CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF LITURGY

Sheraton Downtown Hotel, Atlanta, GA

January 2, 2020

8:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

56 attendees

Schedule

8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer

9:00 a.m. Words of Welcome and Introduction of Speakers

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. Presentations by Speakers [Susan Bigelow Reynolds & Brian P. Flanagan] and

Discussion

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Business Meeting 

Executive Committee Members: Alan Hommerding, David Farina Turnbloom, and   

Anne McGowan

Treasurer: Michael S. Driscoll

Clerk: Stephen Wilbricht, C.S.C.

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8:30 a.m. Celebration of Morning Prayer - prepared by Alan Hommerding

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions by Alan Hommerding.  

Alan introduced the other two members of CAL’s executive committee (a.k.a. the “troika”), David Turnbloom and Anne McGowan. Dave introduced the two invited speakers, Susan Bigelow Reynolds of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and Brian P. Flanagan of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.

PRESENTATIONS

“Centering the Peripheries: Seeking an Intersectional Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis,” Susan Bigelow Reynolds

This presentation employed the lens of intersectionality to help analyze the clerical sex abuse crisis and the ways the crisis has been addressed. It is important to note that the survivors of this abuse are often members of vulnerable populations who are easily preyed upon by men who exercise authority over them. For example, abusers will use a parishioner's immigration status to intimidate them into compliance. Therefore, any response to this crisis must attend to the intersectional complexity of the various forms of oppression being experienced by these survivors. Responses must readily take into account the cultural imperialism that facilitates and exacerbates the abuse they suffer.

Susan Bigelow Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Emory University Candler School of Theology. Her work examines ecclesiology and lived Catholicism in contexts of diversity, marginality, and suffering. Her work has recently appeared in American Catholic Studies, New Theology Review, Exchange, The Atlantic, and America, and she is at work on her first book, An Ecclesiology of Solidarity: Ritual, Community, and the Future of the Catholic Church.

“Praying Our Failures: Ecclesial Repentance and Liturgy,” Brian P. Flanagan

In the light of the current context of the Catholic Church in North America in the wake of clerical sexual abuse, this presentation addressed how ecclesial holiness and sinfulness relate to the liturgy, in two ways. First, as the source for liturgical theology, the liturgy expresses a primary theology of ecclesial sin and sanctity, and provides foundations for understanding how and why the church repents for the past. Second, practically, the presentation explored further possibilities for enacting and enhancing forms of ecclesial repentance, including the question of who gets to repent, and for whom, in our churches.

Brian P. Flanagan is Associate Professor of Theology at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. He is the author most recently of Stumbling in Holiness: Sin and Sanctity in the Church (Liturgical Press, 2018), awarded First Place for Theology in the 2019 Excellence in Publishing Awards of the Association of Catholic Publishers.

BUSINESS MEETING

1)     Preliminaries

Dave Turnbloom called the meeting to order. The minutes of the 2019 meeting were approved. 

2)    Election of New Member to the Executive Committee

Review of bios for candidates for election

·       Layla Karst, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University

·       James Sabak, O.F.M, Director of the Office of Divine Worship, Catholic Diocese of Raleigh

Jim Sabak was elected on the first ballot. 

3)    Report of the Treasurer and Webmaster (Michael Driscoll)

a)     There has been little financial activity since January 2019.

Correction to p. 1 of financial report – the number reflects CAL’s checking account balance as of January 1, 2020 (not 2012 as written).

b)    The 2019 CAL Meeting in Denver 2019 was unusually expensive (ca. $3500).

