Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy 2022

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Christian Initiation Convener: Garrick Comeau (garrickcomeau@msn.com). In his absence, members guided the agenda by consensus. Tim Fitzgerald prepared the report for Proceedings. Members in Attendance: Christina Condyles, Timothy Fitzgerald, Victoria Tufano, Paul Turner, Stephen Wilbricht. Description of Work: The Christian Initiation Seminar addresses questions that stand at the intersection of sacraments of initiation, the classic Ordo for Christian initiation, and ongoing discipleship in the church. Papers and Presentations: Due to COVID concerns, the number participating in the seminar was small. Some papers and presentations were postponed, replaced by other events and lively discussions. Paul Turner presented an excerpt from his book Sacred Oils (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2021), focusing on the Oil of Catechumens. Reflecting on the historical record and current Roman Catholic rites of initiation, he examines how this oil is used as a sign of strengthening: those to be baptized were anointed with this “oil of strengthening” as support for their turn from evil. This anointing occurred in conjunction with the Lenten scrutiny rites. From its original baptismal context, later this oil was also used at ordination to anoint the hands of the priest and to anoint a newly dedicated altar. In the revision of the Roman Catholic rites of adult initiation, anointing with the Oil of Catechumens was extended for use throughout the period of the Catechumenate, a new development in its history. Presently, the Roman Missal also calls for this prebaptismal anointing in the Easter Vigil liturgy; but the current U.S. edition of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (see “National Statutes,” #16) directs that the anointing be omitted. This anointing for strengthening continued in the history of baptism of infants, an echo of the initiation of adults, after its disappearance. The child was anointed on the chest, prior to the baptism itself. In the current Roman Catholic rite for infant baptism, anointing with the Oil of Catechumens occurs prior to the profession of faith and the blessing over the water. In the U.S., this anointing may be replaced


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2min
pages 5-6

FOREWORD

4min
pages 7-8

TITLE PAGES AND COPYRIGHT

2min
pages 1-4

Repenting the Evil Done on Our Behalf: The Penitential Aspect of an Expanded Advent Season

26min
pages 125-136

A Liturgical History of the Organ Prelude in Presbyterian Churches

30min
pages 100-111

Transcending Tradition: A Reappraisal of Methods for Studying Charismatic Worship

36min
pages 84-99

Eucharistic Prayers at St . Gregory Nyssen Episcopal Church, San Francisco

42min
pages 137-158

Art-Based Training to Increase Capacity of Church Leadership at the Convergence of Worship, Preaching, and Justice

33min
pages 112-124

Queering Liturgy

5min
pages 67-70

Mirror of the Church: Liturgy as Ecclesial Self-Recognition

20min
pages 71-83

Problems in the History of Early Liturgy

4min
pages 64-66

Liturgy and Cultures

1min
page 61

Modern History of Worship

1min
pages 62-63

Liturgy and Comparative Theology

2min
page 60

Liturgical Theology

4min
pages 58-59

Liturgical Music

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page 57

Liturgical Language

1min
page 56

Liturgical Hermeneutics

2min
pages 54-55

Issues in Medieval Liturgy

3min
pages 51-53

Feminist Studies in Liturgy

1min
page 49

Formation for Liturgical Prayer

1min
page 50

Exploring Contemporary and Alternative Worship

2min
pages 47-48

Eucharistic Prayer and Theology

1min
page 46

Ecology and Liturgy

1min
pages 43-44

Introduction of the Berakah Recipient

5min
pages 20-21

The Advent Project

3min
page 39

Christian Initiation

4min
pages 40-41

Vice-Presidential Address To Be Determined

28min
pages 4-19

Berakah Response

19min
pages 23-32

President’s Report to the Academy

16min
pages 33-38

Critical Theories and Liturgical Studies

2min
page 42

The Berakah Award

2min
page 22
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