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Orientation

2017-07-30T16:50:56Z

Rebecca: /* 4:30 Orientation */

==4:00 Arrival==
*Name tags
*Payment Balance
*Choose sleeping spaces

==4:30 Orientation==
*Teams gather at assigned tables
::Optional: game to reveal team members
*Prayer
*Icebreaker
::Bingo, quiz show, draw-a-vacation, etc.
*What is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ1OT4-_S9Q Środowisko]? What is this event?
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqnWrL5Htu4 Sro Anniversary]
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmy-sSx5uio&t=121s Stained glass windows]
*Who are the people (Tremblays, kitchen staff, group leaders, chaplain)?
*Brief overview of the week's theme
*Notes on the booklet
*Overview of the schedule and the Srodowisko Activity Board
*Rules
::No tech at talks and meals
::Don't eat it without asking
::Fire and medical emergencies - call 911
*Location of First Aid
*Notes on trash and recycling
*Tour of things

==6:00 Vespers==
*[[Mystery Messengers]]

==6:30 Dinner==
*Use paper plates and disposable cups (There is no assigned dish team on Sunday night.)
*Pig bucket and trashcan under the pavillon

==7:30 Team Activity==
*Introductions, group building activities, projects.

*In 2014, this hour also included a period of silence, allowing each person to choose a scripture verse in response to the prayer written in the booklet he or she had received. Scripture verses were then anonymously written in the booklets, which were returned to their owners the following day.

==8:30 Evening Event==
*Initiation Chant
*Icebreakers/games, e.g., Family Feud, Undoing the Knot, Trust Walk

==9:30 Compline==

==10:30 Lights Out==

[[Category:Środowisko]]

Mosaics

2015-08-16T16:10:25Z

Rebecca: /* Apropos Videos */

==Materials==
*scrap paper for drawing
*black markers
*mesh
*tiles
*mortar
*additive
*brushes for cleaning

==Procedures==
Step 1. Choose a symbol of faith and draw it on a piece of paper.

Step 2. Cover your drawing with a piece of plastic and trace it with a marker.

Step 3. Cover the plastic with a piece of mesh.

Step 4. Break tiles and begin arranging the pieces on the mesh.

Step 5. When you've arranged all of your pieces, carefully remove the mesh (with your mosaic) from the plastic.

Step 6. Cover the plastic with a new piece of mesh.

Step 7. Mix a SMALL portion of mortar with the additive.

Step 8. Fill in a portion of your drawing with mortar and begin transferring the corresponding pieces. Cover the bottom of each mosaic piece with mortar before pressing it into the mortar on the mesh.

Step 9. When the mortar has set (when the pieces do not move), begin cleaning your mosaic.

Step 10. Let your mosaic dry flat for 3 to 5 days.

==Apropos Videos==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu-cKbVH_8&index=76&list=UUzIaF5voxVjV03DAqfg_7vg Mosaics Step-by-Step]
* [http://bbc.in/1hEOtmY "BBC on mosaics" -10 min.]

==References==

[[Category:Środowisko]]
[[Category:Ecclesial Art Projects]]

Punctuation Videos

2015-07-28T11:31:24Z

Rebecca: /* Tuesday */

Punctuation Videos

2015-07-28T11:08:55Z

Rebecca: /* Fun Fillers */

== Orientation ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFtVOABREo "Disconnect to Connect."]

== Breakfast ==

====Athletic Feats====
* [http://vimeo.com/86019637 "Balloon Highline"]

==== Dubbing ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWiyGLXnnRLbHQjICxph3Bw "Bored Shorts TV"]

==== History of Communication ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnymjgooHfc "Projecting the popes: Evangelization through cinema"]

==== Inspirational ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi5iXnguTU "Who You Are: A Message To All Women"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GYxH2-WeZY "How to Dad - Cheerios"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKIPD8nFUM "The Power of Words"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Letter to artists"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkloLu2h9mY&list=UUZOxLX2Oi19Gq1zFAWdKZHw "Morlino - War of the Vendee project"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjG0ENY4O8#t=69 "Who do you want to become"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BkaoxIpK4 "Limit Break"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usEAgRO1fOM "Ayuda" (5+ min)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWsW-qYBeA#t=235 "Unexpected" (6 min)]
* [http://youtu.be/FFTsNbHhB2U?list=UUNxPmj-jgAlaxDZTKJbx74w "Conscience Confrontation" (Brothers in Black)]
* [http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2013/04/episode-118-coconut-nose-to-tail/ "Coconut Nose to Tail"]

==== Kinetic Typography ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjJvzprjN0&feature=player_embedded "Killing the Speech"]
* [http://vimeo.com/24715531 "On Storytelling"]
* [http://vimeo.com/69375692 "From Paper to Screen"]

==== Musical Creativity ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY "Beatbox brillance: Tom Thum"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhFmARAgu0 "Stomp - Newspapers"]

==== Stop Motion ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnCmzQyb58 "Do you know BXVI?"]

==== Time Lapse ====
* [http://vimeo.com/53579430 "Matera"]
* [http://vimeo.com/45858333 "Within Two Worlds"]
* [http://vimeo.com/102570811 "Dolomiti Timelapse" (3 min.)]

====Composition====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKy2SvYpdU "Rule of Thirds"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0J_0T3rkw "Foreground Framing"]

== Fun Fillers ==
* [http://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/ "Conduct Us"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMyTifis4o "Flash Mob of Beethoven's 9th"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys "Piano Guys"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRAM8MpqIeA#t=87 "Photoshop prank"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmQs37YqXg "Selfie stick danger"]

== Short Films ==
* [http://vimeo.com/17150524 "Butterfly Circus"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Validation"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYibQoXWA5A "Chow Bella"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPIwRWxvabM "Love at First Sight" (7 min. - silent)]
* [http://vimeo.com/73234721 "Samsara" visual commentary without words (6 min. silent)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XGIKUY7Fg "God is a DJ"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaoqdKz4m5E "Heroic Priesthood" (about 12 min.)]

== References ==
<references />

== Links ==

[[Category:Środowisko]]

Punctuation Videos

2015-07-28T10:57:49Z

Rebecca: /* Composition */

== Orientation ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFtVOABREo "Disconnect to Connect."]

