The Liturgical Current of Culture

The lecture and workshop session entitled “The Liturgical Current of European Culture” is intended for people interested in deepening their knowledge of the liturgical tradition of the Latin Church in terms of its historical grounding and significance, and in touching its practical dimension.

It will include lectures, academic seminars and workshops on Gregorian chant. The historical lectures will deal with the history of the Roman Rite (in the form it had reached by 1962) and its variant, the Dominican Rite. Separate talks will be devoted to the history of liturgical singing in the West, Dominican chant, and questions connected with Latin as a sacred and liturgical language. To deepen reflection on the very meaning of the liturgy, we will offer a seminar on an excerpt from Lawrence Hemming’s book Worship as a Revelation.

During the first two days, participants will be able to get to know liturgical singing in practice in workshops led by Sławomir Witkowski (Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis). During these workshops participants will prepare the Office (Lauds and Vespers) in the Dominican Rite, which will be celebrated on the last day of the event. On that day we also invite participants to take part in Holy Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite in the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków.

The project was coordinated by Barbara Szymańska.

Session organizers:

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Session programme

Friday, 16 May 2014
Ignatianum Academy in Kraków, 26 Kopernika Street, Kraków

15:45 – 16:45 workshop of Roman and Dominican chant – a practical introduction to the musical dimension of liturgical culture (Sławomir Witkowski, Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis)
17:00 – 18:00 Dr. Tomasz Dekert: Latin as a sacred and liturgical language – a religious-studies perspective
18:00 – 18:15 discussion
18:15 – 18:45 coffee break
18:45 – 19:45 Fr. Dr. Maciej Zachara MIC, The Roman liturgy in European culture: The history of the Roman Missal I: from the beginnings of the Latin liturgy to the early medieval sacramentaries
19:45 – 20:00 discussion

Saturday, 17 May 2014
Ignatianum Academy in Kraków, 26 Kopernika Street, Kraków

9:00 – 10:00 workshop of Roman and Dominican chant – a practical introduction to the musical dimension of liturgical culture (Sławomir Witkowski, Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis)
10:00 – 11:00 Piotr Kaznowski, MA: Seminar on a philosophical text concerning the liturgical reform
11:00 – 11:30 coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Fr. Dr. Maciej Zachara MIC, The Roman liturgy in European culture: The history of the Roman Missal II: the medieval Roman liturgy up to the Missal of John XXIII
12:30 – 12:45 discussion
12:45 – 13:45 Fr. Tomasz Grabowski OP, MA, Lic.: The pluralism of Latin liturgical culture I – the origins and specific character of the Dominican Rite
13:45 – 14:00 discussion
14:00 – 15:30 lunch break
15:30 – 16:30 Dr. Paweł Milcarek: Traditional Roman liturgical culture after Vatican II
16:30 – 16:45 discussion
16:45 – 17:45 Michał Barcikowski, MA: Introduction (structure and order) to the Mass according to the Missal of John XXIII and altar serving in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite
17:45 – 18:00 discussion
18:00 – 19:00 workshop of Roman and Dominican chant – a practical introduction to the musical dimension of liturgical culture (Sławomir Witkowski, Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis)
19:00 – 20:00 Piotr Kaznowski, MA: Seminar on a philosophical text concerning the liturgical reform
20:00 Social evening at the “Stolarnia” club

Sunday, 18 May 2014
Dominican Friary, 12 Stolarska Street, Kraków

8:30 – 9:00 Lauds – Dominican Chapter House
10:30 – 11:45 Holy Mass – Church of the Holy Cross
12:15 – 13:15 Dr. Jakub Kubieniec: The history of liturgical music in the West I
13:15 – 13:30 discussion
13:30 – 14:30 Dr. Jakub Kubieniec: The history of liturgical music in the West II
14:30 – 14:45 discussion
14:45 – 16:15 lunch break
16:15 – 17:15 Fr. Tomasz Grabowski OP, MA, Lic.: The pluralism of Latin liturgical culture II – Dominican chant
17:15 – 17:30 discussion
17:30 – 18:15 Vespers
19:00 – 20:00 Concert of Gregorian chant (Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis)