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A British association of priests, permanent deacons and special ministers, the PEL is dedicated to renewal in the Christian life and ministry centred on the Eucharist, "the fountain of all holiness". It publishes a twice-yearly journal, Adoremus, which is edited by Fr Michael Gaudoin-Parker (the opening speaker at our summer conference). The journal welcomes contributions from the laity, and a limited number of free copies containing a useful summary of the Basic Text for the 1997 Eucharistic Congress are available on request from the Secretary, Mr Maurice Fisher, 36 Westfield Road, Leicester LE3 6HS.
The Society for Catholic Liturgy This is a multidisciplinary association of Catholic scholars, teachers, pastors and so-called "ecclesiastical professionals" founded in America in 1995.It is committed to promoting the scholarly study and authentic renewal of the Church's liturgy, building on the work of the twentieth-century liturgical movement (Louis Bouyer, etc.) and the Second Vatican Council. The President of the Society (Mgr M. Francis Mannion) and one of its European officers (Dr Eamon Duffy) spoke at our own conference. Mgr Mannion is concerned with what he calls the "re-Catholicization" of the liturgy, and was one of those involved in the drafting of the Oxford Declaration - as well as the earlier and highly significant Snowbird Statement on Catholic Liturgical Music (1 November 1995). His own work at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City has been praised as a model of genuine renewal. The Society organizes an annual three-day conference in the autumn, provides advice on liturgical matters to the bishops, and publishes a Bulletin called Antiphon. For further information, contact the Society at 331 East South Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, USA; or tel. (801) 328-8941 (fax 364-6504).
ADOREMUS - Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy Founded at the same time as the SCL, Adoremus is a broader, more "grass-roots" association dedicated to the promotion of "authentic reform" of the Roman liturgy.It takes its lead from Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, and aims to "rediscover and restore the beauty, the holiness, the power of the Church's rich liturgical tradition while remaining faithful to an organic, living process of renewal". Like the SCL, Adoremus unreservedly accepts the Second Vatican Council as guided by the Holy Spirit. Its Board of Advisors includes Fr Joseph Fessio SJ, Fr Jerry Pokorsky, Helen Hull Hitchcock and James Hitchcock, Mother Angelica and Ralph McInerny.
International Centre of Liturgical Studies (C.I.E.L.) CIEL was founded in Paris in 1994 by a group of lay Catholics, with the backing of Louis Bouyer and under the patronage of Cardinals Stickler and Oddi.The aim of this world-wide association is to promote understanding and love of the traditional Latin liturgy, combining this at all times with an unfailing fidelity to the magisterium of the Church. Its foundation has been described by those who love the old Rite as the most important liturgical development since the English Indult and Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei. For further information, especially about the English branch, contact Nicole Hall at Dormers, Flauden Lane, Bovington, Herts HP3 0QA; tel. (01442) 833-642.
The Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge Founded in 1975 by Dr Mary Berry, the Schola exists to promote the teaching and singing of Gregorian Chant, and to foster the study of Sacred Music.It holds chant weekends and day schools around the country, and has established the Cantors of the Schola as a performing and recording group, specializing in the reconstruction and live performance of early as well as present-day liturgy. Their repertoire includes a number of liturgical dramas. Dr Berry, formerly Fellow and Director of Studies at Newnham College, Cambridge, is a popular lecturer and course leader in Great Britain, Europe, North America and Australia, and has produced a series of award-winning CDs. It is likely that no one has done more to demonstrate the popular appeal of Chant both to Christians and to music-lovers without church affiliation. Associate membership in the Schola is
open to anyone who would like to join her in the struggle to save
the Chant for future generations. Founded in 1969 and approved by the Bishops of England and Wales in 1970, the Association for Latin Liturgy exists to promote the understanding of the theological, pastoral and spiritual qualities of the Latin liturgy in the approved rites of the Church, to preserve the sacredness and dignity of the Roman rite and to secure the Church's unique heritage of liturgical music. It publishes liturgical studies and a variety of educational and liturgical aids, in order to encourage the living use of Latin in the worship of the Church. Secretary: Mr Christopher Francis, 16 Brean Down Avenue, Bristol BS9 4JF, UK. Tel. (0117) 962-3558. The ALL homepage is at http://www.btinternet.com/~association.latinliturgy
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