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7 November 2009
Conferring of degrees and diploma in liturgy
At
the conferral ceremony of the Pontifical University of St Patrick’s
College, Maynooth on
7
November, six students of the Centre were conferred with the degree of
Masters in Theology,
specialising
in liturgy by the chancellor, Cardinal Seán Brady:
-Eoin Doyle, Dundrum, Dublin
-Fr Christopher Fitzgerald, Cork
-Roisín O’Callaghan, Glenties, Co. Donegal
-Benneth Osuagwu, Aba, Nigeria and St Patrick’s College, Maynooth
-Fr Mathew Philip, priest of the Mar Thoma Church, Kerala, India and
Dublin
-Aileen Smyth, Swords, Co. Dublin
The Diploma in Pastoral Liturgy was conferred on:
-Sr Rita Peter, Franciscan Sister of St Aloysius, Benediktbeuern,
Germany
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14
September 2009
Course
begins its thirtieth year
The Centre welcomed
thirteen new students on 14 September 2009. One student joins
five students in the second year of the MTh specialisation in
liturgy. Three students are registered for the Diploma in
Pastoral Liturgy, five for the first year MTh programme and four
are auditing or taking the course in a part-time way.
9
September 2009
Death
of Dr Raymond Topley
Dr Raymond Topley,
a member of the Centre’s panel of lecturers since 1986, died 9
September 2009. He retired as head of the Department of
religious Studies at St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra at the
end of August, due to ill-health. He was a pioneer in the work
of liturgical catechesis on sacramental preparation and the
formation of baptism teams.
May he rest in peace.
10
July 2009
40th
Annual Church Music Summer School.
The first Summer
School of the Irish Church Music Association was held in July
1970, making this year the 40th annual Summer School. It took
place Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2009, with the theme, ‘As we
wait in joyful hope,’ expressed something of that journey over
the past forty years. The Summer School was officially opened by
Cardinal Seán Brady (see pp 00-00). Over 250 people took part.
Kevin O’Carroll,
Waterford conductor and choral director, son of the composer and
founder-member, the late Fintan O’Carroll, was the guest
director. The week included the usual tutorials: Liam Lawton
(parish music), Mary Amond O’Brien (schools), Máire Ní
Dhuibhir (Irish in the liturgy), Kevin O’Carroll (choral
direction), Eoin Tierney, Regina Deacy and David Connolly
(organ), Sarah Waldron (cantor training) and Colin Mawby
(composition). Colin also directed the special choir.
Each day was marked by
the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours and the Eucharist.
Each evening had its special feature. On Tuesday, after Evensong
in St Mary’s Church conducted by Archdeacon Edgar Swann,
outgoing chairperson of the Dublin and Glendalough Church Music
Committee, there was a Christmas Carol Night, an opportunity to
sing and reflect apart from the festive season itself. Dublin
based choir Faoimlaoi gave a marvellous presentation of music
composed in the Irish tradition by its director Ronan McDonagh
on Wednesday evening in the College Chapel. Finally on the
Thursday evening, Kevin Carroll conducted a performance of the
Fauré Requiem.
25
May 2009
End
of Year at National Centre for Liturgy
The
end of the academic year at the National Centre for Liturgy was
marked in the customary way on 25 May 2009 with the celebration
of Evening Prayer, Recital and Reception.
A full St Mary’s
Oratory celebrated Evening Prayer, beginning with the Charles
Wesley Ascension hymn, ‘Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise,’
followed by psalmody, Ps 97,with antiphon and psalm tone
composed by Moira Bergin, Ps 137, Fintan O’Carroll, with
antiphon by John O’Keeffe, Phil 2: 6-11 by Paul Kenny.
Referring to the reading, 2 Tim 1:6-11, read in Irish, Fr
Patrick Jones, who presided, said,
Through the
appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus among us, his death is
our ransom from death, his resurrection is our rising to
life. In his ascension, in his leaving, he is still present.
