MONASTIC LITURGY FORUM
2009 - 12th National MLF Conference
The 2009 Conference will be held in conjunction with the Benedictine Musicians of the Americas at Saint John's Abbey and Saint Benedict's Monastery from 13 to 17 July 2009.
The purpose of the conference will be to investigate the balance between local freedom and liturgical uniformity in the Roman Catholic Church.
The conference is titled: "Universal Church, Local Church: Liturgical Law and Monastic Practice." The keynote addresses will be given by Father R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B. and Prioress Nancy Bauer, O.S.B.
Conference Hosts
In 2009 Saint John's Abbey and Saint Benedict's Monastery in Central Minnesota, will host the Monastic Liturgy Forum. Details will appear in the quarterly newsletter.
Read about the 2007 Conference
What Is the Monastic Liturgy Forum?
The Monastic Liturgy Forum is an organization for monastic communities, formed to provide support, continuing liturgical education, and sharing opportunities for men and women monastic liturgists. The organization was formed to deal with liturgical issues that arise in monastic communities ... issues that might not be addressed at other types of liturgical workshops. The ultimate purpose of the forum is to enhance worship in monastic communities and thus deepen the liturgical spirituality of these communities and give greater glory to God.
Services of the Monastic Liturgy Forum:
Newsletter: Four times a year the Monastic Liturgy Forum issues a newsletter that serves as a resource of solid input with regard to monastic liturgy. Member communities of MLF receive multiple copies of the Newsletter.
National MLF Conferences: Now meeting biennially, the Monastic Liturgy Forum hosts Liturgy Conferences that attract men and women monastic liturgists from throughout North America. With excellent speakers, the Forum has addressed such topics as: the liturgical year, the Liturgy of the Hours, rituals and blessings in monastic houses, and the Word in monastic liturgies. Conferences are held in different regions. Regions are selected by the availability and willingness of male and female monasteries to work collaboratively in hosting the conference.
Membership:
Annual membership in the Monastic Liturgy Forum is a community membership. The financial support that member monasteries provide gives MLF a fund from which to pay the working costs of the organization: mailings, postage, conference calls, business supplies, etc. There are several options for membership:
Membership dues are $40.00/year
Communities that are financially able and willing to contribute more may offer, if they choose, an added amount to help co-sponsor smaller communities that cannot afford the basic membership dues.
Communities interested in MLF that cannot afford $40.00 for membership may offer a contribution they can afford, to be supplemented by the co-sponsoring communities.
An Invitation
In 2008, consider adding your monastery to the list of nearly 60 men's and women's monastic communities throughout North America that are taking advantage of the resources of support, liturgical education and sharing that MLF provides.
For more information send an e-mail to the Membership Secretary: DMoorse @ csbsju.edu