Year
2021Credit points
10Campus offering
No unit offerings are currently available for this unitPrerequisites
NilIncompatible
THEO528 Foundations in Liturgy; THEO662 Foundations in Liturgy and THCP514,
Teaching organisation
This unit involves 150 hours of focused learning. The total includes formally structured learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, online learning, video-conferencing or supervision. The remaining hours typically involve reading, research, and the preparation of tasks for assessment.Unit rationale, description and aim
Liturgy is "carried out by means of perceptible signs by which the faith is nourished, strengthened and expressed". As the activity where the community of faith enacts and embodies its faith through ritual symbols, sacred texts, remembered traditions and sacramental actions, the celebration of the liturgy forms "the centre of the whole of Christian life for the Church both universal and local, as well as for each of the faithful individually". This unit investigates the celebration of liturgy (particularly the Eucharist) in light of the revised Roman Missal, recent church instructions and key writings on the major liturgical and theological principles undergirding liturgical celebration. It identifies guidelines for preparing and evaluating effective liturgical celebrations in schools and parishes today.
Learning outcomes
To successfully complete this unit you will be able to demonstrate you have achieved the learning outcomes (LO) detailed in the below table.
Each outcome is informed by a number of graduate capabilities (GC) to ensure your work in this, and every unit, is part of a larger goal of graduating from ACU with the attributes of insight, empathy, imagination and impact.
Explore the graduate capabilities.
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
LO1 - Identify and explain key liturgical and theological principles undergirding the celebration of Roman Catholic liturgy today, especially as evidenced in the revised Roman Missal (GA8);
LO2 - Analyse and critique various forms of liturgical celebration in light of official Church teaching on the liturgy (GA4);
LO3 - Articulate the components necessary to promote high quality liturgical celebrations in schools and parishes (GA5);
LO4 - Contextualise local adaptations of the liturgy in accordance with sound application of foundational liturgical principles (GA5).
Graduate attributes
GA4 - think critically and reflectively
GA5 - demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession
GA8 - locate, organise, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information
Content
Topics will include:
- Liturgy: definition, forms
- Ritual and symbol
- The liturgical vision of Vatican II
- Key liturgical-theological principles for effective celebration
- Eucharist: what do we think we are doing?
- The revised translation of the Roman Missal: process, reception, use
- Speech and silence in the liturgy
- Liturgical ministries at the service of the liturgical assembly
- Locating and analysing current liturgical legislation
- Personal preference versus official church teaching on the liturgy
- Employing technology appropriately in liturgy
- Principles for preparing and evaluating liturgical celebration
Learning and teaching strategy and rationale
This unit involves 150 hours of focused learning, or the equivalent of 10 hours per week for 15 weeks. The total includes formally structured learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, online learning, video-conferencing, or supervision. The remaining hours typically involve reading, research, and the preparation of tasks for assessment.
Assessment strategy and rationale
A range of assessment procedures will be used to meet the unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes consistent with University assessment requirements. Such procedures may include, but are not limited to: essays, reports, examinations, student presentations or case studies.
Overview of assessments
| Brief Description of Kind and Purpose of Assessment Tasks | Weighting | Learning Outcomes | Graduate Attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Written Task For example: essay | 50% 2500 words | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 4, 5, 8 |
Practical Exercises with Critical Reflection For example: analysing a collect; determining the weight and importance of liturgical documents | 30% 1500 words | 1, 3, 4 | 4, 5 |
Analytical Task For example: Annotated bibliography | 20% 1000 words | 1, 2 | 4, 8 |
Representative texts and references
Hughes, Kathleen, ed. Finding Voice to Give God Praise: Essays in the Many Languages of the Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998.
Foley, Edward, gen. ed. A Commentary on the Order of Mass of the Roman Missal. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2011.
Chupungco, Anscar J. Handbook for Liturgical Studies: Volume II - Fundamental Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press/Pueblo, 1998.
Irwin, Kevin W. Models of the Eucharist. New York: Paulist, 2005.
Kavanagh, Aidan. Elements of Rite: A Handbook of Liturgical Style. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press/Pueblo, 1990.
Kubicki, Judith M. The Presence of Christ in the Gathered Assembly. New York: Continuum, 2006.
Lysik, David, ed. The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource. 4th ed. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2004.
Wood, Susan K., ed. Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003.
Leaver, Robin A. and Joyce Ann Zimmerman, eds. Liturgy and Music: Lifetime Learning. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press/Pueblo, 1998.
Searle, Mark. Called to Participate: Theological, Ritual and Social Perspectives. Edited by Barbara Searle and Anne Y. Koester. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006.