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Dr Jeffrey Truscott recently attended the congress of Societas Liturgica, an international ecumenical society of liturgical scholars and others involved in the teaching and practice of Christian worship. Meeting under the theme of \u201cSymbol of What We Are: Liturgical Perspectives on Sacramentality\u201d this year\u2019s congress took place August 7 to 12 at KU Leuven, the Dutch-speaking arm of the University of Leuven in Belgium. The congress offered three levels of presentations: (1) \u201cmajor presentations\u201d by invited speakers (e.g., \u201cThe Principle of Sacramentality: Revelation of the Divinity and the Humanity of God \u201d by Elbatrina Clauteaux of France, and \u201cReligious Symbolism and Sacramentality in Non-Western Christianity\u201d by Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu of Ghana); (2) submitted \u201cpapers\u201d on the main congress theme (e.g., \u201cThe Sacramentality of the Word,\u201d by John Baldovin, S.J, from the USA), and (3) \u201cshort communications\u201d on a range of topics not necessarily related to the congress theme. Dr Truscott gave a short communication entitled \u201cThe Influence of Japanese Culture on Church Architecture in Japan,\u201d which summarized some of his research for a book on Asian church architecture.<\/p>\n
In addition to scholarly papers, the Societas congress included a visit to the ecumenical Abbey of Chevetogne, a monastery housing both western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox monastic communities. Participants learned about the impressive bells in the Orthodox chapel, and were also given an introduction to the life and work of the monastery\u2019s most famous monk, Dom Lambert Beaudouin, who is considered a pioneer in the \u201cliturgical movement\u201d of the twentieth century. The day concluded with a trip to another famous Belgium monastery, the Keizersberg Abbey in Leuven, where participants feasted on local fare in the cloistered hallways.<\/p>\n
Corporate worship was a central aspect of the congress, with an opening service taking place in the impressive St Peter church in the \u201cOld Market\u201d and daily prayer in the St Michael church adjacent to the KU Leuven facilities. A highlight was the ecumenical eucharist service at Leuven\u2019s St John the Baptist church during which the Society\u2019s President, Dr Martin Stuflesser (Germany), preached and presided.<\/p>\n
Dr Truscott comments that \u201cit was a great joy to share this time of intellectual reflection and worship with world-renowned scholars in the area of liturgical studies.\u201d A member of Societas since 2001, he looks forward to the next congress in Durham, UK, in 2021.<\/p>\n
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