== Breakfast ==

====Athletic Feats====
* [http://vimeo.com/86019637 "Balloon Highline"]

==== Dubbing ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWiyGLXnnRLbHQjICxph3Bw "Bored Shorts TV"]

==== History of Communication ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnymjgooHfc "Projecting the popes: Evangelization through cinema"]

==== Inspirational ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi5iXnguTU "Who You Are: A Message To All Women"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GYxH2-WeZY "How to Dad - Cheerios"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKIPD8nFUM "The Power of Words"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Letter to artists"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkloLu2h9mY&list=UUZOxLX2Oi19Gq1zFAWdKZHw "Morlino - War of the Vendee project"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjG0ENY4O8#t=69 "Who do you want to become"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BkaoxIpK4 "Limit Break"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usEAgRO1fOM "Ayuda" (5+ min)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWsW-qYBeA#t=235 "Unexpected" (6 min)]
* [http://youtu.be/FFTsNbHhB2U?list=UUNxPmj-jgAlaxDZTKJbx74w "Conscience Confrontation" (Brothers in Black)]
* [http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2013/04/episode-118-coconut-nose-to-tail/ "Coconut Nose to Tail"]

==== Kinetic Typography ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjJvzprjN0&feature=player_embedded "Killing the Speech"]
* [http://vimeo.com/24715531 "On Storytelling"]
* [http://vimeo.com/69375692 "From Paper to Screen"]

==== Musical Creativity ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY "Beatbox brillance: Tom Thum"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhFmARAgu0 "Stomp - Newspapers"]

==== Stop Motion ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnCmzQyb58 "Do you know BXVI?"]

==== Time Lapse ====
* [http://vimeo.com/53579430 "Matera"]
* [http://vimeo.com/45858333 "Within Two Worlds"]
* [http://vimeo.com/102570811 "Dolomiti Timelapse" (3 min.)]

====Composition====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKy2SvYpdU "Rule of Thirds"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0J_0T3rkw "Foreground Framing"]

== Fun Fillers ==
* [http://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/ "Conduct Us"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMyTifis4o "Flash Mob of Beethoven's 9th"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys "Piano Guys"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRAM8MpqIeA#t=87 "Photoshop prank"]

== Short Films ==
* [http://vimeo.com/17150524 "Butterfly Circus"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Validation"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYibQoXWA5A "Chow Bella"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPIwRWxvabM "Love at First Sight" (7 min. - silent)]
* [http://vimeo.com/73234721 "Samsara" visual commentary without words (6 min. silent)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XGIKUY7Fg "God is a DJ"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaoqdKz4m5E "Heroic Priesthood" (about 12 min.)]

== References ==
<references />

== Links ==

[[Category:Środowisko]]

Punctuation Videos

2015-07-28T10:55:25Z

Rebecca: /* Breakfast */

== Orientation ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFtVOABREo "Disconnect to Connect."]

== Breakfast ==

====Athletic Feats====
* [http://vimeo.com/86019637 "Balloon Highline"]

==== Dubbing ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWiyGLXnnRLbHQjICxph3Bw "Bored Shorts TV"]

==== History of Communication ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnymjgooHfc "Projecting the popes: Evangelization through cinema"]

==== Inspirational ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi5iXnguTU "Who You Are: A Message To All Women"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GYxH2-WeZY "How to Dad - Cheerios"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKIPD8nFUM "The Power of Words"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Letter to artists"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkloLu2h9mY&list=UUZOxLX2Oi19Gq1zFAWdKZHw "Morlino - War of the Vendee project"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjG0ENY4O8#t=69 "Who do you want to become"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BkaoxIpK4 "Limit Break"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usEAgRO1fOM "Ayuda" (5+ min)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWsW-qYBeA#t=235 "Unexpected" (6 min)]
* [http://youtu.be/FFTsNbHhB2U?list=UUNxPmj-jgAlaxDZTKJbx74w "Conscience Confrontation" (Brothers in Black)]
* [http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2013/04/episode-118-coconut-nose-to-tail/ "Coconut Nose to Tail"]

==== Kinetic Typography ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjJvzprjN0&feature=player_embedded "Killing the Speech"]
* [http://vimeo.com/24715531 "On Storytelling"]
* [http://vimeo.com/69375692 "From Paper to Screen"]

==== Musical Creativity ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY "Beatbox brillance: Tom Thum"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhFmARAgu0 "Stomp - Newspapers"]

==== Stop Motion ====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnCmzQyb58 "Do you know BXVI?"]

==== Time Lapse ====
* [http://vimeo.com/53579430 "Matera"]
* [http://vimeo.com/45858333 "Within Two Worlds"]
* [http://vimeo.com/102570811 "Dolomiti Timelapse" (3 min.)]

====Composition====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKy2SvYpdU "Rule of Thirds"]

== Fun Fillers ==
* [http://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/ "Conduct Us"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMyTifis4o "Flash Mob of Beethoven's 9th"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys "Piano Guys"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRAM8MpqIeA#t=87 "Photoshop prank"]

== Short Films ==
* [http://vimeo.com/17150524 "Butterfly Circus"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLM3bql52Q "Validation"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYibQoXWA5A "Chow Bella"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPIwRWxvabM "Love at First Sight" (7 min. - silent)]
* [http://vimeo.com/73234721 "Samsara" visual commentary without words (6 min. silent)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XGIKUY7Fg "God is a DJ"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaoqdKz4m5E "Heroic Priesthood" (about 12 min.)]

== References ==
<references />

== Links ==

[[Category:Środowisko]]

Media Techné

2015-07-27T00:21:08Z

2015-07-22T20:28:11Z

Rebecca:

2015-07-20T15:19:51Z

Rebecca: /* Sunday */

Learning the Liturgy of the Hours

2014-09-26T15:59:07Z

Rebecca: /* Links */

The Liturgy is the "source and summit" of the Środowisko experience.

The Liturgy of the Hours is the public and official prayer of the Church which priests and religious are vowed to pray, while all are warmly welcomed to participate. Though an important part of the Church's life, it is not often that laity, especially youth, receive a proper introduction and the instruction necessary to appreciate the prayer. During Karol Wojtyla's summer excursions he would teach his students how to pray the liturgy of the Hours and, together with the Mass, it formed the structure of their daily rhythm. During the Srodowisko experience before each liturgy a short introduction (10 min) is often made regarding one aspect of the prayer.

The rationale behind proposing the liturgy as a key aspect of our week-long experience is to allow each young person to gain familiarity with the prayer, basic instruction for participating in and even leading it, as well as the basics of chant. A disclaimer is made at the beginning, the gist of which is: "in order to learn this prayer we will immerse ourselves in the rhythm of the hours this week. You may never pray this prayer again in your life yet you will know and appreciate those who are praying it on your behalf. You will feel aware and comfortable if you visit a Church or community and they invite you to pray."

We have 30 copies of the [http://www.amazon.com/Shorter-Christian-Prayer-Four-Week-Containing/dp/0899424082 "Shorter Christian Prayer"], purchased the first year, chiefly because they were the cheapest psalter we could find in English. The layout is difficult for beginners, for example, antiphons are not repeated, psalm prayers are added, the hymns are hard to navigate and the selection is meager. In addition the layout of the verses makes them impossible to chant in choirs.

