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The New Roman Missal Explained at Dominican University
Dominican University’s Siena Center will host priest and scholar Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin, for its annual Advent Lecture on Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Priory Auditorium at Dominican’s Priory Campus, 7200 Division Street, River Forest.
Foley, the Duns Scotus professor of spirituality and professor of liturgy and music at Catholic Theological Union, will speak on the upcoming changes to the language and practices used in the Catholic Mass. Foley will overview the changes, which were announced by the Church last year and will be implemented in English-speaking Catholic churches on November 27, coinciding with the first Sunday of Advent.
Foley, a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy, will also provide historical and theological context for the changes, tracing the Church’s desire for new translations to reflect shifts in theological philosophies since the Post-Vatican II era. He was a founder and originating member of the executive committee of the Catholic Academy of Liturgy. He sits on the executive committee of the International Academy of Practical Theology and is the author of 18 books and more than 300 scholarly articles.
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He earned a master’s degree in divinity from St. Francis School of Pastoral Ministry, a master’s of music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a master’s degree in liturgical research from the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a PhD in theology from Notre Dame.
Admission is $10. For more information or tickets, contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9105.
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Dominican University established the Siena Center to engage the critical issues of church and society in the light of faith and scholarship. The center was named for St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th century laywoman who worked for the reform of the church and justice in the world. Her passionate devotion to the central issues of church and society inspires the work of the center in its schedule of lectures, symposia, workshops, retreats, research and seminars.
