Churches Alter Ceremonies
By Earl Haehl
Churches with elaborate ceremonies seem to be moving toward the simpler, more communicative service. Those without ceremony are in some cases beginning to move toward more ceremony.
The Vatican now authorizes Mass in the vernacular. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury allows priests to have services in kitchens or wherever Anglicans gather.
METHODISTS NOW place emphasis on Communion with music written by John Merbecke. Lutherans build churches where the altar is central.
These are all linked by a spirit—the spirit of liturgical renewal. This movement is not isolated to the great centers of worship. It is found in colleges and universities.
THE CONCEPT of liturgy is not new. It was practiced among first-century Christians. The liturgy has sometimes fallen by the way through the centuries. The emphasis changed from the people to the priest. The people became spectators at the ceremonies.
To say that the liturgical movement is formalizing the rites of churches is not correct. Those churches which boast of their "simple" service have a formality in this simplicity.
Those churches who have no service to follow do not fall into this category. A service of two hymns and a sermon can be a formal service. It becomes a liturgy if it is a regular practice.
THERE IS A distinction between liturgy and sacred liturgy. Sacred liturgy refers only to the Roman Catholic Mass or the Holy Eucharist as practiced in Eastern, Anglican, and some Protestant churches.
The department occupies a section of the Carruth-O'Leary building, but Frances Horowitz, department chairman, said that if the plans for the Bio-Life Sciences building came to realization, her department would occupy a substantial portion of it. She also hopes to obtain a wing for expansion of the Child Development Center which she said is proving so successful.
The department of Human Development and Family Life is suffering a common campus ailment: the increased influx of students. Over 600 students are enrolled in courses this semester and the result is overcrowding in the lecture rooms.
KU has several groups involved in various stages of reform and renewal. Hundreds of KU students are being affected by the attempts of the college chaplains to bring about a change.
pastor of the St. Lawrence student parish, said that college-aged individuals were the most receptive to change.
THE EPISCOPALIANS translated the Mass more than 400 years ago. Their updating is in a musical form—the local Canterbury association is sponsoring "Rejoice!" a twentieth century folk mass. This is to bring the liturgical idiom up to date.
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The present liturgical movement is an attempt to give the church back to the people. The object is to have congregations inside purpose and spirit.
TO AN EXTENT, the Reformation changed this. It took from the churches the sacramental nature of the Mass. In time preaching became the ultimate concern and the preacher became the center. Here again the people became spectators.
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It is the order for a specific service, but liturgy can refer to any service which has an order established.
THE TWO traditionally liturgical groups on campus are the Roman Catholics and the Episcopalians. Both groups are experimenting with something different, trying an expression of the local feeling.
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Wesley Foundation holds services daily. They are experimenting with several forms of "Matins" or morning prayer. Each Friday they hold Communion at 7 a.m.
The United Campus Christian Fellowship services are held Sunday morning and evening. As a rule they follow a prayer service which the minister picks. Sometimes there is Communion, sometimes Matins.
The Roman Catholics have the new translation of the Mass which is an attempt to bring the congregation into the service. The Rev. Brendan Downey, OSB.
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