The Conference - A View from Praxis

 

The editor of Praxis News of Worship, The Reverend Canon Gilly Myers, has writen a brief review:-

 

“The biennial SLS conference met in Mirfield during a gloomy August week, but with much to stimulate and raise the spirits. All in all twelve papers were presented on the general topic of 'liturgical formation', covering a range of subjects including  liturgical competence, what children say about the eucharist (and the resulting questions regarding the liturgical formation of a eucharistic community), worship and belief, dramatic expressions of silence within liturgical space, and formation for dying. Some of the findings posed a challenge to the church, and the outcome of the keynote lecture by Brian Spinks - 'What is Celtic about Contemporary Celtic Worship' - was quite a surprise.  Having examined the sources that exist of ancient Celtic liturgy, and compared these with some prominent contemporary publications purporting to be in the same tradition, he concluded  that there is mainly very little that is Celtic in much of the material, and in some cases nothing at all - other than a use of archaic language conventions.

 

The Society was originally formed in order to encourage 'younger liturgists'. Thus members were delighted to find that the more experienced scholars presenting papers were joined by a number of fresh and younger faces.

 

Many of the papers will find their way into the Society's journal - Anaphora. Members of the Liturgical Commission, and anyone involved with liturgical formation at any level will find something of interest within.”

The Biennial Conference 2008  - Liturgical Formation

 

The Conference was held from 26 to 28 August 2008 at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, UK

 

The Conference provides a very good opportunity to meet others working in the area of liturgical studies and to hear and discuss papers both from established scholars and those at an earlier stage of their liturgical research and teaching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Programme - click on the links for each day to see the full conference programme.

 

Tuesday 26th

Wednesday 27th

Thursday 28th

 

The General Meeting of the Society took place on Wednesday afternoon when a revised constitution for the Society was adopted.

 

The Conference in 2010

 

The next full conference of the Society will be held in 2010

 

When   Tuesday 24  to Thursday 26 August 2010

 

Where It was agreed at the Annual Meeting that the Conference should again be held at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. Accommodation in the College is mainly ensuite, and in the Community of the Resurrection’s Retreat House there are recently refurbished shared facilities. Meals will be taken in the College Refectory. The College is set in the attractive grounds of the Community’s House and Church. Further details including location can be found by visiting www.mirfield.org.uk