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Course-wide Enduring Understandings 1. Students will understand the structure and of the and how it is central to fully appreciating and participating in the . 2. Students will understand that the Mass is connected to and reflective of our lives.

3. Students will understand their vital role in the Church.

4. Students will understand the , and its importance in Christian discipleship. 5. Students will understand and be exposed to different types of Christian .

Course-wide Essential Questions 1. How is the Mass the source and summit of my ?

2. How is community essential to my faith life?

3. How is the Mass reflective of my own life?

4. How am I called to be a disciple?

5. How can I better participate in my Church community?

6. What is prayer? How do I pray?

RS444 Liturgy & Worship

RS 444 LITURGY AND WORSHIP St. Ignatius College Preparatory

Course Description An exploration of the mystery of prayer and the Church’s liturgy, specifically the Mass. Through study and practical experience students will grow in a lived understanding of personal and universal meanings of worship and prayer. The course includes classroom work on the history, theology, and of prayer and worship; students develop practical and creative skills through preparation of and ministry at Friday Morning Liturgies.

Enduring Understandings • Students will understand the structure and theology of the Mass. • Students will understand the theology and spirituality of prayer in the Catholic Tradition. • Students will understand the spirituality and practice of all the liturgical ministries. • Students will understand their role as a liturgical minister. • Students will understand the process of preparing a liturgy for a specific community in light of liturgical season and other universal Church considerations.

COURSE GOALS 1. To deepen one's own appreciation and ability to be a part of a faith community. 2. To understand the structure and purpose of the 's liturgy, especially the Eucharist. 3. To understand the role of liturgical ministries and to serve as a liturgical minister in various capacities. 4. To acquire skills for liturgical planning, and to participate in planning Friday Morning Liturgies.

UNITS 1)What is Liturgy? • Communal prayer, work of the people, forms us, 4 presence of Christ, vs Secular • Structure of the Mass: Gathering Rite, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Sending Forth Rite

2) Liturgical Ministries • Theology and Spirituality of Ministry and Discernment • Theology and Practicalities of: Hospitality, Lector, Eucharistic Ministers, Cantor, Acolyte/Sacristan, Art & Environment, Publicity • Practice and Evaluation of Ministries • Music Ministry: Cantor, Praying with the

RS444 Liturgy & Worship

3) Liturgical Planning • Writing Call to Worship, General Intercessions, Understanding Liturgical/Pastoral Judgments, Lectionary, Music Selection, Art & Environment, liturgical seasons, saint feasts

4) Sacramental/Liturgical Theology and Spirituality • Eucharist, Connection with own life experiences • Liturgical Calendar Symbols, parallel of our human journey • Sacraments The 7 Sacraments, Sacramental World View • Vatican II / New Roman Missal Changes, Enculturation

How does this course meet the ESLRS?

• Open to Growth This course requires openness to finding meaning in Church traditions and practices and situating them in personal life. Ministry is presented as requiring ongoing discernment and formation. Students learn from each other in planning and from evaluating weekly liturgies.

• Intellectually Competent This course provides the intellectual foundation for and practices that many Catholics perform without understanding. Students are challenged to ask questions, search the tradition and their own experience for answers.

• Loving This course encourages group work and for the sake of the ministry for which they are responsible each week. Students volunteer their gifts and talents for the greater good of the Liturgical experience each Friday. Students focus on building community with and for those who come.

• Religious Students come to understand the central celebration of the Catholic community, learn skills for interpreting scripture, and reflect on their personal spirituality. They experience and lead prayer in various ways. Also, they gain ministerial skills for the ongoing practice of their faith.

• Committed to Doing Justice The experience and call for justice is at the heart of the Eucharist. Our students encounter the liturgy as an invitation to transformation, through the scriptures – call for discipleship, and the Eucharistic prayer of being “broken and poured out for others”.

• Pursuit of Leadership Growth RS444 Liturgy & Worship

This course provides an opportunity everyday for leadership to grow. Each student will have an opportunity to lead the worshipping community in areas of their strength. Students gain skills to lead ministry in other faith communities throughout their life.

How does this course support the Department Mission Statement? We fulfill the mission statement by creating prayerful experiences where students and teachers encounter the living through communal prayer. We encourage questioning and open exploration in the liturgical preparation process. All participants in the class take on leadership roles in liturgy, developing skills for competent leadership. The course reaches out to the rest of the community in compassion and makes effort toward inclusion of diverse cultures, views and . Justice is at the root of the Eucharist.

How does this course incorporate the 5 Core Dimensions of the Department?

• Scripture and Church (Ignatius) Weekly scripture reflection, applying techniques for exegesis and homiletics; theology of Eucharist; ministry formation. 1 Ignatian feast each semester

• Catholic Moral and Social Justice Teaching Application of scripture to daily life; liturgies with justice themes, Eucharist itself.

• Sacred Traditions and God Eucharist is the heart of Catholic tradition; mystery of the incarnation; Sacramental theology and spirituality, forms of prayer and how they relate to our image of God

• (Discipleship) Paschal Mystery Liturgy is about Jesus first! When we reflect on the relationship of liturgy and life we are lead to discipleship Responding to call, ministry in liturgy and life

• Prayer and discernment Discernment is included in ministry formation; personal experience of liturgy as prayer; focus of course is on communal prayer; personal prayer is part of the preparation process and reflection

Why do you think this course is necessary?

It helps students relate tradition and Catholic practice with their lives; teaches skills that can be used in college and beyond; trains leaders for the Church; helps students discover their own personal liturgical spirituality