ST500 LITURGY AND SACRAMENTS (MAM/MTS Core)

The goal of this course is to give the students a fuller appreciation of the liturgical life of the Church. This will be accomplished by first addressing a general understanding of what is meant by liturgy. The course will then look at each of the sacraments of the Church developing both an historical perspective of the sacraments’ liturgical expression and appreciation of the theology that underlies each of the sacraments. As part of the coursework the current ritual expression of each sacrament will be addressed to see how it continues the traditions of the Church and how it expresses the theology of the sacrament. NOTE: TH500 Fundamental Theology and TH516 Trinity/Christology are pre-requisites for this course.

This course meets entirely in-person.

Booklist:

Paul Haffner, The Sacramental Mystery, (Leominster, Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 1999) ISBN 978-0-85244-476-4 (third edition)

Catechism of the Catholic Church. Washington, DC: USCCB, 2019. ISBN: 978-1601376497 http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource, vol. 1. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2012. 978-1616710620