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35th Annual Conference

A Day for the Lord:  Sign of Contradiction?
June 11 - 13, 2007
at the University of Notre Dame

The thirty-fifth annual conference of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy will address the relationship between cult and culture by considering what it means to keep a "day holy to the Lord." What does it mean to take seriously the obligation to keep the Lord's Day?

Toward that end, our plenary addresses will draw on the five dimensions of the Lord's Day described in John Paul II's 1998 apostolic letter, Dies Domini. Each of these headings can be treated as a starting point for considering how keeping the Lord's Day implies a stance vis-a-vis elements of contemporary culture.

Plenary Session Titles and Speakers:

  1. Dies Domini - The Celebration of the Creator's Work *
    Katherine Hayes, Ph.D., Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
  2. Dies Christi - The Day of the Risen Lord and the Gift of the Holy Spirit
    Fr. Calinic Berger, Holy Cross Church & St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary
  3. Dies Ecclesiae - The Eucharistic Assembly: Heart of Sunday
    Deacon Owen Cummings, Mt. Angel Seminary
  4. Dies Hominis - Sunday: Day of Joy, Rest and Solidarity
    Frederick Bauerschmidt, Loyola College in Maryland
  5. Dies Dierum - Sunday: The Primordial Feast, Revealing the Meaning of Time
    Lawrence Cunningham, University of Notre Dame

Breakout Session Titles and Speakers:

  1. Celebrating Parish Evening Prayer on the Lord's Day
    Fr. Stephen Bird, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
  2. Keeping Sunday in the Domestic Church
    Lisa Everett, Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend
  3. Preparing Sunday Eucharist in Light of Dies Domini
    Pat Kerwin, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
  4. Keeping Sunday in Small Faith Communities
    Marlene Kropf, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
  5. Sunday in American Culture: A Sociologist's Perspective
    Michael McCallion, Archdiocese of Detroit
  6. Leisure and Festivity on Sunday
    Nathan Mitchell, University of Notre Dame
  7. Celebrating Sunday in Multicultural Parishes
    Sr. Doris Mary Turek, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  8. Continuing Conversations with Plenary Session Speakers
    Owen Cummings and Lawrence Cunningham
  9. * Due to unforeseen circumstances, Hindy Najman will be unable to join us this June. We are grateful to Dr. Katherine Hayes for agreeing on such short notice to present our first Plenary Session.