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2. Directed Readings (listed in order of original publication)
Olivier Rousseau, The Progress of the Liturgy: An Historical Sketch from the Beginning of the 19th Century to the Pontificate of Pius X (1951, ISBN: na., pp. 219). Good overview by a careful observer. Translation of the original French version, Histoire du movement liturgique (1945, ISBN: na, 245 pp). Paul Marx, Virgil Michel and the Liturgical Movement (1957, ISBN: na., pp. 466). Well-done biography of America’s most influential liturgical reformer. (Yes, the author did become the famous pro-life activist.) L. Sheppard, ed., The People Worship: A History of the Liturgical Movement (1967, ISBN: na, pp. 264). Reliable through and through. Translation of the original French version Le Renouveau liturgique (1960). aa.vv., (Sacerdotal Communities…), The Liturgical Movement (1964, ISBN: na, pp. 139). Good overview by various French priests. Bernard Botte, From Silence to Participation: An Insider's View of Liturgical Renewal (1988, ISBN: 0-912405-54-6, pp. 187). Mostly anecdotal, but informative and even entertaining. Translation of the original French version Le mouvement liturgique: Témoignage et souveniers (1973). By one of the last of the Benedictine liturgical legends (Dom Botte died in 1980). Thomas Richstatter, Liturgical Law Today: New Style, New Spirit, (1977, ISBN: 0-8199-0672-7, pp. 234). Despite the title, this is mostly a historical review, generally sound, well written, very informative. Annibale Bugnini, The Reform of the Liturgy (1948-1975), (1990, ISBN: 0-8146-1571-6, pp. 974). Only the popes wielded more authority over the concrete reorganization of the liturgy than did Abp. Bugnini, and his encyclopedic account of the reform, albeit with some expressions of his own bias, is unsurpassed. Noel Barrett, Martin B Hellriegel: Pastoral Liturgist (1990, ISBN: na., pp. 209). Biography of the American pastor who, more than any other, made the conciliar reform of the liturgy come alive in a working class parish. I was there, I saw it. R. Tuzik, ed., How Firm a Foundation: Leaders of the Liturgical Movement (1990, ISBN: na., pp. 346). Relatively brief overviews of some 40 liturgical reformers. Generally useful, but of very uneven quality, with some serious (but frankly acknowledged) omissions. J. D. Crichton, Lights in the Darkness: Forerunners of the Liturgical Movement, (1996, ISBN: 1-85607-152-9, pp. 176). Valuable accounts of liturgical reformers going back to the 17th century. Top || Home || Canon Law || Liturgy & Sacraments || Catholic Issues || Personal |