Expenses in a typical year are approximately $1500; the 2019 meeting involved extra expenses for audiovisual aids and the coffee break. Generous donations from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, Liturgical Press, the Fordham Jesuits, Liturgy Training Publications, and other groups helped to offset the cost, as did generous donations from several CAL members (including Diana Dudoit Raiche, Patty Hughes, Kevin Irwin, and Dick Vosko). Expenses for the 2020 meeting are expected to be lower; the invited speakers generously contributed their time and expertise and will receive notes of our thanks and appreciation.

c)     Consider including CAL in your will; contact the treasurer for more information.

 d)    Beyond the annual meeting, CAL’s expenses are minimal – e.g., for website hosting through Squarespace. The website is used to maintain archival information and coordinate communication efforts for upcoming meetings. The troika members contribute to the records by summarizing the content of presentations and the business meeting.

e)     We hope to have an appropriate cushion of funds in case extraordinary circumstances (weather, etc.) would cause NAAL to be canceled or otherwise not meet its minimum hotel expenses (leading us to incur additional costs for use of hotel meeting space, which is free for CAL to use if NAAL’s minimum expenses are met).  The suggested donation from members this year is $25-30.

4)    Reports from Other Organizations

a)     USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship (Andrew Menke)

December 2019 Archbishop Leonard Blair (Hartford) began a three-year term as Chair of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship in November 2019. He will be assembling a Committee of bishops and consultants, with some carryover from the previous roster and with some new members. Bishop Daniel Garcia (Monterey) will continue to lead the Subcommittee on Divine Worship in Spanish. The Committee is continuing its practice of meeting twice a year, in conjunction with the two USCCB plenary meetings in June and November. The Secretariat of Divine Worship is the office at the USCCB headquarters in Washington DC that works to carry out the tasks assigned to it by the Committee. Aside from everyday duties that include collaborating with other USCCB offices on various projects and reviewing texts of liturgical publishers, a great deal of the Secretariat’s attention is focused on the preparation and publication of liturgical books. The more important projects of the past year would include the following:

• A new translation of the Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism was published in early 2019, replacing the older translation. The Bishops of England and Wales shared musical settings of the prayers that they had prepared, and this music is included in an appendix of the book.

• The USCCB purchased the copyrights to the Revised Grail Psalter and to the Old and New Testament Canticles, both prepared by the monks of Conception Abbey in Missouri. To mark this transition, and since both texts had undergone revisions and will now be published together as a single volume, they were given a new title: The Abbey Psalms and Canticles. These translations have already appeared in some of the more recent liturgical books in the United States and will be used in all new books going forward. This will become most noticeable in a few years when new editions of the Liturgy of the Hours and of the Lectionary for Mass are prepared. A definitive edition of The Abbey Psalms and Canticles will be available from USCCB Publications in early 2020.

• A new translation of the Order for Baptism of Children will be available in January 2020, and the use of this new edition will be required as of Easter 2020. There are a few minor textual changes with respect to the ritual currently in use, but for the most part this is simply a new translation of the text. One addition that should be helpful is an Appendix that lays out the instructions for the celebration of baptism during Mass. While the Introduction to the book encourages this practice in certain circumstances, the instructions it provides are not very user-friendly. This Appendix tries to capture the Church’s intention for this ritual, using texts drawn almost entirely from the Roman Missal and from the rite of Baptism. Five publishers will be producing editions of the book, and three of them are also producing bilingual English-Spanish versions.

• Other ongoing projects include: - Preparation of a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours continues. The USCCB has approved several blocks of material that make up this complicated book. Significantly, in November 2019 they approved new English translations of the 294 hymns included in the breviary. Many of these have never been translated into English before, and the translators worked diligently to preserve the meter and patterns of accentuation of the Latin originals. The texts will be included in the new Liturgy of the Hours when it is eventually completed, but it is hoped that the hymns can also be published independently upon approval of the Holy See. - A new translation of the ritual book Ordination of a Bishop, of Priests, and of Deacons has been approved by the USCCB and forwarded to the Vatican for approval. While the new translation is not very different from the text currently used in the United States, there have been several English translations in use in various countries since the Second Vatican Council. The Holy See has encouraged adoption of a single translation that could have a universal acceptance, and this is a step in that direction. - The USCCB is also working on a revision of the New American Bible. It is hoped that at the end of the process there will be a single Scripture translation consistently used in liturgical books and in the full Bible, rather than the current situation in which different translations are used in different contexts. At the same time, the USCCB is also finalizing a Spanish translation of the Bible. Once finished, this will be the first official Spanish Bible promulgated by the USCCB. Both projects are several years from completion, but it is possible that the two texts could be approved at the same time. The Committee on Divine Worship thanks the members of the Catholic Academy of Liturgy for their efforts to promote the Sacred Liturgy.

