Carmel Pilcher rsj Carmel.Pilcher@sosj.org.au PREPARING LITURGY Carmel Pilcher rsj Carmel.Pilcher@sosj.org.au

What are the hopes, desires and concerns of your students? What is happening in the wider world that needs our attention?

What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students? What is happening in the wider world? What is suggested for the liturgy of the day: Scripture readings Prayer texts Time of the church year Where do I find these? Programs: electronic – LABORA (Liturgy Brisbane) or Liturgy Help; Roman Missal, Lectionary, Ordo

What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students? What is happening in the wider world? How might the PRAYERS AND SCRIPTURE READINGS help our community to bring our particular issues to our encounter with our loving God? What aspect of the EREA mission speaks to this? What SONGS might help? (remember – for liturgy they must be ‘we’ hymns. The liturgy also has service music – musical settings of the texts)

What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students? What is happening in the wider world? What SYMBOL OR RITUAL GESTURE do we need to highlight to connect with our particular community at this time? Do we want to highlight any of the PROCESSIONS? How will we ORGANISE THE SPACE and prepare the elements so that our ceremony is suitably sacred?

What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students What are the hopes, desires and concerns of the students? What is happening in the wider world? Other resources …. Directory for Masses with Children Children’s Lectionary

Note: The Church provides us with a structure: Beginning Liturgy of the Word Liturgy of the Eucharist Conclusion We don’t need to create the prayer texts Simple is best Only focus on one or two aspects to highlight

Scenario 1: school mass in a gymnasium

SCENARIO 2: LITURGY IN A CLASSROOM What is concerning us at this time? What do we want to celebrate? What liturgy will express this best? A liturgy of the word Service of reconciliation A water blessing to remind us of our belonging An anointing for healing A shared meal Psalms that link us to the liturgy of the hours – creation Whenever we engage in liturgy we are praying as church in Christ’s name, and in our giving of ourselves to God invited to reach out to others

SCENARIO 3: LITURGY during retreat What is concerning us at this time? What do we want to celebrate? With a longer time what periods do we want to set aside for liturgy? What kind of liturgy? A liturgy of the word Service of reconciliation A water blessing to remind us of our belonging An anointing for healing A shared meal Psalms that link us to the liturgy of the hours – creation Mass Whenever we engage in liturgy we are praying as church in Christ’s name, and in our giving of ourselves to God invited to reach out to others