Liturgy and Spirituality
Mission Statement
Our objective is to study liturgy as the center of our communal and personal spirituality. Consideration is given to those areas which appear to affirm or alienate members of the community in their faith expression. Careful attention to text, structure, climate and environment, symbol, presence or absence, historical change or lack thereof inform our study and concern. There is room for storytelling which reflects our personal experience of the connection or absence between liturgy and spirituality.
Convener
Diane W.
Stephens
2316 Park
Place
Evanston,
IL 60201
847-328-5113
DWSwriter@aol.com
2008 Academy Meeting Agenda
Suffering and Healing
Today more than ever, people come to worship hoping – hoping to understand suffering, in their lives and in the world, and hoping to find healing, for themselves and for others. The Liturgy and Spirituality seminar group will explore those theologies, spiritualities, metaphors, symbols, texts and ritual action in the liturgy that give expression to despair and hope, healing and reconciliation. Featured papers and presentations are:
Branches of that Good Olive Tree: 21st Century Liturgical Challenges and Possibilities – Audrey Doetzel
Healing through Time: in Liturgy and in Life – Jean Donovan
Healing: The Focus of Gay/Lesbian Spirituality – Jake Empereur
An Age for Healings: RitualDiversityandClarifying Conversations – Shawn Madigan
Healing the Divine Comedy: Is there a ritual relation in Sacrament to Pastoral Care of the sick? – Willy Malarcher
Healing and Worship, on Retreat – Diane Stephens
Participants are asked to read Journey through the Psalms by Denise Dombkowski Hopkins (Chalice Press, 2002) in preparation for our meeting.
Number of participants: 10-12
Papers Online
A list of papers developed by members from this seminar will appear here
Previous Seminar Reports
See seminar reports from annual meetings dating back to 2002:
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002