Submitted by Rev. Andrew Menke Executive Director, USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship

b)    FDLC (Rita Thiron). Due to the lengthy and detailed report, the full report can be found at the bottom of this page. Only the report categories are indicated at this point.

1. PUBLICATIONS 2019 CATHOLIC PRESS AWARD.

2. FDLC MEMBERSHIP

3. BOARD GOALS AS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2019

4. PROJECTS IN PROCESS IN GENERAL

5. SACRAMENTAL FORMATION

6. FORMATION FOR OTHER RITES

7. BEST PRACTICES

8. ONGOING FORMATION

9. THE 2019 NATIONAL MEETING

10. FDLC COLLABORATIONS WITH THE BCL AND BCDW 1969 - 2019

c) ICEL (Paul Turner)

ICEL only met once in 2019; the fall meeting was canceled due to the canonization of John Henry Cardinal Newman. In addition to what is noted in the prepared report, ICEL tragically lost one of its 11 commissioners in 2019, Most Rev. Dominic Jala, S.D.B., Archbishop of Shillong, Meghalaya, India. He died in a car accident in California in October 2019. He was a quiet and persuasive member of the commission whose contributions had both linguistic accuracy and theological depth.  

ICEL will meet next in February 2020.

c)     CCCB (Christina Ronzio)

CCCB has several major projects underway, which have kept CCCB’s two-person office quite busy.

·       Weekday lectionary – confirmatio received. CCCB was asked to carefully review the text against the Ordo Lectionis Missae for consistent use of terms related to (1) children/people of Israel, (2) ancestors/fathers, and (3) YHWH.

·       Ordination of a Bishop – ICEL corrections issued in June 2018 had not been applied to the CCCB’s text; this has now been addressed. The text is expected to go to printing soon and should be available for use for ordinations during the upcoming Easter season in 2020.

·       Music in Catholic Worship is nearly complete. Its anticipated release date of Lent 2020 will be delayed; a new date will be announced when books are ready for printing.

·       Baptism of Children – We are exploring some changes of wording that would be particular for Canada.

·       Ordo and OCIA are also in progress. 

5)    Discussion of Future Meetings 

Next year NAAL will meet from January 7-10 in Seattle; CAL will meet as a pre-meeting on Thursday, January 7. (Contrary to a previous announcement, groups that had met as NAAL pre-meetings will shift to post-meetings on January 5 not next year but in 2022.) One advantage of a post-meeting is that it would reduce the typical CAL member’s hotel stay by one night despite a later departure time on January 5.

CAL meeting structure as a post-meeting will be discussed more extensively in Seattle at the 2021 meeting, but this meeting provided an opportunity for preliminary information-gathering and processing.                                   

Those present discussed the following questions in small groups, with time following for large-group discussion, comments, and responses. CAL members who were not able to be present at the Atlanta meeting can contribute input on these issues using this form: https://forms.gle/UEcGQfg2rLrJFfrc7.

Questions for Discussion

1)     Should CAL follow the format used by other denominations for its meeting time (call for papers/presentations)? 

2)    Should CAL continue the practice of the Executive Committee inviting speakers around a specific topic? 

3)    What is the best use of the time allotted for the meeting (balance of presentations/discussion, business meeting, other matters)?

Summary of Discussion, Comments, and Responses 

·       The general consensus was that CAL members appreciate the opportunity to have invited speakers around a particular topic or theme (rather than a general call for papers that might result in presentations on disparate topics). It would be helpful to have time at our gatherings (e.g., during the Business Meeting) to raise topics which might be of concern to many members of the group so that the executive committee can make an informed decision about topics based on this input.  Several groups proposed that a combination of options 1) and 2) above might be possible – inviting proposals from CAL members before looking to outside speakers, with the executive committee having discretion about whether any particular proposals from members would be accepted. Perhaps the troika could surface and identify topics of interest, invite papers from the membership around a particular topic or theme, and perhaps include time for formal responses to the presentations. 