What was in Christ has passed into the mysteries, the
worship that is gifted to us.
Rekindle the gift
of worship with the spirit of power and of love and of
self-discipline.
We rely on the
power of God. We, a humbled and humble people, do not rely
on our own power.
In our worship, to
use the words of Pope Paul VI, promulgating the Liturgy
Constitution of Vatican II, the charter that has guided our
work, we place God first, we restate our first duty: to
worship God, and our first school of spirituality: the
liturgy
Guard the good
treasure of liturgy, and do so with the help of the Holy
Spirit.
The intercessions were
spoken in Hausa, Swahili, Malayalam, Burmese and Ibo, languages
of the students.
After Evening Prayer,
Fr Jones thanked the students, their friends and families, the
guests who attended and the lecturers for the year.
Prof Liam Tracey
introduced the recital with Dr Gerard Gillen, organist and Gavan
Ring, baritone. Prof Gillen played music of composers whose
anniversaries occur this year: Adolph Friedrich Hesse (200th
anniversary of his birth), George Frederick Handel (250th
anniversary of his death), Joseph Haydn (200th
anniversary of his death) and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (200th
anniversary of his birth). Gavan Ring sang ‘The People that
Walked in Darkness’ (Messiah), ‘Now Heaven in fullest Glory
Shines (Haydn’s Creation) and ‘It is Enough’
(Mendelssohn’s Elijah).
The evening concluded
with a reception in Renehan Hall.
National
Proper published
The National Proper
for Ireland, that is, the prayers and readings for the Irish
Calendar has been published by Irish Liturgical Publications.
The National Calendar,
revised and approved in 1972, had only five observances,
including one solemnity (St Patrick) and four feasts (St Brigid,
St Columba (Colm Cille), All Saints of Ireland and St Columban).
In 1976, a sixth observance was added with the inclusion of the
feast of the newly canonised St Oliver Plunkett.
In the work of a
revision of the National Proper in the mid 1990s, a fuller
calendar was proposed. The Congregation for Divine Worship and
the Discipline of the Sacraments confirmed the proposed Proper
Calendar of Saints for Ireland on 1 October 1998 (Prot.
227/97/L). This revised calendar allows the celebration of Irish
saints in the national calendar rather than just as diocesan
celebrations. This revision of the Calendar allows for a greater
Irish identity to be given to it. The National Calendar has one
solemnity (St Patrick), three feasts (St Brigid, St Colm Cille,
All Saints of Ireland) and memorials which commemorate diocesan
patrons and others. There are seven obligatory
memorials: St Ita, St Kevin, Bl. Irish Martyrs, St Oliver
Plunkett, St Ciaran, St Malachy and St Columban. Additions
to the calendar include Saints Fursa, Gobnait, David, Aengus,
Enda, Davnet, Moninne, Willibrord, Aidan of Lindisfarne and
Fergal.
As a general norm,
solemnities and feasts are regarded as exceptional, with full
Mass prayer texts and readings. The readings are noted in the
Liturgical Calendar for the first time this year. The solemnity
of St Patrick has been given a three year cycle of readings.
This solemnity and the four feasts also have a proper preface
and solemn blessing. The obligatory memorials are given a
collect, prayer over the gifts, prayer after communion as well
as their own entrance and communion antiphons, Optional
memorials only have an opening prayer or collect.
The National Proper
for Ireland was approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Prot. N 816/07/L, 10 July
2007) and is published as an interim supplement to the Roman
Missal and will be incorporated into its new edition.
6 May 2009
Becoming
the Body
of Christ
A major conference on RCIA will
take place in Dublin, 28 June-3 July. Fr Damian McNeice
writes:
Its been nearly six years since Dublin hosted the Beginnings
and Beyond conference on the RCIA. The Dublin Diocese
Liturgy Resource Centre, in conjunction with the Diocesan Office
for Evangelization, have organised a five day intensive
conference on the RCIA process entitled Becoming the Body of
Christ which will take place in All Hallows College,
Gracepark Road, Dublin 9, from Sunday evening 28 June to
Friday lunchtime 3 July 2009.
