Societas Liturgica

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Societas Liturgica is the international ecumenical society for the study of Christian liturgy and worship. Societas Liturgica has around 300 members who are researchers, academics or practitioners. [1] [2] Anglican members of Societas Liturgica also serve as members of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation. [3]

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History

Societas Liturgica came into existence through the initiative of Wiebe Vos, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1962 he founded Studia Liturgica, "an international ecumenical quarterly for liturgical research and renewal". In 1965 Vos called a conference of twenty-five liturgists from Europe and North America at the Protestant community of Grandchamp, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Presidents

The presidents of Societas Liturgica are each elected for a two-year term of office.

DatesNameNationalityDenomination
1967-69Placid MurrayIreland Roman Catholic
1969-71 Ronald Jasper UK Anglican
1971-73Pierre-Marie GyFrance Roman Catholic
1973-75 Jean-Jacques von Allmen SwitzerlandReformed
1975-77Balthasar FischerGermany Roman Catholic
1977-79Thomas TalleyUSA Anglican
1979-81 Frederick R. McManus USA Roman Catholic
1981-83Hans-Christoph Schmidt-LauberAustriaLutheran
1983-85Geoffrey WainrightUSA / UKMethodist
1985-87Robert F. TaftUSARoman Catholic (Byzantine Rite)
1987-89 Donald C. Gray UK Anglican
1989-91Paul De ClerckBelgium Roman Catholic
1991-93 Bruno Bürki SwitzerlandReformed
1993-95 Paul F. Bradshaw UK / USA Anglican
1995-97Irmgard PahlGermany Roman Catholic
1997-99Jacob VellianIndiaSyrio-Malabar
1999-2001John BaldovinUSA Roman Catholic
2001-03Yngvill MartolaFinlandLutheran
2003-05Ottfried JordahnGermanyLutheran
2005-07David HoletonCzech Republic Anglican
2007-09James PuglisiUSA Roman Catholic
2009-11Karen B. Westerfield TuckerUSAMethodist
2011-13Gordon LathropUSALutheran
2013-15Lizette Larson-MillerUSA Anglican
2015-17Martin StuflessorGermany Roman Catholic
2017-19Joris GeldorfBelgium Roman Catholic
2019-21Bridget NicholsIreland Anglican
2021-23E. Byron (Ron) AndersonUSAMethodist

Congress

There are full meetings of Societas Liturgica, known as Congresses, every two years. A selection of the papers from each congress is subsequently published in English in the journal Studia Liturgica; in French in the journal La Maison Dieu; and also in German.

List of congresses
YearLocationTheme
1967 Driebergen The liturgical constitution of the Second Vatican Council and the elaboration on worship of the World Council of Churches 1969
1969 Murroe Liturgical Language
1971 Strasbourg Contemporary Worship
1973 Montserrat Abbey Prayer Today
1975 Trier Eucharistic Prayers
1977 Canterbury Christian Initiation
1979 Washington DC Ordination Rites [4]
1981 Paris Liturgical Time
1983 Vienna Liturgy and Spirituality
1985 Boston The Lima Text
1987 Brixen Repentance and reconciliation
1989 York Liturgical Inculturation
1991 Toronto The Bible and Worship
1993 Friburg Liturgical Space
1995 Dublin The Future forms of the Liturgy
1997 Turku Liturgy and Music
1999 Kottayam Liturgical Theology
2001 Santa Clara
2003 Eindhoven The Cloud of Witnesses [5]
2005 Dresden Worship as Transformation - "To Heal a Broken World"
2007 Palermo Liturgy and the Public Square
2009 Sydney The Liturgical Year: the Gospel encountering our time
2011 Reims Baptism: Rites and Christian Life
2013 Würzburg Liturgical Reform in the Churches
2015 Quebec Liturgical Formation: traditional task and new challenge
2017 Leuven Symbol of what we are: Liturgical Perspectives on the question of Sacramentality.
2019 Durham, UKAnamnesis: Remembering in Action, Place and Time [6]
2021OnlineLiturgy and the Arts
2023 Maynooth, IRLLiturgy and Ecumenism
2025 Paris The Liturgical Assembly in its Spaces

Notable members

References

  1. Irmgard, Pahl (April 2011). "Societas Liturgica". Religion Past and Present.
  2. "Societas Liturgica". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  3. "IALC Guidelines Amended 2015" (PDF). Anglican Communion. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. Jordahn, Ottfried (1980). "Amt und Ordination: Tagung der Societas Liturgica in Washington". Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie. 24: 96–98.
  5. Haquin, André (2004). "Le dix-neuvième Congrès de la «Societas Liturgica» (Eindhoven, 11-16 août 2003)". Revue Théologique de Louvain. 35 (1): 139–140.
  6. Larson, Lizette (2019-08-16). "Remembering, Societas Liturgica Style". PrayTellBlog. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. Herald, The Catholic (2022-11-01). "Obituary: Dom Placid Murray". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2023-08-16.