From the beginning we wanted to chant and the beginnings brought more laughter than success. In 2009 with the discovery of the [http://www.usml.edu/the-liturgical-institute/special-projects/the-mundelein-psalter "Mundelein Psalter"], and the wonderful resources they have available online to assist in chanting, we began chanting with photocopies of the Gospel canticles. As purchasing 30 Mundelien Psalters was outside of the budget, the following year we took pencils and began pointing the text of the Shorter Christian Prayer books. The group responsible for leading liturgy would mark the psalms with lines, daggers, and asterisks which indicate the changes in the reciting tone. While a pain to do in time for the next liturgy, this has proved to be a great method for understanding how chant works and dialoging about the texts as a means of preparation for leading them.

The following is an outline of the 10 min. teaching topics which precede the Liturgy of the Hours. They vary depending on age and experience and care is made to make them an immediate preparation for the hour at hand. Usually an except from a magisterial document such as the General Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours is read, with a due explanation of the document's importance.

==What is the Liturgy of the Hours? (Sunday Vespers)==

"In the Apostolic Letter ''Novo millennio ineunte'' I expressed the hope that the Church would become more and more distinguished in the "art of prayer", learning it ever anew from the lips of the Divine Master (cf. n. 32). This effort must be expressed above all in the liturgy, the source and summit of ecclesial life. Consequently, it is important to devote greater pastoral care to promoting the Liturgy of the Hours as a prayer of the whole People of God (cf. ibid., n. 34). If, in fact, priests and religious have a precise mandate to celebrate it, it is also warmly recommended to lay people."<ref>JP II, 28 March 2001.</ref>

; Notes

:- About the different Glory be ''with Amen'' (facilitating chant)
:- Explanation of Roles: Presider, Cantor, Lector

== Rubrics (Sunday Compline)==
A rubric is a word or section of text which is traditionally written or printed in red ink to highlight it. The word derives from the Latin: ''rubrica'', meaning red ochre or red chalk, and originates in Medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 13th century or earlier. In these, red letters were used to highlight initial capitals (particularly of psalms), section headings and names of religious significance, a practice known as rubrication, which was a separate stage in the production of a manuscript.

; Notes

:- Exhortation to read the rubrics at the beginning of the liturgical books
:- Explaination of the monastic practice of silence after the Marian Antiphon

== Chant â€“ Simple Tones (Monday Lauds)==

The psalter is about singing!

(Intro to the [http://www.usml.edu/upload/liturgical%20institute/martis%20introduction.pdf Mundelein method] of learning chant tones)

From the [http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ General Instructions of the Liturgy of the Hours.]

:; 268

:: "The sung celebration of the divine office is more in keeping with the nature of this prayer and a mark of both higher solemnity and closer union of hearts in offering praise to God. . . . Therefore the singing of the office is earnestly recommended to those who carry out the office in choir or in common."<ref>SCR, Instr. MusSacr, 5 March 1967, no. 37. See also SC art. 99.</ref>

:;269

:: The declarations of Vatican Council II on liturgical singing apply to all liturgical services but in a special way to the liturgy of the hours.<ref>See SC art. 113.</ref> Though every part of it has been revised in such a way that all may be fruitfully recited even by individuals, many of these parts are lyrical in form and do not yield their fuller meaning unless they are sung, especially the psalms, canticles, hymns, and responsories.

:; 270

:: Hence, in celebrating the liturgy singing is not to be regarded as an embellishment superimposed on prayer; rather, it wells up from the depths of a soul intent on prayer and the praise of God and reveals in a full and complete way the community nature of Christian worship.

==The Hours of the Day (Monday Vespers)==

Do you think we are praying a lot? We are praying only 3 hours out of the daily seven... what are they?

* Times of the day ([http://www.universalis.com/office.htm Lauds, Little Hours, Vespers, Compline, Office of Readings])

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

; Notes on Gestures- importance yet flexibility of posture and gesture

:- Lord open my lips
:- Sign of the cross
:- Lector bow
:- Standing and sitting

== Intro to Compline (Monday Compline) ==

The shortest hour.

:; 84

:: Night prayer is the last prayer of the day, said before retiring, even if that is after midnight.

:;85

:: Night prayer begins like the other hours, with the verse, God, come to my assistance, the Glory to the Father, As it was in the beginning, and the Alleluia (omitted in Lent).

:; 86

:: It is a laudable practice to have next an examination of conscience; in a celebration in common this takes place in silence or as part of a penitential rite based on the formularies in the Roman Missal.

; Notes

:- varies from Lauds/ Vespers
:- about the penitential formula

==Intro to Lauds (Tuesday Lauds)==
Lauds as morning prayer and Vespers as evening prayer, as hinges of the entire Daily Office, were assigned the most important role; - Paul VI Laudis Canticum

Sunrise and sunset are not anonymous moments in the day. They have unmistakable features: the joyful beauty of dawn and the triumphant splendor of sunset follow the cosmic rhythms that deeply involve human life. Furthermore, the mystery of salvation that is actuated in history has moments linked to various phases of time. So it is that together with the celebration of Lauds at daybreak, the celebration of Vespers at nightfall gradually became a regular practice in the Church. Both these Liturgical Hours have an evocative charge of their own that recalls the two essential aspects of the paschal mystery: "In the evening the Lord is on the Cross, in the morning, he rises to new life.... In the evening I relate the sufferings he bore in dying; in the morning I proclaim the life that dawns from him anew."<ref>St Augustine, ''Expositions on the Psalms,'' [Esposizioni sui Salmi] XXVI, (Rome, 1971, p. 109), quoted by JP II, Catechesis, 8 October 2003 </ref>

; Notes

:- About the Invitatory (we usually omit it during the srodowisko weeks for various reasons)

==Intro to Vespers (Tuesday Vespers)==

[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/2003/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_20031015_en.html Vespers, Prayer of Sunset]

"Just as Lauds is prayed at daybreak, so Vespers is prayed close to sunset, at the hour when, in the temple of Jerusalem, the burnt offering was made with incense. At that hour, after his death on the Cross, Jesus was lying in the tomb, having offered himself to the Father for the salvation of the world."

