News Release
UDM hosts Boston College Theology Professor Fr. John Baldovin
UDM will host Fr. John Baldovin, S.J., on Wednesday, October 26 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. in the Student Center, Fountain Lounge on the McNichols Campus. This lecture will discuss the new changes and the overview of the Roman Missal set to take effect in Advent.
Baldovin is a professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College, and noted expert on the Catholic liturgy. He also taught at Fordham University and the Jesuit School of Theology. He is the past president of the North America Academy of Liturgy, and the current president of the International Jungmann Society for Jesuits and Liturgy.
He has served on the advisory committee for the U. S. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy as well as the advisory committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy.
Baldovin will speak on the new changes in the Catholic mass that have been established and will go in effect on the first Sunday of Advent. He has both a scholarly and a pastoral perspective. Those that are curious about the changes about to take place in the Catholic Eucharistic celebration will find this discussion extremely informative.
Baldovin received the first place award in liturgy for his book, Reforming the liturgy: A response to critics. He received the award from the Catholic Press association of the United States and Canada. Other books that he wrote consist of Bread of Life and Cup of Salvation: Understanding the Mass.
The event is being sponsored by UDM's Catholic Studies program and is free to the public.
Release date: October 18, 2011
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