in liturgical organ for the Church in Ireland.


The National Centre for Liturgy intends to provide an additional venue during the academic year at St Patrick's College, Maynooth.  This opportunity will be convenient to potential liturgical organists in the surrounding areas.

Click here for further information

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Study Liturgy at the
National Centre for Liturgy

Tuesdays and Wednesdays
10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.


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Enrollment:    Academic Year September 2019-2020
  • Download:   Application Form Masters
  • Download:   Application Form Diploma
  • For further information on studying liturgy at the National Centre for Liturgy:
Email: liturgy@spcm.ie 
Link:   Courses