LITURGY WORKSHOP

1. ST. THERESA’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH, LOBATSE
LITURGY COMMITTEE WORKSHOP-001

2. FACILITATOR:
FR. RICHARD A. TEKU
TIME:9:00AM-10:30PM

3. APPRECIATION

4. “
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Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful
should be led to that fully conscious and active
participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded
by the very nature of the liturgy. Such participation by
the Christian people as a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a redeemed people (1 Peter 2:9; cf. 2:4–5),
is their right and duty by reason of their baptism
(Second Vatican Council, Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, no.
14).
WHY THIS WORKSHOP?

5. AIM OF THIS WORKSHOP
This course serves as an introduction to the Liturgy
Committee Basics in Roman Catholic Church. Participants will
gain the fundamental knowledge needed to serve in a
liturgical or parish leadership role.

6. OUTLINE
• 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LITURGY
• 2. PURPOSE OF THE LITURGY COMMITTEE
• 3. PRIMARY ROLE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• 4. QUALIFICATIONS OF A LITURGY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
• 4. PERSONAL QUALITIES OF A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE
• 5. ON-GOING SPIRITUAL PROGRAMME FOR EACH MEMBER
• 6. GENERAL MINISTRY REPRESENTATION MEMBERSHIP
• 7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEMBERS
• 8. FEW OBSERVATIONS

7. BOTSWANA LITURGY DOCUMENTS
•  A RE RAPELENG (2000)
•  DITHAPELO (1995)

8. UNIVERSAL LITURGY DOCUMENTS
•  Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963)
 Introductions to all sacrament ritual books and the rituals themselves
•  General Instruction to the Third Edition of the Roman Missal (2003)
•  Redemptionis Sacramentum (2004)
 Lectionary for Mass: An Introduction (1999)
 Dies Domini: On Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy (1998)

9. QUESTIONS FOR LITURGY COMMITTEE REFLECTION
• 1. When strangers/guests come to worship in our parish, what do they
say about our parish as a result of participating in the Sunday liturgy?
• 2. Is what they say true of your parish? Do you wish they would say
something more? something different?
• 3. How can our liturgy express more clearly who we are as a Roman
Catholic parish in Botswana in the Diocese of Gaborone? with your
particular community of believers? (hospitality, music, environment,
ritual prayer, outreach ministry, etc.)

10. LITURGY
•Leito(‘public’) + Ergos (‘that works’) =LITURGY

11. LITURGY - INTRODUCTION
• “The liturgy is the source for achieving in the most
effective way possible human sanctification and God’s
glorification, the end to which all the Church’s other
activities are directed.”
• (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Second Vatican Council, 1963, no.
10).

12. KEY WORDS
• HUMAN SANCTIFICATION
• Making God’s life our life &
making our life God’s life
• The more we participate in
the process, the more we
become the process in our
everyday lives
• For the Son of God became
man so that we might become
God.
• GOD’S GLORIFICATION
• We praise the Father who first
called us to be his people by
sending us his Son

13. LITURGY
•Makes Redemption
Present
•It reveals what is
hidden in human
history.
•Shows the Nature of the
Church
•It is a public prayer

14. REFERENCE
• “The liturgy makes explicit what is hidden and implicit in
human history; it recalls what God has done in the past,
that we might recognize the same God at work in the
present, and it reminds us of the goal to which the world
and its history are to be directed. It puts us in touch with
the mystery that lies at the very heart of things.”
• (Liturgy Made Simple, p. 28, Mark Searle, Liturgical Press, 1981)

15. PURPOSE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• To be effective stewards of the parish liturgy by studying and
learning about the church’s liturgy, its signs and symbols, its
ministries and music, its rhythm and pace.
• To be effective stewards of the parish liturgy by studying and
learning about effective committee operations.
• To reflect upon and evaluate all parish liturgies.

16. PURPOSE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• To discover and give voice to the parish liturgical vision,
based on the vision outlined
• in church liturgical documents, coupled with the liturgical
practice of the parish, past and present.
• To reflect the identified parish vision of the liturgy in all
intra-parish communications and liturgical preparations

17. PURPOSE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• To identify and write a parish liturgy committee mission
statement that reflects that
• Vision and calls all parish members to an authentic
liturgical spirituality
• By effective preparation, enable the transformative
nature of the liturgy to unfold in
• The parish and ensure that the parish liturgy is a unified
work of prayer and worship

18. PURPOSE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
•To facilitate the full, conscious and active
participation of the assembly
• To coordinate the liturgical ministries in the parish
• To establish an annual liturgical preparation plan

19. PRIMARY ROLE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• To identify all the various cultural and age groups in the
parish, and work towards the full, conscious and active
participation in the liturgy of all of these members.
• To provide initial and on-going formation for all liturgical
ministries in the parish.
• To monitor the organizational details of the parish liturgies.
• To offer on-going liturgical formation for all age-groups and
cultural groups in the parish.

20. PRIMARY ROLE OF THE PARISH LITURGY COMMITTEE
• To be the connecting point for each liturgical ministry
• To manage the seasonal decorating of the worship
environment.
• To schedule, monitor and mentor all liturgical
ministers

21. Qualifications of a Liturgy Committee Member
• Faith in God
• A person of personal and public prayer
• Love for the Church and Love for the
liturgy
• Fully Participating and Weekly-Attending
Member of the Assembly
• Understanding of “servant leadership”

22. Qualifications of a Liturgy Committee Member
•Knows, Loves and Respects their Worshipping
Community
• Have a Basic Familiarity with the RCIA and other
Sacramental Rites.

23. Personal Qualities of a Parish Liturgy Committee
Member
• Reflective disposition
• Willingness and ability to read, learn and grow
• Good listener and observer
• Knows how to disagree respectfully
• Open-minded.
• Verbally articulate.
• Respect for all age groups and ethnic cultures

24. ANY ON-GOING FORMATION COURSES?
• Members of the Parish Liturgy Committee Need to be
Participating Regularly in one or more of the following
Spiritual and Ministerial Formation PROGRAMMES:
• Weekly Lectionary-based Scripture Reflection Group or
Lectio Divina
• Archdiocesan Liturgical Ministry Renewal Sessions
• Spiritual Reading
• Bible Study groups or courses

25. Parish Liturgy Committee: Executive Members
• Pastor
• Chairperson
• Vice Chairperson
• Note-Taker or Record-Keeper

26. Responsibilities of the Parish Liturgy Committee
Executive Committee
• Agenda Development– Monthly agenda are based on
the parish master calendar
• Establish time schedules for all meetings and
preparations
• Facilitate meetings

27. Responsibilities of the Parish Liturgy
Committee Executive Committee
• Extend Regular and Constant Communication
of Information to all Members:
1. members receive all agendas and information
at least one week prior to meeting
•2 All members are expected to prepare for each
meeting
• Scheduling of Meeting facilities

28. Responsibilities of the Parish Liturgy
Committee Executive Committee
• Establish and Communicate Group Decision-Making Process
• Manage Conflict Resolution
• Establish Collaborative Mode of Operation
• Keep record of all meetings and member responsibilities
• Establish terms of service for each member
• Coordinate annual committee retreat

29. 8. FEW OBSERVATIONS

30. LECTORS WORKSHOP EVERY SATURDAY
PROPOSAL

31. WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THIS MINISTRY?

32. WHAT IS THEIR WORK?
PSALM 84:10

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34. GOD BLESS YOU
13-08-2022