January 2005

To: CAL Members

From: CAL Executive Committee
               [John Baldovin, SJ, Andrew D. Ciferni, P. Praem., Julia Upton, RSM,]

Re: Agenda for the Louisville Meeting

January 6, 2005 (Thursday)

            9 to 10:15 a.m.

                        Executive Committee Report (A.D. Ciferni)

                        Finance Report (E. Foley)

                        ICEL Report (B. Harbert)

                        BCL Report (A. Sherman)

                        FDLC Report (J. Zimmerman)

                        Election of a new executive committee member

                                    (see candidates’ names below)

                        GIRM Commentary Report (E.Foley)

            Coffee break.

            10:45 a.m. to Noon: Discussion on CAL Position Statements

            Lunch Break: Noon to 1:30 p.m.

                        1:30 – 2:30 p.m.: Discussion with ICEL

                        2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break

                        2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Reflections on Redemptionis Sacramentum

                                    Two 15 minutes presentations followed by discussion.

                                    J. Upton, moderator

Candidates for CAL leadership:

Martin F. Connell has been a member of the church for all but the first ten days of his life, with his rites of initiation straddling Vatican II (one before, two after).  He received a Ph.D. in Theology from Notre Dame in 1995, and then worked as an editor at LTP until 1998.  Since then he has been assistant professor of Liturgical Studies at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.  Martin has attended the Academy for about a decade and was the Convener of the Early Liturgy Seminar at the NAAL for three years (1999-2002).  His publications include books, edited books, translations, chapters in edited collections, articles on the liturgical year and initiation in scholarly journals, encyclopedia articles, and numerous shorter pieces on pastoral liturgy and theology. 

Mary Alice Piil, CSJ is best known to Academy members as our past Secretary.  Since leaving that office, Mary Alice has also left her position of twenty year on the faculty of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York.  At present, she is Director of  Formation of Deacons for the Diocese of Rockville Centre and continues to serve the Seminary in the role of adjunct Professor of Liturgy.  Mary Alice brings to CALs discussion not only her experience as Professor at the Seminary but also as a participant in the ICEL Sacramentary project where she served as a member of POT for ten years. She holds a Ph.D.from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend.