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Lenten Preaching on the Eucharist
2005 Lenten Preaching Series in the Presence of the Eucharist |
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Click the links below to listen to one of the lectures as an mp3 file.
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| • | Feb 10 • THIS YEAR - THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST! Fr. Edward Estok, Rector: St. John Cathedral. Pope John Paul II proclaimed Oct. ‘04 - Oct. ‘05 as “The Year of the Eucharist.” What does this mean to us, practically speaking, and why this year? |
| • | Feb 17 • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE EUCHARIST Fr. Thomas Tifft, President/Rector of St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology. How did the Early Church celebrate Eucharist? What about before the Second Vatican Council? And Now? Is change inevitable? |
| • | Feb 24 • THE EUCHARIST AS A RITE OF INITIATION Mrs. Gerry Kynkor, Diocesan Director of the RCIA. Presenting the Eucharist to children and adults in the RCIA as the completion of Baptism and Confirmation. How to make the connection! |
| • | Mar 3 • EUCHARIST FOR ALL TIMES, PLACES, & CULTURES Fr. J-Glenn Murray, SJ, Director, Office for Pastoral Liturgy. What is it about the Eucharist that transcends culture? How a variety of cultures can be incorporated into the Eucharistic celebration. |
| • | Mar 10 • THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE EUCHARIST Dr. Joan Nuth, Assistant Professor in Religious Studies and Director of the Ignatian Spirituality Institute at John Carroll University. Is there something about the Eucharist that informs our prayer and approach to life, even outside of the Eucharistic celebration? |
| • | Mar 17 • EUCHARIST, HEART OF THE CHURCH Fr. Edward Estok. Even before Pope John Paul II proclaimed this year, the Year of the Eucharist, he wrote an encyclical in 2003 on how this mystery of faith touches all of us all the time. |