"The Psalmody of Vespers consists of two Psalms suitable for this hour and of a canticle from the New Testament. The typology of the Psalms for Vespers displays various nuances. There are Psalms that deal with the ritual lighting of the lamp in which "evening", the "lamp" or "light" are explicitly mentioned; Psalms that express trust in God, the stable refuge in the precariousness of human life; Psalms of thanksgiving and praise; Psalms from which flow the eschatological meaning suggested by the end of the day; and others with a sapiential character or penitential tones. We also find Psalms of the Hallel, with a reference to the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples. In the Latin Church, elements have been handed down that facilitate the understanding of the Psalms and their Christian interpretation, such as the themes, the psalm prayers and especially the antiphons.<ref>(Cf. "Principles and Norms for the Liturgy of the Hours," nn. 110-120.)</ref>

"The brief Reading at Vespers that is taken from the New Testament has an important place. Its purpose is to propose some sentences from the Bible forcefully and effectively, and impress them on hearts so that they will be expressed in practice.<ref>Cf. ibid., nn. 45, 156, 172.</ref> To make it easier to interiorize what has been heard, the Reading is followed by an appropriate silence and by a Responsorial whose function is to "respond" to the message of the Reading with the singing of some verses, fostering their warm acceptance by those taking part in the prayer."

; Notes

:- About the use of incense and the lamp lighting

== Marian Antiphon (Tuesday Compline)==
An antiphon (Greek á¼€Î½Ï„Î¯Ï†Ï‰Î½Î¿Î½, á¼€Î½Ï„Î¯ "opposite" + Ï†Ï‰Î½Î® "voice") in Christian music and ritual, is a "responsory" by a choir or congregation, usually in Gregorian chant, to a psalm or other text in a religious service or musical work.

Marian Hymns are Christian songs focused on the Virgin Mary.

Although there are a number of Marian antiphons, some of great antiquity, the term is most often used to refer to the four hymns which have been used as detached chants since 1239:[24]
* Alma Redemptoris Mater (Advent through February 2)
* Ave Regina Caelorum (Presentation of the Lord through Good Friday)
* Regina Coeli (Easter season)
* Salve Regina (from first Vespers of Trinity Sunday until None of the Saturday before Advent)

From the [http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ General Instructions:]

:; 92

:: Finally, one of the antiphons in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said. In the Easter season this is always to be the Regina caeli. In addition to the antiphons given in The Liturgy of the Hours, others may be approved by the conferences of bishops.<ref>See SC art. 38.</ref>

== About Hymns (Wednesday Lauds)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 42

:: Then an appropriate hymn is sung immediately. The purpose of the hymn is to set the tone for the hour or the feast and, especially in celebrations with a congregation, to form a simple and pleasant introduction to prayer.

:; 280

:: Even when the hours are recited, hymns can nourish prayer, provided they have doctrinal and literary excellence; but of their nature they are designed for singing and so, as far as possible, at a celebration in common they should be sung.

; Notes

:- Briskness in chanting and singing

== Psalms (Wednesday Vespers)==
[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 100

:: In the liturgy of the hours the Church in large measure prays through the magnificent songs that the Old Testament authors composed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The origin of these verses gives them great power to raise the mind to God, to inspire devotion, to evoke gratitude in times of favor, and to bring consolation and courage in times of trial.

:;101

:: The psalms, however, are only a foreshadowing of the fullness of time that came to pass in Christ the Lord and that is the source of the power of the Church's prayer. Hence, while the Christian people are all agreed on the supreme value to be placed on the psalms, they can sometimes experience difficulty in making this inspired poetry their own prayer.

; Notes

:-[http://members.wolfram.com/billw/psalter/jp2-b16-commentaries.html Read part of a reflection for one of today's psalms from the JPII / BXVI Commentaries]

== Psalms II (Wednesday Compline)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:;102

:: Yet the Holy Spirit, under whose inspiration the psalms were written, is always present by his grace to those believers who use them with good will. But more is necessary: the faithful must "improve their understanding of the Bible, especially of the psalms," [1] according to their individual capacity, so that they may understand how and by what method they can truly pray through the psalms.

:; 103

:: The psalms are not readings or prose prayers, but poems of praise. They can on occasion be recited as readings, but from their literary genre they are properly called Tehillim ("songs of praise") in Hebrew and psalmoi ("songs to be sung to the lyre") in Greek. In fact, all the psalms have a musical quality that determines their correct style of delivery. Thus even when a psalm is recited and not sung or is said silently in private, its musical character should govern its use. A psalm does present a text to the minds of the people, but its aim is to move the heart of those singing it or listening to it and also of those accompanying it "on the lyre and harp."

:; 104

:: To sing the psalms with understanding, then, is to meditate on them verse by verse, with the heart always ready to respond in the way the Holy Spirit desires.

== Reading and Responsory (Thursday Lauds)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 172

:: In a similar but simpler way, the responsory at morning prayer, evening prayer, and night prayer (see nos. 49 and 89), and the verse at daytime prayer, are linked to the short reading as a kind of acclamation, enabling God's word to enter more deeply into the mind and heart of the one listening or reading.

:; 40

:: The reading of sacred Scripture, which, following an ancient tradition, takes place publicly in the liturgy, is to have special importance for all Christians, not only in the celebration of the eucharist but also in the divine office. The reason is that this reading is not the result of individual choice or devotion but is the planned decision of the Church itself, in order that in the course of the year the Bride of Christ may unfold the mystery of Christ "from his incarnation and birth until his ascension, the day of Pentecost, and the expectation of blessed hope and of the Lord's return." [6] In addition, the reading of sacred Scripture in the liturgical celebration is always accompanied by prayer in order that the reading may have greater effect and that, in turn, prayer - especially the praying of the psalms - may gain fuller understanding and become more fervent and devout because of the reading.

; Notes

:-about the proclamation of the reading
:-about the proper length of silence following the reading

== Gospel Canticle (Thursday Vespers) ==

; Canticle of Zechariah - JPII

: Having reached the end of our long journey through the Psalms and Canticles of the Liturgy of Lauds, let us pause to consider the prayer that marks the Office of Lauds every morning. It is the Benedictus, the Canticle intoned by Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, when the birth of that son changed his life, wiping away the doubt that caused him to go mute, a serious punishment for his lack of faith and praise.

: Now, instead, Zechariah can celebrate God who saves him, and he does so with this hymn, set down by Luke the Evangelist in a form that undoubtedly reflects the liturgical usage current in the original Christian community (cf. Lk 1: 68-79).

; Magnificat - BXVI

: Let us now make room for that Canticle which seals in spirit every celebration of Vespers: the Magnificat (Lk 1: 46-55).

: It is a canticle that reveals in filigree the spirituality of the biblical anawim, that is, of those faithful who not only recognize themselves as "poor" in the detachment from all idolatry of riches and power, but also in the profound humility of a heart emptied of the temptation to pride and open to the bursting in of the divine saving grace. Indeed, the whole Magnificat, which we have just heard the Sistine Chapel Choir sing, is marked by this "humility", in Greek tapeinosis, which indicates a situation of material humility and poverty.