·       Extensive time for presentations and discussions is valuable. Would it be possible to have the speaker(s) or someone else facilitate a discussion after the presentations so a wider range of views on a particular topic can surface than tends to happen in a more straightforward question-and-answer time where the speaker functions as the primary “expert”? Would a more circular seating arrangement better reflect the kind of relationships and power dynamics we want to embody as a group? 

·       Further discussions about CAL’s relationship with the bishops in light of CAL’s status as a group of liturgical scholars and practitioners would be welcome. If we were to invite the local bishop(s) in the area or region where we are meeting, what would we be asking them to do? Offer words of greeting? Participate in prayer? Hear the presentations and see what we are doing as a Catholic Academy of Liturgy? It would be best to invite a bishop’s involvement more than a year in advance, although his circumstances could change closer to the annual meeting in that location (as with Archbishop Wilton Gregory in Atlanta this past year). Bringing a bishop to a CAL meeting might not be the best use of anyone’s time, but could we be more proactive about making bishops aware that CAL exists and could serve as a resource for them around issues that might be currently helpful to them? How could we bring what we do to the bishops rather than hoping they might come to us? An intermediate step might be inviting the local diocesan director of worship to CAL’s annual meeting. (This might cultivate connections with people who are closely connected to bishops but who have fewer overall commitments and are less entangled in ecclesial politics.) 

·       Another viable strategy going forward in the current ecclesiastical climate might be seeking out more opportunities to collaborate with other groups like FDLC and NPM to develop a synergy of resources for promoting Catholic liturgy. Several questions were raised about FDLC and its status, but there was no one from FDLC present to address them; it would have been helpful if a representative had been available. (Note: FDLC has a direct connection with USCCB’s Secretariat of Divine Worship; CAL is an independent organization with no official relationship with either FDLC or the North American bishops’ conferences.) 

·       Re: 2021 CAL Meeting in Seattle: It would be nice to involve people from the local Seattle area next year; they have a model cathedral. The bishops from USCCB’s Region XII (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington) meet around that time of year – would it be worth extending an invitation to all of them?

6)    Remarks on Catholic Marriage: A Pastoral and Liturgical Commentary (Ed Foley)

Published by LTP in 2019, this is the fourth volume produced by CAL and the third volume co-produced with the FDLC. The writing is very accessible (with short chapters, no footnotes, and translation of foreign words) such that it could be read easily by first-year M.Div. students, busy clergy, and interested laypeople. Eight of the twelve contributors are married. The book’s contents are broad and there is nothing comparable on the market. It is also reasonably-priced (at under $30).

7)    Final Announcements

 ·       Congratulations to Ed Foley on completing the Commentary on the Rite of Marriage.

·       Thanks to Layla Karst and Jim Sabak for standing for election, and congratulations to Jim on his election to the troika.

·       Please fill out meeting evaluations!

·       Please note that the CAL post-meeting (from 2022 onwards), will always be on January 5 but will not invariably be on a Sunday.

Meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Annie McGowan

Summary of presentations prepared by Dave Turnbloom

 Full detailed report of FDLC by Rita Thiron:

1. PUBLICATIONS 2019 CATHOLIC PRESS AWARD.

The FDLC was honored to receive a second-place award (liturgy category) for our latest publication: Our Sacrifice of Praise/ Nuestro sacrificio de alabanza. In response to repeated demands during our series of workshops on the Misal Romano, this book provides over thirty articles suitable for distribution within the parish. The “flip-style” book is printed in both English and Spanish. This is also packaged with an electronic version – a flash drive containing PDF’s of individual articles. https://www.fdlc.org/publications/44872

