Sacred Liturgy Conference in Rome 25-28 June

At site of the Cardinal Newman Society I saw a note about a presser with the French Bishop, Dominique Rey, one of the supporters of a great conference on liturgy which will take place in Rome this summer and to which I wish to go.  My old friend Archbp. Sample will get the pallium in that period as well.  I am raising funds for it. Help!  Click the waving flag.

You, dear readers, dear Fathers, dear Bishops, might think about attending if you are going to be in Rome for the pallium Mass.

Also, check on the Cardinal Newman Society‘s feed on the sidebar of this blog. Useful.

Bishop Dominique Rey Discusses ‘Sacra Liturgia 2013’ Conference
May 2, 2013, at 10:42 AM | By Tim Drake |

In an interview with the National Catholic Register’s Rome correspondent, Edward Pentin, Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France Bishop Dominique Rey talks about the upcoming Sacra Liturgia 2013 Conference (June 25-28) to be held in Rome. The Sacra Liturgia conference is being co-sponsored by The Cardinal Newman Society. Cardinals, bishops, and other experts on the liturgy will be in attendance.

Speaking of the aims of the conference, Bishop Rey says that its goal is to “show the link between the New Evangelization and the liturgy…because the central thing in the New Evangelization is to meet Jesus Christ, and the central place where we meet Jesus Christ is in the liturgy. The [Church’s] Tradition says that the liturgy is the source and purpose of the mission of the Church.”

Asked about the genesis of the conference, Bishop Rey responded:

We live in a secularized society, and we need the expression of the centrality of God. The expression of the centrality of God is given by the liturgy. We live in a superficial world, so, through the liturgy,we discover the presence of God in the Eucharist; it enters in our body and soul. A sense of intimacy, interiority, is given by the liturgy. And in the liturgy we celebrate the fact that the bread becomes the body of Christ; there is a transformation, and so, when I receive the Eucharist, it can transform me, too.

The transformation of the Word begins in the liturgy, in the celebration of the Eucharist, because it’s an expression of the beginning of the transformation of the Word. For all these reasons, we have to restore a real and perfect sense of the liturgy given by the traditional magisterium of the Church given by Vatican II.

I maintain that no project of evangelization, new or old, no project of reform of any aspect of the Church’s life will succeed without a revitalization – and a redirection – of our liturgical worship of God.

A conference like this is timely, especially now that Benedict XVI has retreated from the spotlight.  What he sparked in a new liturgical movement must be continued.

We must press forward.

 

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4 Comments

  1. Mike says:

    Discussing liturgy with some fellow Catholic parents, a friend told me he chose a parish with a vibrant community of service over a parish with a well-presented, traditional, reverent liturgy.

    A major mistake, I think, though it’s a shame to have to choose between the two. But we live in a fallen world, after all.

  2. Jim of Bowie says:

    Small donation on the way. Wish I could go too.

  3. Mike says:

    Please, O dear Lord Jesus, let some form of notable, worldwide improvement happen after this!

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