It will immerse participants through liturgy, inputs and
reflection into the spiritual path of conversion the parish
embarks upon when initiating adults into the life, prayer and
mission of the local Body of Christ. Those who have been
involved in the RCIA process have found it transformative of
their own faith and a source of inspiration and renewal for the
parish as a whole.
Participants will become familiar with the dynamics of the four
periods and rituals of the RCIA. It will cover the period of
Evangelization and Precatechumenate, the Rite of Acceptance, the
period of the Catechumenate, the Rite of Election, the Period of
Purification and Enlightenment, the Celebration of the Rites of
Initiation in the context of the Easter Triduum and the Period
of Mystagogy. Interest in this conference is expected from
dioceses all over the country, so please book as soon as
possible. Further details, costs and registration forms are
available on our website: www.litmus.dublindiocese.ie
5 May 2009
ICMA
40thsummer school
Monday, 6 July to Friday 10 July sees
the annual church music summer school at Maynooth. This year will
be the 40th or ruby anniversary of the summer school of
the Irish Church Music Association. The Association was formed on
the feast of St Cecilia, Saturday afternoon, 22 November 1969.
Notice had been given that the music panel of the Commission for
Liturgy (now the Advisory Committee on Church Music) had proposed
a Church Music Association, offering some organisation to those in
church music, providing guidance and encouragement and a forum for
an exchange of ideas. The inaugural meeting took place in the Aula
Maxima of UCD (Earlsforth Terrace). The late Prof. Anthony Hughes
outlined the aims of the new Association A early decision was to
hold an annual summer school. The first summer school took place
at Maynooth, 13-17 July 1970. Two hundred and fifty people
attended. The venue varied from year to year –Dalgan Park, All
Hallows, Galway, Gormanston and Dungarvan in the next five years.
Having a guest speaker or director became the practice in 1977,
with Abe Paul Décha. It was held in Carysfort and was my first
attendance. The summer school returned to Maynooth in 1981, 1982,
1985, 1986 and has established itself here at Maynooth since 1988.
This year’s director is Kevin O’Carroll,
son of composer and founder-member, Fintan O’Carroll (died 16
July 1981). The theme, ‘As we wait in joyful hope,’ expressed
something of that journey over the past forty years. It is an
opportunity to recapture some of the enthusiasm of the early days
and continue on the journey towards the Kingdom of God where al
our hopes and dreams will be fulfilled.
Kevin O’Carroll, well-known
conductor and choral director from Waterford and son of the
composer and founder-member, the late Fintan O’Carroll, will be
guest director. Tutorials will be conducted by Liam Lawton (parish
music), Mary Amond O’Brien (schools), Máire Ní Dhuibhir (Irish
in the liturgy), Kevin O’Carroll (choral direction), Eoin
Tierney, Regina Deacy and David Connolly (organ), Sarah Waldron
(cantor training) and Colin Mawby (composition). Colin will also
direct the special choir.
Dublin based choir Faoimlaoi will
give a presentation of music composed in the Irish tradition by
its director Ronan McDonagh on the Wednesday evening of the Summer
School.
Information and booking forms are
available from this year’s registrar, Tomás Kenny, ICMA Summer
School, c/o National Centre for Liturgy, St Patrick’s College,
Maynooth, Co. Kildare; telephone: 086 329 6702; fax 048 7134 5945;
email registrar@irishchurchmusicassociation.com
4 May 2009
National Proper
The
prayers and readings for Irish saints have been published as
National Proper by Irish Liturgical Publications. These
texts have been approved by the Bishops' Conference and by the
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments.
17 March 2009
St Patrick
The full text of the Mass for the
solemnity of St Patrick in English and Irish can be found under
documentation.
20 February 2009
Liturgy -annual meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Episcopal
Commission for Liturgy, its agencies and diocesan representatives
usually takes place in November. However because of various
commitments by members of the Episcopal Commission, the meeting
took place in February 2009.
