Executive Secretary: Dr Paul Taylor
PO Box 146
East Melbourne VIC 8002
T: (03) 9926 5753
F: (03) 9926 5767
E: paul.taylor@cam.org.au
Bishops' Delegates
- Bishop Patrick O'Regan (Chairman)
- Bishop Paul Bird, CSsR
- Bishop Peter Elliott
- Bishop Richard Umbers
Advising
Bishops Commission for Liturgy
The National Liturgical Council is an advisory body established by the Australian Catholic Bishops under provisions 4.3 and 5.1 of the Mandate of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy for the purpose of advising the Commission on matters pertaining to Catholic liturgical worship. Members of the National Liturgical Council are appointed for 3 year terms.
National Liturgical Council Members
- Rev Dr Barry Craig PP
- Dr William Griffiths
- Rev Dr Stephen Hackett MSC, PP
- Dr Clare Johnson
- Mrs Sophy Morley
- Rev Brian Nichols Adm
- Rev Laurence Cortez, PP
- Dr Paul Taylor (Executive Secretary)
The Council is also served by a number of consultants who assist in its work:
- Rev Dr David Orr OSB PP (Senior Consultant)
- Sr Kerry Willison RSM (Senior Consultant)
- Ms Denise Braddon
- Rev Dr Tom Elich PP
- Rev John Fitz-Herbert, PP
- Sr Judy Foster SGS
- Sr Louise Gannon RSJ
- Mrs Elizabeth Harrington
- Very Rev Ken Howell VF
- Mr Paul Mason
- Mr Michael McKenna
- Mrs Cathy Murrowood
- Sr Ilsa Neicinieks RSM
- Mrs Jenny O’Brien
- Rev Dr Frank O’Loughlin PP
- Sr Ursula O’Rourke, SGS
- Dr Carmel Pilcher RSJ
- Rev Don Richardson PP
- Mrs Clare Schwantes
- Dr Margaret Smith SGS
- Rev Dr Christopher Willcock SJ
- Very Rev Peter G. Williams VG
- Dr Geoffrey Cox (Music Consultant)
- Dr William Griffiths (Music Consultant)
- Mr Bernard Kirkpatrick (Music Consultant)
National Liturgical Documents For Australia
- Roman Curia And Australian Catholic Bishops
- Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
- Bishops Commission For Liturgy
- National Liturgical Council
- Australian Consultation On Liturgy (ACOL)
The Good We Rarely Tell Anyone
- There are 1,321 parishes in Australia, including 29 belonging to Eastern Catholic Churches, serving 5.2 million Catholics of which 624,000 worship every Sunday (c. 12%), which means we could fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) seven times every Sunday with Mass going Catholics! Of this group, 94,150 of these Mass-goers are aged between 13 and 18.
- Worldwide numbers are booming
Source: Fr Richard Leonard SJ, Director of the Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting
Useful Links
Local Liturgical Council, Commissions and Offices
- Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference
The National Liturgical Council
http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/bc/liturgy/index.asp - Adelaide
Office for Worship
http://www.webtemplate.com.au/caa/CatholicArchdioceseOfAdelaide/sites/OfficeforWorship/ - Brisbane
Liturgy Brisbane
http://www.litcom.net.au - Canberra & Goulburn
Liturgical Commission
http://www.cg.catholic.org.au/services/default.cfm?loadref=89 - Hobart
Liturgy Office
http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/faith/liturgy/liturgical-commission - Melbourne
Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation – Liturgy
http://www.cam.org.au/evangelisation/Liturgy.aspx - Perth
Archdiocesan Liturgy Office
http://liturgycentre.com.au/ - Sydney
Liturgy Office
http://www.liturgy.sydney.catholic.org.au
International Liturgical Bodies and Offices
- Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Rome
www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/index.htm - International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)
http://www.icelweb.org - Canada
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.nlo.cccb.ca/ - England and Wales
Liturgy Office
http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/ - Ireland
National Centre for Liturgy
http://www.liturgy-ireland.ie/ - New Zealand
National Liturgy Commission
http://catholic.org.nz/nlo - United States of America
USCCB Committee on Divine Worship
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/
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