2. FDLC MEMBERSHIP

646 Full Members (was 594 in October 2018)

155 Associate Members (was 121)

 12 Industry Members

  3 Newsletter-only subscribers

  2 Seminary Memberships

We invite the participation of more members of the Catholic Academy of Liturgy! For more information: https://www.fdlc.org/sites/default/files/files/Associate%20Membership%20Application%202018

3. BOARD GOALS AS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2019

§  To continue to redesign the national meeting

§  To refine the governance structure

§  To effectively partner with vendors and organizations

§  To maintain FDLC as a leading source of liturgical formation

§  To nurture liturgical leaders; using effective communication to build up FDLC membership

§  To provide formation for the revised OCIA

§  To prepare and promote the Fiftieth Anniversary of the FDLC – October 2019 [completed]

§  To encourage the growth and effectiveness of diocesan liturgical commissions

§  To increase diversity of FDLC membership, utilizing the varied gifts of cultures and generations.

4. PROJECTS IN PROCESS IN GENERAL

§  Develop model structures, agendas, principles for the creation and maintenance of diocesan liturgical commissions (Position Statement 2018-A)

§  Transition and Sustainability Planning

§  Improvement of FDLC website

§  Review of all FDLC Publications 

5. SACRAMENTAL FORMATION

§  Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

-  Initial conversations with the NCCL to collaborate on formation for the OCIA.

-  FDLC will have a significant presence at the NPM meeting in July 2020 which will focus on initiation rites.

-  Seminary formation for RCIA

§  Order of Baptism of Children

-  Resources will be made available to all diocesan offices

-  Training teams when requested, but no plans to conduct nationwide workshops.

§  Order of Confirmation

-  Guidelines posted to the FDLC website in March 2019

§  Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar

-  Writing a pastoral companion (due summer 2020)

-  Contains history, a review of the rite, and practical advice for its preparation

-  This is the theme of the 2020 National Meeting in San Diego (September 29-Oct 1)

§  Pastoral Care of the Sick

-  Developing a pastoral companion

-  Contains an overview of the rite and best practices for parish ministers

§  Order of Exorcism

-  Pastoral directives in light of national standards

- Simple overview of the rite

-  Healing services—communal

-  Prayers for the spiritually afflicted

-  Intended audience --priests and pastoral staffs onl

6. FORMATION FOR OTHER RITES

§  Seasonal preparation aids – Lent/Triduum/Easter and Advent/Christmas (ongoing)

§  Resources for episcopal liturgies – ordinations, installations, funerals of a bishop

§  Resources for closing and merging of parishes

7. BEST PRACTICES

§  Collaborations with BCDW on formation of clergy on ars celebrandi

§  Guidelines for Eucharistic Adoration and Exposition (March 2020)

§  Guidelines for Worship and Technology

§  Resources for Rural Parishes

8. ONGOING FORMATION

§  Certification of Lay Ecclesial Ministers

-  Alliance revision of National Standards and procedures

-  Two levels-- Directors of Office of Worship; Parish Director of Liturgy

-  New discussions about entry level courses

§  We continue to collaborate with other national organizations each month by convening over thirty executive directors of Catholic organizations headquartered in DC and nearby.

§  This year has brought multiple opportunities to collaborate with publishers and they with us. 

9. THE 2019 NATIONAL MEETING

The Fiftieth Anniversary meeting was held in Chicago, October 9-11. This city was the place of our founding. About the Meeting and the Anniversary

The meeting’s theme was “The Federation at Fifty: Prayer without Ceasing.”

Each of the three days focused on one aspect –the past, the present, and the future.

Speakers included

§  Rev. Edward Foley, Capuchin – The Liturgical Movement and Decolonialization

§  Bishop Carl Mengeling – who was a page at the Council

§  Rita Thiron –who offered a history of the FDLC

§  Rev. Thomas Gaunt, SJ of CARA – who provided statistics on the present state of the Church in the USA

§  Panelists – Dr. Dolores Martinez; Sr. Sandy DeMasi, SSJ, PhD; Msgr Rick Hilgartner, Dr. Patricia Hughes, Rev. Leon Strieder, Dr. Timothy O’Malley

§  Rev. Ricky Manalo – “The Future has Already Begun”

A summary of the fiftieth anniversary national meeting was included in the October Commemorative issue of the FDLC Newsletter.

