The Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce its 2018 conference to be held September 27–29 in Miami, Florida, at the Cathedral of St. Mary. The conference theme is the centenary of the publication of Romano Guardini's Spirit of the Liturgy.
The conference will feature keynote addresses by - His Eminence, Gerhard Cardinal Müller ("Lex orandi - lex credendi") - Archbishop Thomas Wenski (Miami) - Secretariat of the USCCB's Committee on Divine Worship.
The liturgies of the conference are a solemn Mass in the ordinary form of the Roman rite to be celebrated by Cardinal Müller, and a solemn pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, celebrated by Archbishop Wenski.
Papers on the conference theme will be delivered by: Steve Baker, Rev. Mr. Samuel Bellafiore, Dr. Michael Brummond, Rev. Daniel Cardó, Peter Carter, Jonathan Ciraulo, Dr. Andrew Dinan, Rev. David Friel, Dr. Michael Foley, John Haigh, Barnaby Hughes, Dr. Kevin Hughes, Dr. Nathan Knutson, Kevin Magas, Dr. William Mahrt, Dino Marcantonio, Dr. Michon Matthiesen, John Monaco, Rev. Michael Monshau, Sr. Esther Mary Nickel, Dr. Timothy O’Malley, Dr. Edward Schaefer, Dr. Jeremy Sinkiewicz, Joshua Wopata, and Zachary Watters. Topics can be viewed on the schedule available on the conference website.
All are welcome to attend the conference; there is a discount for members of the Society, as well as for seminarians. Day passes are also available. Registration and more information is included below and at the Society's webpage.
The registration deadline is Monday, September 17th. Please also note that discounted hotel prices are good only until July 27th. Please book early if you'd like the discount.
I hope you'll be able to join us in Miami in September!
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