NEW Public Lecture "The Ageless Voice of the Young: Fostering Emerging Liturgical Musicians" an online public lecture by Steve Warner

On 20 May 2024 at 10am AEST, the ACU Centre for Liturgy will have the pleasure of hosting renowned musician, composer, choir director and founder and emeritus director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, Steven Warner.

In this lecture Steve Warner will share some of his wisdom and vast experience of working with and nurturing young musicians to become leaders of liturgical music. He will explore why it is important to encourage young musicians' spiritual development through liturgical musical expression to foster more engaged and lasting ecclesial participation as they develop their relationship with Christ. He will speak about how young musicians can find their place and strengthen their Christian identity as members of a group who praise God together while leading the assembly's musical prayer. He will emphasise the importance of not underestimating the musical or spiritual capacity of young people and how building solid musicianship and striving for musical excellence enhances their commitment to God and to their community.

Steven Warner [B.A. (Rel Stds); M.A. (Liturgical Studies)] is the founder and Director Emeritus of the Notre Dame Folk Choir and was Associate Director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason at St John Henry Newman's University Church in Dublin, Ireland (2016-2021). He joined Notre Dame's Campus Ministry staff in 1979, continuing there for more than thirty-five years. By 2016 the Folk Choir, begun in 1980, had more than 60 singers and instrumentalists, an international touring tradition (including Australia) and a repertoire spanning all styles and many languages. Over 100 of Warner's liturgical compositions were published in the "Songs of the Notre Dame Folk Choir" series with World Library Publications, including the Mass of Charity and Love and Mass for Our Lady. His works are published by WLP, GIA, and OCP, including his most recent work, The Passion According to Saint John for Good Friday.

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Celebrating the Lectionary Year A (Garratt, 2019)

RRP $39.95
Available for purchase

Celebrating the Lectionary Year A is designed for schools and parishes as a catechetical resource that focuses on the Gospels of the Liturgical Year. It can be used as a supplement to Catholic school religious education programs, as a resource for Children's Liturgy of the Word in parishes, and during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation. Celebrating the Lectionary Year A includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts, including Australian Feasts, Saints and Seasons.

Each 15-20 minute session is designed so that you can lead group discussions and engage in activities which require minimal preparation and make use of resources on hand. Sessions can easily be adapted to your group's specific needs and time constraints.

Each session includes:

• Background information for teachers and catechists
• Ways to connect children's lives with the liturgical year
• Full text of the day's Gospel reading and an age-appropriate guided reflection
• Gospel-related activities
• A take-home page for families to do during the week

Authors: Catherine G. Johnson, Mary Kathleen Kelley, SSJ, Maureen A. Kelly, Nora Malone, Christine Ondrla, James Philipps

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year - General Introduction to the online guide to this resource

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year A)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year B (Garratt, 2020)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year B (Garratt: 2020) is the second volume of a rich resource of Lectionary-based catechesis designed especially for use in schools and parishes celebrating Children's Liturgy of the Word. Collaborating with authors from the USA, Prof Clare V. Johnson has prepared this text for use with students in years 5-8 in conjunction with the Year of Grace Calendar for 2021. Exploring the Gospel for Sundays, solemnities, feasts and holydays (according to the Australian Lectionary and liturgical calendar) through proclamation, reflection and engaging classroom activities, this attractive book will help young people to link each Gospel text with their Catholic faith and everyday lives.

Authors: Sr Ann Therese Chaput BVM, Christine Ondrla, James Philipps, Sr Ann Therese Chaput, Clare Johnson

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

RRP $39.95

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year B)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year C (Garratt, 2021)

Celebrating the Lectionary Year C (Garratt: 2021) is the third volume of this valuable supplementary catechetical resource that helps bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into the school or parish catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs.

Each session is easily adapted to meet specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so class discussions and activities can be led with minimal preparation and to make use of the resources on hand. Exploring the Gospel for Sundays, solemnities, feasts and holydays (according to the Australian Lectionary and liturgical calendar) through proclamation, reflection and engaging classroom activities, this attractive book will help young people to link each Gospel text with their Catholic faith and everyday lives.

Authors: Christine Ondrla and Clare Johnson

Adaptations and Australian Content by: Clare Johnson

RRP $39.95

Watch the recording of Gospels for the Liturgical Year (Year C)

For more information see: www.garrattpublishing.com.au