The St. Colman's Society for Catholic Liturgy
St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy encourages and promotes among its
members full active and conscious participation in
Catholic Liturgy in accordance with the authentic tradition of the Church
especially as expressed in Sacrosanctum Concilium and subsequent liturgical legislation.
St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy promotes its objectives primarily through its annual
International Liturgical Conference which takes place during the month of July.
The International Conference brings together some of the most important contemporary research
scholars in area of Catholic Liturgy.
Speakers are usually drawn from the United States,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Australia, and Latin America.
While conference topics range over a wide area of liturgical interest, their focal point is
the liturgical writing of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI which the Society explicitly
seeks to promote among its members and among the general public.
Acknowledging the Holy Father’s liturgical vision of a bi-formal Roman Rite evolving in
continuity with the Church’s constant tradition, the Society organizes celebrations of the
Holy Mass in both the modern Roman usage according to the Missale Romanum
(editio tertia typica emendata) and according to the extraordinary usage as defined by the
Missale Romanum (1962).
Mass of St Gregory
In both usages, the Society strives to pay particular attention to
worthy celebration of the Liturgy, in a dignified sacral context, in fidelity to the ecclesiastical
norms governing sacred art and architecture, and with a genuine concern to encourage the Church’s
prescribed repertoire of Gregorian Chant (as set out in the Graduale Romanum, the Antiphonale
Romanum and the Liber Usualis) and of Sacred Polyphony, especially as expounded by Giovanni
Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) and the Roman Polyphonic school.
The Society hopes to be able to organize a series of spiritual retreats for its members and for
the any of the public wishing to attend.
The Society’s third International Liturgical Conference will explore the theme
of sacred music in the Liturgy and its practical consequences for giving
dignified worship to God. This Conference, drawing on the writings of Pope
Benedict XVI, will be held 10-12 July 2010 at the Imperial Hotel, South Mall,
Cork City, Ireland. It will be opened by His Excelelncy Archbishop Raymond Leo
Burke, Prefect of the Signatura Apostolica, who will also give the key-note
address.
Details of the conference available here.
Roger Van Der Weyden Deposition