ACU Centre for Liturgy
The ACU Centre for Liturgy provides specialist expertise, teaching and formation in liturgical studies, sacramental theology, and the sacred arts.
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy provides specialist expertise, teaching and formation in liturgical studies, sacramental theology, and the sacred arts.
..... every aspect of the celebration must be carefully tended to (space, time, gestures, words, objects, vestments, song, music…) and every rubric must be observed. Such attention would be enough to prevent robbing from the assembly what is owed to it; namely, the paschal mystery celebrated according to the ritual that the Church sets down.
The ACU Centre for Liturgy provides specialist expertise, teaching, and formation in liturgy, sacraments, and the sacred arts.
Officially endorsed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, we offer formative education and training programs for clergy, pastoral associates, religious educators, parish ministers and professionals involved in preparing and celebrating liturgy. Located within ACU’s Office of the Vice President and working closely with ACU’s Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, our academics tailor programs to meet the training and formation needs of individual parishes and schools, Catholic education offices, and dioceses in urban and rural locations throughout Australia and the region. We provide workshops, seminars, short-courses and online educational opportunities in liturgy, sacramental theology, and the sacred arts.
Co-located within ACU’s Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, our academics provide high-quality tertiary-level education in liturgy, sacramental theology and the sacred arts at the undergraduate level, in specialist postgraduate courses, and through supervision of higher degree research students. As part of their work in the faculty, our academics engage in peer-reviewed research projects and produce publications focused on both the academic and practical aspects of liturgical studies. They also interact with an international network of liturgical scholars and practitioners in order to advance the liturgical apostolate in Australia and beyond.
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In accord with the teaching and practice of the Catholic Church expressed in the documents of Vatican II, the ACU Centre for Liturgy seeks to support, promote, and enhance the liturgical life of the Catholic Church through education, scholarship, and pastoral formation.
Located within ACU’s Office of the Vice President, the Centre delivers practical professional training, development and formation in liturgy and sacraments to liturgical practitioners in parishes, schools, and dioceses. Through ACU’s Faculty of Theology and Philosophy our scholars offer high-quality academic programs in liturgical studies, sacramental theology, and the sacred arts.
In cooperation with the Bishops Commission for Liturgy of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and an international network of liturgical scholars and practitioners, the ACU Centre for Liturgy aims to advance the liturgical apostolate in Australia and beyond.
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