Assessment

Classroom Participation 10% + Short reflections based on reading 20% + Final Essay 70%

Module Aims

This module looks to equip Learners to give and advocate for leadership in the liturgy according to the fullest expanse of established norms of the Church and according to the needs of evangelisation and remembering in their parish communities.

Indicative Syllabus

• The Communion Rite in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the Roman Missal 2011
• Ordinary and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at Work
• Holy Communion from the Chalice
• Coeliac Condition
• Making the Most of Our Place of Public Worship
• The Book of Blessings – as Preparation of the Faithful for the Principal Effect of the Sacraments
• Human Situations in Need of Ritualization
• Preliminary Worship – Reawakening Faith
• Liturgy after the Liturgy: The Life of Justice and Preaching
• Liturgical Inculturation
• Theology of Instituted Ministries (Lector, Acolyte and Catechist).

Learning Outcomes

• — MIMLO01 Be able to evaluate the interrelationship between theology, context and liturgical practice;
• — MIMLO02 Demonstrate an appreciation of the implications of the ritual nature of worship;
• — MIMLO03 Be able to integrate the celebration of liturgy with leadership in the areas of pastoral practice and social justice;
• — MIMLO04 Be proficient in the development and application of tools for the evaluation of ethical worship; and
• — MIMLO05 Be able to reflect upon the learner’s own practice of creating and leading worship within the current context;
• — MIMLO06 Describe and analyse in detail key theological and biblical principles underpinning leadership and collaboration in the context of the church’s ministry and mission;
• — MIMLO07 Compare and contrast influential ideas about leadership and management and evaluate them and the questions to which they give rise from a theological perspective in the context of Christian discipleship, ministry and mission;
• — MIMLO08 Reflect on their own experience of group and team membership and leadership identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas for development.

Bibliography

• — Congregation for Divine Worship, Directory for Masses with Children (1971).
• — Peter J. Elliott, Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year: According to the Modern Roman Rite (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2002).
• — ________, Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite: The Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours, 2nd Edition (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2005).
• — ________, Ceremonies Explained for Servers: A Manual for Altar Servers, Acolytes, Sacristans, and Masters of Ceremonies (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2019).
• — Karie Ferrell, Corinna Laughlin, Paul Turner and Thomas P. Welch, Guide for Ushers, Greeters, and Ministers of Hospitality. 2nd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2021).
• — Pat Fosarelli, Donna Eschenauer and Paul Turner, How to Lead Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2017).
• — Marilyn Kofler and Kevin E. O’Connor, Handbook for Ministers of Care. 3rd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2022).
• — Corinna Laughlin, Michael R. Prendergast, Joanne Sanders and Paul Turner, Guide for Liturgy Committees. 2nd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2021).
• — Corinna Laughlin and Paul Turner, Guide for Sacristans. 3rd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2021).
• — Corinna Laughlin, Kenneth A. Riley, Paul Turner, Guide for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. 3rd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2021).
• — Timothy P. O’Malley, Liturgy and the New Evangelization: Practicing the Art of Self-Giving Love (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014).
• — G. Thomas Ryan with revisions by Corinna Laughlin, The Sacristy Manual, 2nd Edition (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2021).
• — Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Living a Liturgical Spirituality: Journeying Daily with Christ (Chicago, IL: LTP, 2022).