The meeting of the Episcopal Commission for Liturgy, its
agencies and diocesan representatives took place at Maynooth
College on Friday, 20 February 2009. In attendance were
members of the Episcopal Commission, the various national agencies
and representatives from nineteen dioceses: Achonry, Ardagh and
Clonmacnois, Armagh, Clogher, Clonfert, Cloyne, Cork & Ross,
Down & Connor, Dublin, Elphin, Ferns, Galway, Kildare &
Leighlin, Killaloe, Kilmore, Limerick, Ossory, Tuam and Waterford
& Lismore.
Others attending included Sr Anne Codd, secretary, Department of
Worship, Pastoral Renewal and Faith Development, Fr Andrew
McKenzie, national secretary, Scotland, Mr Martin Foster, liturgy
office, London, Fr Seamus OConnell, guest speaker, Revd Maria
Jansson, Revd Alan Rufli, Church of Ireland Liturgical Advisory
Committee, Fr Thomas Carroll, Greek Orthodox parish, Dublin and Mr
Francis Cousins, editor, Intercom.
Bishop Fiachra Ceallaigh chaired the meeting. He opened the
meeting with the prayer said at each session of Vatican
II. In welcoming those present, he also thanked
members of commissions and the diocesan representatives for their
work in the various aspects of liturgy, music, art and
architecture, heritage and RCIA.
The meeting remembered in prayer those who had died since the last
annual meeting. Special tributes were made for Fr Seán Collins by
Fr Patrick Jones and for Fr Austin Flannery by Dr Richard Hurley.
During the day the annual reports were presented in summary form
by Fr Patrick Jones (Episcopal Commission for Liturgy/Irish
Commission for Liturgy/National Secretariat for Liturgy), Sr Moira
Bergin (National Centre for Liturgy), Prof. Gerard Gillen
(Advisory Committee on Church Music and Schola Cantorum), Mr Toms
Kenny (Irish Church Music Association), Mr Alexander White
(Advisory Committee on Sacred Art and Architecture) and an Cannach
Seán Terry (Coiste Comhairleach um an Liotirge i nGaeilge).
These reports in written form were placed before the meeting of
the Episcopal Conference, 24-25 November 2008.
Bishop John McAreavey gave a presentation on the English
translation of the Missale Romanum and its completion by
ICEL. In March 2009, the Episcopal Conference will have
completed its votes on the approval of all grey book or finalised
drafts of the Missal.
Bishop Martin Drennan on ICPEL’s work on the Lectionary,
saying that progress seems to be made on the use of NRSV as the
scripture translation, with a revised Grail version of the
psalms. Additional reports were given by Mr Martin Foster
and Fr Andrew McKenzie on the work of the liturgy secretariats in
London and Glasgow, respectively.
Sr Anne Codd outlined the structures of the Department of Worship,
Pastoral Renewal and Faith Development.
Brief reports on the work of liturgy resource people and centres
around the countries were given by Ms Mary Connolly (Tuam), Ms
Mary Dee (Waterford and Lismore), Fr Christopher Fitzgerald
(Cork), Ms Julie Kavanagh (Kildare and Leighlin), Fr Damian
McNeice (Dublin), and Fr Daniel Murphy (Cloyne). These
reports in written and extended form are included in the Spring
issue of New Liturgy as a feature, Around the Country.
Ms Rosemary Lavelle spoke of her experience of the First Communion
and Confirmation parish based programmes. Ms Giovanna Feeley
gave a brief account of the funeral guidelines in place in the
diocese of Meath.
Revd Maria Jansson gave a report on the current work of the Church
of Ireland Liturgical Advisory Committee and Fr Thomas Carroll
offered a brief summary of where Orthodox liturgy is celebrated in
Dublin.
To mark the Year of St Paul, Fr Seamus O’Connell made a
presentation on Paul as Pastor
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