; Notes
:-about the sign of the cross

== Gospel Canticle II ''Nunc dimittis'' (Thursday Compline) ==

== Intercessions and Psalm Prayers (Friday Lauds) ==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 179

:: The liturgy of the hours is a celebration in praise of God. Yet Jewish and Christian tradition does not separate prayer of petition from praise of God; often enough, praise turns somehow to petition. The Apostle Paul exhorts us to offer prayers, petitions, intercessions, and thanksgiving for all: for kings and all in authority, so that we may be able to live quiet and peaceful lives in all reverence and decency, for this is good and acceptable before God our Savior, who wishes all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (I Tm 2:1-4). The Fathers of the Church frequently explained this as an exhortation to offer prayer in the morning and in the evening.

; Notes
:-about the "right way" to do intercessions (there is none)
:-about the purpose and omission of psalm prayers

== Concluding prayers (Friday Vespers)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 197

:: The concluding prayer at the end marks the completion of an entire hour. In a celebration in public and with a congregation, it belongs by tradition to a priest or deacon to say this prayer.

:; 198

:: In the office of readings, this prayer is as a rule the prayer proper to the day. At night prayer, the prayer is always the prayer given in the psalter for that hour.

:; 199

:: The concluding prayer at morning prayer and evening prayer is taken from the proper on Sundays, on the weekdays of the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and on solemnities, feasts, and memorials. On weekdays in Ordinary Time the prayer is the one given in the four-week psalter to express the character of these two hours.

:; 200

:: The concluding prayer at daytime prayer is taken from the proper on Sundays, on the weekdays of the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and on solemnities and feasts. On other days the prayers are those that express the character of the particular hour. These are given in the four-week psalter.

== Friday Compline ==
Recapitulation

Other teaching topics to develop (or find the notes to...)

History of the LotH (Jesuits and Quinonez)

Present Liturgical Movement, VCII, Mundelein

== References ==
<references />

== Links ==
* [http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Rites/Laudis_canticum.pdf Laudis Canticum]
* [http://members.wolfram.com/billw/psalter/jp2-b16-commentaries.html Reflections on elements of the LotH by JPII and BXVI]
* [http://www.usml.edu/upload/liturgical%20institute/martis%20introduction.pdf Excerpt from the Mundelein Psalter explaining how to chant]
* [http://catholic-resources.org/LoH/index.html The Liturgy of the Hours resources compiled by Fr. Felix Just]
* [http://web.tiscalinet.it/celebrare/documenti/pnlo/pnlo.htm ''Principles and Norms for the Recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours'' in Italian]

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[[Category:Liturgy]]

Learning the Liturgy of the Hours

2014-09-26T15:57:23Z

Rebecca: /* Links */

The Liturgy is the "source and summit" of the Środowisko experience.

The Liturgy of the Hours is the public and official prayer of the Church which priests and religious are vowed to pray, while all are warmly welcomed to participate. Though an important part of the Church's life, it is not often that laity, especially youth, receive a proper introduction and the instruction necessary to appreciate the prayer. During Karol Wojtyla's summer excursions he would teach his students how to pray the liturgy of the Hours and, together with the Mass, it formed the structure of their daily rhythm. During the Srodowisko experience before each liturgy a short introduction (10 min) is often made regarding one aspect of the prayer.

The rationale behind proposing the liturgy as a key aspect of our week-long experience is to allow each young person to gain familiarity with the prayer, basic instruction for participating in and even leading it, as well as the basics of chant. A disclaimer is made at the beginning, the gist of which is: "in order to learn this prayer we will immerse ourselves in the rhythm of the hours this week. You may never pray this prayer again in your life yet you will know and appreciate those who are praying it on your behalf. You will feel aware and comfortable if you visit a Church or community and they invite you to pray."

We have 30 copies of the [http://www.amazon.com/Shorter-Christian-Prayer-Four-Week-Containing/dp/0899424082 "Shorter Christian Prayer"], purchased the first year, chiefly because they were the cheapest psalter we could find in English. The layout is difficult for beginners, for example, antiphons are not repeated, psalm prayers are added, the hymns are hard to navigate and the selection is meager. In addition the layout of the verses makes them impossible to chant in choirs.

From the beginning we wanted to chant and the beginnings brought more laughter than success. In 2009 with the discovery of the [http://www.usml.edu/the-liturgical-institute/special-projects/the-mundelein-psalter "Mundelein Psalter"], and the wonderful resources they have available online to assist in chanting, we began chanting with photocopies of the Gospel canticles. As purchasing 30 Mundelien Psalters was outside of the budget, the following year we took pencils and began pointing the text of the Shorter Christian Prayer books. The group responsible for leading liturgy would mark the psalms with lines, daggers, and asterisks which indicate the changes in the reciting tone. While a pain to do in time for the next liturgy, this has proved to be a great method for understanding how chant works and dialoging about the texts as a means of preparation for leading them.

The following is an outline of the 10 min. teaching topics which precede the Liturgy of the Hours. They vary depending on age and experience and care is made to make them an immediate preparation for the hour at hand. Usually an except from a magisterial document such as the General Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours is read, with a due explanation of the document's importance.

==What is the Liturgy of the Hours? (Sunday Vespers)==

"In the Apostolic Letter ''Novo millennio ineunte'' I expressed the hope that the Church would become more and more distinguished in the "art of prayer", learning it ever anew from the lips of the Divine Master (cf. n. 32). This effort must be expressed above all in the liturgy, the source and summit of ecclesial life. Consequently, it is important to devote greater pastoral care to promoting the Liturgy of the Hours as a prayer of the whole People of God (cf. ibid., n. 34). If, in fact, priests and religious have a precise mandate to celebrate it, it is also warmly recommended to lay people."<ref>JP II, 28 March 2001.</ref>

; Notes

:- About the different Glory be ''with Amen'' (facilitating chant)
:- Explanation of Roles: Presider, Cantor, Lector

== Rubrics (Sunday Compline)==
A rubric is a word or section of text which is traditionally written or printed in red ink to highlight it. The word derives from the Latin: ''rubrica'', meaning red ochre or red chalk, and originates in Medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 13th century or earlier. In these, red letters were used to highlight initial capitals (particularly of psalms), section headings and names of religious significance, a practice known as rubrication, which was a separate stage in the production of a manuscript.

; Notes

:- Exhortation to read the rubrics at the beginning of the liturgical books
:- Explaination of the monastic practice of silence after the Marian Antiphon

== Chant â€“ Simple Tones (Monday Lauds)==

The psalter is about singing!

(Intro to the [http://www.usml.edu/upload/liturgical%20institute/martis%20introduction.pdf Mundelein method] of learning chant tones)

From the [http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ General Instructions of the Liturgy of the Hours.]

