Previous Conferences

In August in both 2006 and 2008 the Society gathered at the College of the resurrection in Mirfield.

Alongside the programme of speakers and presentations there were times of worship and much discussion over meals, walks and evening drinks.

A list of the papers given on those occasions are available here:

The Conference 2008 - A View from Praxis

The editor of Praxis News of Worship, The Reverend Canon Gilly Myers, wrote a brief review of the 2008 conference:-

“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.”