Additional anniversary photos may be found on Facebook at https://facebook.com/FoDLC

Other information may be found on the FDLC website https://fdlc.org/50.

Full transcripts of the presentations are loaded onto the website as they become available. The Fiftieth Anniversary National Meeting was over eighteen months in the making. I am especially grateful to Todd Williamson of the Archdiocese of Chicago who enthusiastically served as General Chairperson and to the Steering Committee, comprised of fourteen regional representatives.

Generous donations from publishing houses include:

§  LTP – program book and videos

§  GIA – published an eighty-page history book written by Rita

§  WLP – worship aids for all liturgies

§  OCP – sponsored Ricky Manalo’s stipend, airfare, and hotel 

10. FDLC COLLABORATIONS WITH THE BCL AND BCDW 1969 - 2019

§  Consultation and evaluation of the post-conciliar liturgical texts (1968-1988)

§  Music in Catholic Worship (1972)

§  National Catechetical Directory (1974-2002)

§  Delaying the implementation of the Rite of Penance to provide catechesis (1975-76) “General Absolution: Towards a Deeper Understanding” Catechesis on the revised Rite of Penance for clergy and the faithful

§  Survey on the age of Confirmation

§  FDLC Task Force on Clergy Education draws up basic curriculum for seminaries

§  Art and Environment for Catholic Worship (1978); some research by FDLC National Symposium on EACW (with CUA); “A House for the Church” (1979) A-V; Directory of Artists and Crafts People

§  Take and Eat -- Communion in the Hand (1977)

§  Take This, All of You and Drink from It: Communion from the Cup” (1978)

§  Music in Catholic Worship (1972)

§  Liturgical Ministry Survey; Ministers of the Word (1980)

§  Ordo Missae Study (at request of BCL); FDLC develops 175 page tool on every element of the Mass; historical survey, current liturgical legislation, pastoral reflection, questions for discussion and evaluation, is published as The Mystery of Faith (1980-1982)

§  Liturgical Music Today (1980-1982)

§  Task Force on Cemeteries (1989)

§  Lectionary for Masses with Children (1990-1992) [position statement in Buffalo]

§  Rites for Returning Catholics (with Linda Gaupin and Don Neumann, 1992)

§  Female Altar Servers (1994)

§  Study Day on translation, emendations to Sacramentary, Ordination (1994)

§  We Believe statement (1994) supported by the BCL and FDLC

§  Catechesis on the reservation of the Sacred Oils (1994)

§  Committee for Televised Masses (1994)

§  Roman Missal Briefing Packet (1994)

§  SCAP Consultation and Workshops (1996)

§  Preparing for a revised Sacramentary (1994-1997)

§  A list of all Position Statements from FDLC to BCL (published in 1997)

§  Consultation on Cremation Appendix in English/Spanish (1993-1998)

§  Built of Living Stones (2000) [began as “A Holy Dwelling: Pastoral Norms for Roman Catholic Places of Worship” then “Domus Dei”]

§  Hearing Sessions on multi-cultural celebrations facilitated by Rev. Mark Francis

§  Study of the implementation of RCIA (2000)

§  Evaluation Form for the New Lectionary (2000)

§  Consultation on U.S. Adaptations to the Revised IGMR (2001)

§  Survey on seminary liturgical formation and of the newly-ordained (2003)

§  Materials, workshops for the implementation of the Roman Missal (2007-2011)

§  Co-sponsored CARA survey on Pastoral Practice and the National Statutes for the Catechumenate; Lombard consultation on the National Statutes (2014)

§  Resources, workshops on the revised Order of Celebrating Matrimony (2016)

§  Resources, workshops on the implementation of the Missal Romano (2018)

Respectfully submitted, Rita A. Thiron, December 18, 2019