:; 268

:: "The sung celebration of the divine office is more in keeping with the nature of this prayer and a mark of both higher solemnity and closer union of hearts in offering praise to God. . . . Therefore the singing of the office is earnestly recommended to those who carry out the office in choir or in common."<ref>SCR, Instr. MusSacr, 5 March 1967, no. 37. See also SC art. 99.</ref>

:;269

:: The declarations of Vatican Council II on liturgical singing apply to all liturgical services but in a special way to the liturgy of the hours.<ref>See SC art. 113.</ref> Though every part of it has been revised in such a way that all may be fruitfully recited even by individuals, many of these parts are lyrical in form and do not yield their fuller meaning unless they are sung, especially the psalms, canticles, hymns, and responsories.

:; 270

:: Hence, in celebrating the liturgy singing is not to be regarded as an embellishment superimposed on prayer; rather, it wells up from the depths of a soul intent on prayer and the praise of God and reveals in a full and complete way the community nature of Christian worship.

==The Hours of the Day (Monday Vespers)==

Do you think we are praying a lot? We are praying only 3 hours out of the daily seven... what are they?

* Times of the day ([http://www.universalis.com/office.htm Lauds, Little Hours, Vespers, Compline, Office of Readings])

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

; Notes on Gestures- importance yet flexibility of posture and gesture

:- Lord open my lips
:- Sign of the cross
:- Lector bow
:- Standing and sitting

== Intro to Compline (Monday Compline) ==

The shortest hour.

:; 84

:: Night prayer is the last prayer of the day, said before retiring, even if that is after midnight.

:;85

:: Night prayer begins like the other hours, with the verse, God, come to my assistance, the Glory to the Father, As it was in the beginning, and the Alleluia (omitted in Lent).

:; 86

:: It is a laudable practice to have next an examination of conscience; in a celebration in common this takes place in silence or as part of a penitential rite based on the formularies in the Roman Missal.

; Notes

:- varies from Lauds/ Vespers
:- about the penitential formula

==Intro to Lauds (Tuesday Lauds)==
Lauds as morning prayer and Vespers as evening prayer, as hinges of the entire Daily Office, were assigned the most important role; - Paul VI Laudis Canticum

Sunrise and sunset are not anonymous moments in the day. They have unmistakable features: the joyful beauty of dawn and the triumphant splendor of sunset follow the cosmic rhythms that deeply involve human life. Furthermore, the mystery of salvation that is actuated in history has moments linked to various phases of time. So it is that together with the celebration of Lauds at daybreak, the celebration of Vespers at nightfall gradually became a regular practice in the Church. Both these Liturgical Hours have an evocative charge of their own that recalls the two essential aspects of the paschal mystery: "In the evening the Lord is on the Cross, in the morning, he rises to new life.... In the evening I relate the sufferings he bore in dying; in the morning I proclaim the life that dawns from him anew."<ref>St Augustine, ''Expositions on the Psalms,'' [Esposizioni sui Salmi] XXVI, (Rome, 1971, p. 109), quoted by JP II, Catechesis, 8 October 2003 </ref>

; Notes

:- About the Invitatory (we usually omit it during the srodowisko weeks for various reasons)

==Intro to Vespers (Tuesday Vespers)==

[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/2003/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_20031015_en.html Vespers, Prayer of Sunset]

"Just as Lauds is prayed at daybreak, so Vespers is prayed close to sunset, at the hour when, in the temple of Jerusalem, the burnt offering was made with incense. At that hour, after his death on the Cross, Jesus was lying in the tomb, having offered himself to the Father for the salvation of the world."

"The Psalmody of Vespers consists of two Psalms suitable for this hour and of a canticle from the New Testament. The typology of the Psalms for Vespers displays various nuances. There are Psalms that deal with the ritual lighting of the lamp in which "evening", the "lamp" or "light" are explicitly mentioned; Psalms that express trust in God, the stable refuge in the precariousness of human life; Psalms of thanksgiving and praise; Psalms from which flow the eschatological meaning suggested by the end of the day; and others with a sapiential character or penitential tones. We also find Psalms of the Hallel, with a reference to the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples. In the Latin Church, elements have been handed down that facilitate the understanding of the Psalms and their Christian interpretation, such as the themes, the psalm prayers and especially the antiphons.<ref>(Cf. "Principles and Norms for the Liturgy of the Hours," nn. 110-120.)</ref>

"The brief Reading at Vespers that is taken from the New Testament has an important place. Its purpose is to propose some sentences from the Bible forcefully and effectively, and impress them on hearts so that they will be expressed in practice.<ref>Cf. ibid., nn. 45, 156, 172.</ref> To make it easier to interiorize what has been heard, the Reading is followed by an appropriate silence and by a Responsorial whose function is to "respond" to the message of the Reading with the singing of some verses, fostering their warm acceptance by those taking part in the prayer."

; Notes

:- About the use of incense and the lamp lighting

== Marian Antiphon (Tuesday Compline)==
An antiphon (Greek á¼€Î½Ï„Î¯Ï†Ï‰Î½Î¿Î½, á¼€Î½Ï„Î¯ "opposite" + Ï†Ï‰Î½Î® "voice") in Christian music and ritual, is a "responsory" by a choir or congregation, usually in Gregorian chant, to a psalm or other text in a religious service or musical work.

Marian Hymns are Christian songs focused on the Virgin Mary.

Although there are a number of Marian antiphons, some of great antiquity, the term is most often used to refer to the four hymns which have been used as detached chants since 1239:[24]
* Alma Redemptoris Mater (Advent through February 2)
* Ave Regina Caelorum (Presentation of the Lord through Good Friday)
* Regina Coeli (Easter season)
* Salve Regina (from first Vespers of Trinity Sunday until None of the Saturday before Advent)

From the [http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ General Instructions:]

:; 92

:: Finally, one of the antiphons in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said. In the Easter season this is always to be the Regina caeli. In addition to the antiphons given in The Liturgy of the Hours, others may be approved by the conferences of bishops.<ref>See SC art. 38.</ref>

== About Hymns (Wednesday Lauds)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 42

:: Then an appropriate hymn is sung immediately. The purpose of the hymn is to set the tone for the hour or the feast and, especially in celebrations with a congregation, to form a simple and pleasant introduction to prayer.

:; 280

:: Even when the hours are recited, hymns can nourish prayer, provided they have doctrinal and literary excellence; but of their nature they are designed for singing and so, as far as possible, at a celebration in common they should be sung.

; Notes

:- Briskness in chanting and singing

== Psalms (Wednesday Vespers)==
[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 100

:: In the liturgy of the hours the Church in large measure prays through the magnificent songs that the Old Testament authors composed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The origin of these verses gives them great power to raise the mind to God, to inspire devotion, to evoke gratitude in times of favor, and to bring consolation and courage in times of trial.

