Societas Liturgica is the international ecumenical society for the study of Christian liturgy and worship. Societas Liturgica has around 300 members who are researchers, academics or practitioners. Anglican members of Societas Liturgica also serve as members of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.
History Societas Liturgica came into existence through the initiative of Wiebe Vos, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1962 he founded Studia Liturgica, "an international ecumenical quarterly for liturgical research and renewal". In 1965 Vos called a conference of twenty-five liturgists from Europe and North America at the Protestant community of Grandchamp, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Presidents The presidents of Societas Liturgica are each elected for a two-year term of office. +DatesNameNationalityDenomination1967-69Placid MurrayIrelandRoman Catholic1969-71Ronald JasperUKAnglican1971-73Pierre-Marie GyFranceRoman Catholic1973-75Jean-Jacques von AllmenSwitzerlandReformed1975-77Balthasar FischerGermanyRoman Catholic1977-79Thomas TalleyUSAAnglican1979-81Frederick R. McManusUSARoman Catholic1981-83Hans-Christoph Schmidt-LauberAustriaLutheran1983-85Geoffrey WainrightUSA / UKMethodist1985-87Robert F. TaftUSARoman Catholic (Byzantine Rite)1987-89Donald C. GrayUKAnglican1989-91Paul De ClerckBelgiumRoman Catholic1991-93Bruno BürkiSwitzerlandReformed1993-95Paul F. BradshawUK / USAAnglican1995-97Irmgard PahlGermanyRoman Catholic1997-99Jacob VellianIndiaSyrio-Malabar1999-2001John BaldovinUSARoman Catholic2001-03Yngvill MartolaFinlandLutheran2003-05Ottfried JordahnGermanyLutheran2005-07David HoletonCzech RepublicAnglican2007-09James PuglisiUSARoman Catholic2009-11Karen B. Westerfield TuckerUSAMethodist2011-13Gordon LathropUSALutheran2013-15Lizette Larson-MillerUSAAnglican2015-17Martin StuflessorGermanyRoman Catholic2017-19Joris GeldorfBelgiumRoman Catholic2019-21Bridget NicholsIrelandAnglican2021-23E. Byron (Ron) AndersonUSAMethodist2023-25Gilles DruinFranceRoman Catholic2025-27Harald BuchingerAustriaRoman Catholic
Congress There are full meetings of Societas Liturgica, known as Congresses, every two years. A selection of the papers from each congress is subsequently published in English in the journal Studia Liturgica; in French in the journal La Maison Dieu; and also in German. +List of congressesYearLocationTheme1967DriebergenThe liturgical constitution of the Second Vatican Council and the elaboration on worship of the World Council of Churches 19691969MurroeLiturgical Language1971StrasbourgContemporary Worship1973Montserrat AbbeyPrayer Today1975TrierEucharistic Prayers1977CanterburyChristian Initiation1979Washington DCOrdination Rites1981ParisLiturgical Time1983ViennaLiturgy and Spirituality1985BostonThe Lima Text1987BrixenRepentance and reconciliation1989YorkLiturgical Inculturation1991TorontoThe Bible and Worship1993FriburgLiturgical Space1995DublinThe Future forms of the Liturgy1997TurkuLiturgy and Music1999KottayamLiturgical Theology2001Santa Clara2003EindhovenThe Cloud of Witnesses2005DresdenWorship as Transformation - "To Heal a Broken World"2007PalermoLiturgy and the Public Square2009SydneyThe Liturgical Year: the Gospel encountering our time2011ReimsBaptism: Rites and Christian Life2013WürzburgLiturgical Reform in the Churches2015QuebecLiturgical Formation: traditional task and new challenge2017LeuvenSymbol of what we are: Liturgical Perspectives on the question of Sacramentality.2019Durham, UKAnamnesis: Remembering in Action, Place and Time2021OnlineLiturgy and the Arts2023Maynooth, IRLLiturgy and Ecumenism2025ParisThe Liturgical Assembly in its Spaces2027Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFrom Inculturation to Decoloniality Notable members Bruno Bürki Paul F. Bradshaw Ronald Jasper Dom Placid Murray Louis Weil References
External links
Studia Liturgica