:;101

:: The psalms, however, are only a foreshadowing of the fullness of time that came to pass in Christ the Lord and that is the source of the power of the Church's prayer. Hence, while the Christian people are all agreed on the supreme value to be placed on the psalms, they can sometimes experience difficulty in making this inspired poetry their own prayer.

; Notes

:-[http://members.wolfram.com/billw/psalter/jp2-b16-commentaries.html Read part of a reflection for one of today's psalms from the JPII / BXVI Commentaries]

== Psalms II (Wednesday Compline)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:;102

:: Yet the Holy Spirit, under whose inspiration the psalms were written, is always present by his grace to those believers who use them with good will. But more is necessary: the faithful must "improve their understanding of the Bible, especially of the psalms," [1] according to their individual capacity, so that they may understand how and by what method they can truly pray through the psalms.

:; 103

:: The psalms are not readings or prose prayers, but poems of praise. They can on occasion be recited as readings, but from their literary genre they are properly called Tehillim ("songs of praise") in Hebrew and psalmoi ("songs to be sung to the lyre") in Greek. In fact, all the psalms have a musical quality that determines their correct style of delivery. Thus even when a psalm is recited and not sung or is said silently in private, its musical character should govern its use. A psalm does present a text to the minds of the people, but its aim is to move the heart of those singing it or listening to it and also of those accompanying it "on the lyre and harp."

:; 104

:: To sing the psalms with understanding, then, is to meditate on them verse by verse, with the heart always ready to respond in the way the Holy Spirit desires.

== Reading and Responsory (Thursday Lauds)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 172

:: In a similar but simpler way, the responsory at morning prayer, evening prayer, and night prayer (see nos. 49 and 89), and the verse at daytime prayer, are linked to the short reading as a kind of acclamation, enabling God's word to enter more deeply into the mind and heart of the one listening or reading.

:; 40

:: The reading of sacred Scripture, which, following an ancient tradition, takes place publicly in the liturgy, is to have special importance for all Christians, not only in the celebration of the eucharist but also in the divine office. The reason is that this reading is not the result of individual choice or devotion but is the planned decision of the Church itself, in order that in the course of the year the Bride of Christ may unfold the mystery of Christ "from his incarnation and birth until his ascension, the day of Pentecost, and the expectation of blessed hope and of the Lord's return." [6] In addition, the reading of sacred Scripture in the liturgical celebration is always accompanied by prayer in order that the reading may have greater effect and that, in turn, prayer - especially the praying of the psalms - may gain fuller understanding and become more fervent and devout because of the reading.

; Notes

:-about the proclamation of the reading
:-about the proper length of silence following the reading

== Gospel Canticle (Thursday Vespers) ==

; Canticle of Zechariah - JPII

: Having reached the end of our long journey through the Psalms and Canticles of the Liturgy of Lauds, let us pause to consider the prayer that marks the Office of Lauds every morning. It is the Benedictus, the Canticle intoned by Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, when the birth of that son changed his life, wiping away the doubt that caused him to go mute, a serious punishment for his lack of faith and praise.

: Now, instead, Zechariah can celebrate God who saves him, and he does so with this hymn, set down by Luke the Evangelist in a form that undoubtedly reflects the liturgical usage current in the original Christian community (cf. Lk 1: 68-79).

; Magnificat - BXVI

: Let us now make room for that Canticle which seals in spirit every celebration of Vespers: the Magnificat (Lk 1: 46-55).

: It is a canticle that reveals in filigree the spirituality of the biblical anawim, that is, of those faithful who not only recognize themselves as "poor" in the detachment from all idolatry of riches and power, but also in the profound humility of a heart emptied of the temptation to pride and open to the bursting in of the divine saving grace. Indeed, the whole Magnificat, which we have just heard the Sistine Chapel Choir sing, is marked by this "humility", in Greek tapeinosis, which indicates a situation of material humility and poverty.

; Notes
:-about the sign of the cross

== Gospel Canticle II ''Nunc dimittis'' (Thursday Compline) ==

== Intercessions and Psalm Prayers (Friday Lauds) ==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 179

:: The liturgy of the hours is a celebration in praise of God. Yet Jewish and Christian tradition does not separate prayer of petition from praise of God; often enough, praise turns somehow to petition. The Apostle Paul exhorts us to offer prayers, petitions, intercessions, and thanksgiving for all: for kings and all in authority, so that we may be able to live quiet and peaceful lives in all reverence and decency, for this is good and acceptable before God our Savior, who wishes all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (I Tm 2:1-4). The Fathers of the Church frequently explained this as an exhortation to offer prayer in the morning and in the evening.

; Notes
:-about the "right way" to do intercessions (there is none)
:-about the purpose and omission of psalm prayers

== Concluding prayers (Friday Vespers)==

[http://divineoffice.org/general-instructions/ From the General Instructions.]

:; 197

:: The concluding prayer at the end marks the completion of an entire hour. In a celebration in public and with a congregation, it belongs by tradition to a priest or deacon to say this prayer.

:; 198

:: In the office of readings, this prayer is as a rule the prayer proper to the day. At night prayer, the prayer is always the prayer given in the psalter for that hour.

:; 199

:: The concluding prayer at morning prayer and evening prayer is taken from the proper on Sundays, on the weekdays of the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and on solemnities, feasts, and memorials. On weekdays in Ordinary Time the prayer is the one given in the four-week psalter to express the character of these two hours.

:; 200

:: The concluding prayer at daytime prayer is taken from the proper on Sundays, on the weekdays of the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and on solemnities and feasts. On other days the prayers are those that express the character of the particular hour. These are given in the four-week psalter.

== Friday Compline ==
Recapitulation

Other teaching topics to develop (or find the notes to...)

History of the LotH (Jesuits and Quinonez)

Present Liturgical Movement, VCII, Mundelein

== References ==
<references />

== Links ==
* [http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Rites/Laudis_canticum.pdf Laudis Canticum]
* [http://members.wolfram.com/billw/psalter/jp2-b16-commentaries.html Reflections on elements of the LotH by JPII and BXVI]
* [http://www.usml.edu/upload/liturgical%20institute/martis%20introduction.pdf Excerpt from the Mundelein Psalter explaining how to chant]
* [http://catholic-resources.org/LoH/index.html The Liturgy of the Hours resources compiled by Fr. Felix Just]
* [http://web.tiscalinet.it/celebrare/documenti/pnlo/pnlo.htm Italian Language Version of Principles and Norms for the Recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours]

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[[Category:Liturgy]]

Illuminated Manuscripts

2014-09-18T08:17:05Z

Rebecca: /* Guidesheet */

==Illuminated Manuscripts==
Before discussing elements of illuminated manuscripts, we presented a brief history of communicating the written word. See [[Symphony of the Word#Ecclesial_Art_Project|Symphony of the Word]].

===Scripts or Hands===
Scripts varied with the tools available.
There are many families of scripts.

We talked about these scripts in particular:
*'''Uncial''': It's often called an "early Christian" script because it was used during the 4th and 5th centuries for sacred writings.
*'''Gothic''': This script was developed in the 12th century and, for pratical reasons, the letters are very narrow.

===Initials===
====Categories of initials====
:*A '''foliate initial''' is decorated in leaf scroll.
:*An '''historiated initial''' contains a figure, a group of figures or a narrative scene.
:*An '''inhabited initial''' contains animals or human figures, there's no identifiable scene, and sometimes the letter itself is an animal. These initials date back to the Romanesque period (11th and 12th centuries), a period identified by an interest in the human figure, the humorous and grotesque, and zoomorphic designs.
:*A '''pen flourished initial''' is characterized by abstract patterns, usually drawn in red or blue ink. It is typical of the 12th and 13th centuries.

; RÃ©gine Pernoud, ''Those Terrible Middle Ages! Debunking the Myths'' (San Francisco<nowiki>:</nowiki> Ignatius Press, 2000).

: One ornamented letter is enough to reveal what artistic creation could be in the Romanesque period. Let us not even speak of those that recount, for instance, an entire biblical or historical scene. A quite simple initial, in its essential, readable, recognizable form, is found taken up anew by every copyist, every illuminator, who made it his own and developed its inner possibilities, so to speak. It can be almost intoxicating; one becomes a veritable maze of foliage and interlacing, another gives birth to an animal that ends in a man's face, or a man becomes a monster or angel or demon; nevertheless, the letter has not been betrayed; it remains, but ceaselessly recreated. And this is without doubt what characterizes Romanesque art (and Gothic art as well, despite certain excesses that marked its end): respect for the essential function within a perpetual rediscovery of its inherent possibilities. (44)

: The image, the knowledge we have of the Middle Ages through architecture, sculpture, stained-glass windows, frescoes, even tapestries--"open air" documentation--represents not even a hundredth part of what we might learn from the reproduction of manuscript miniatures, if this were systematically carried out with the means of color reproduction we have available today. It is quite surprising that in the audio-visual era nothing has yet been undertaken in this sense on the requisite scale. A profound gap will remain in our knowledge of the Middle Ages as long as the necessary effort has not been carried out in this domain. (151)

===Miniatures===
The word miniature comes from '''miniare''', to color with red. (Early on, books were adorned in red.) A miniature is an illustration that is independent from the text, borders, and initials.

===Apropos Videos===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-SpLPFaRd0 How parchment is made - BBC (4 minutes)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuME-DcksYo Illuminations - Treasures of the Middle Ages - BBC]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBxo51GiGiU The Making Of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0FpMBxEZQ Drawings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kwqLaqmBo Illuminated Psalter Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]

===Links===
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm The British Library Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts]
* [http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/01_ACCESS_WALTERS_MANUSCRIPTS.html The Digital Walters - Digitized Walters Manuscripts]
* [http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM Glossary for Medieval Art and Architecture]
* [http://library.osu.edu/blogs/rarebooks/2008/12/01/107/ The imperfections of medieval parchment]

==Ecclesial Art Project==
===Materials===
*Broad nib (our broadest was 2.0), ink cartridge, and pen
*Foundational Worksheet
*Foundational Guide Sheet
*White scrap paper
*Heavy calligraphy paper or parchment
*Drawing pencil
*Ruler
*Materials for illumination, e.g., colored pencils, gouache, gold ink, brush pens

===Procedures===
:1) Learn how to hold the pen. Do practice strokes.
:2) Learn the alphabet. Participants were required to write out the alphabet three times before proceeding to the next step.
:3) Create an initial.
:4) Make a draft on scrap paper.
:5) Do a good copy.

===Notes on Calligraphy===
Lettering with pen and ink emerged in the 4th century. For more than a thousand years, beautiful writing was not only desired but required; it was a necessity for book production. The advent of the printing press reduced the need for professional scribes and gradually their skills fell into disuse. The revival of the art of beautiful writing at the turn of the 20th century is credited to Edward Johnston.

How is calligraphy different from ordinary handwriting? In calligraphy, letters are made up of multiple strokes and must be written slowly and deliberately, with great attention to form.

====Guidesheet====
[[File:Foundational_Guide_Sheet.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Foundational Guide Sheet]]
<br style="clear: both" />
We explained the guidelines in this order:
:*Base line: The main body of each letter sits on this line.
:*Waist line: This is the upper limit for the main body of miniscule letters.
:*Cap line: This is the upper limit for maiuscule letters.
:*Ascender line
:*Descender line

:*Checkerboard pattern: It determines the x-height (the height of the main body). To create this pattern, draw a vertical line with a pencil; hold the nib at a 90 degree angle (it should be aligned with and sitting on the vertical line), make a short stroke with the nib, pulling away from the vertical line; turn the page 180 degrees (turn it upside down) and make another stroke, pulling away from the vertical line.
:::N.B. a bigger nib = a bigger checkerboard pattern = bigger letters

====Scripts or Hands====
At the third 2014 Event, we gave the boys one script option for their projects: the '''Foundational''' hand. (We should have done the same for the girls.) If they mastered this script, they could move on to others.

Developed in the 20th century, the Foundational hand is based on the script used by Roman stone cutters.

[[File:Fondational_Majuscules_Worksheet.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Foundational Majuscules Worksheet]]
[[File:Foundational_Miniscules_Worksheet.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Foundational Miniscules Worksheet]]

<br style="clear: both" />

====Borders====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8wy1H4h3rM Celtic knots]

[[Category:Środowisko]]
[[Category:Ecclesial Art Projects]]

Illuminated Manuscripts

2014-09-18T08:16:50Z

Rebecca: /* Guidesheet */

==Illuminated Manuscripts==
Before discussing elements of illuminated manuscripts, we presented a brief history of communicating the written word. See [[Symphony of the Word#Ecclesial_Art_Project|Symphony of the Word]].

===Scripts or Hands===
Scripts varied with the tools available.
There are many families of scripts.

We talked about these scripts in particular:
*'''Uncial''': It's often called an "early Christian" script because it was used during the 4th and 5th centuries for sacred writings.
*'''Gothic''': This script was developed in the 12th century and, for pratical reasons, the letters are very narrow.

===Initials===
====Categories of initials====
:*A '''foliate initial''' is decorated in leaf scroll.
:*An '''historiated initial''' contains a figure, a group of figures or a narrative scene.
:*An '''inhabited initial''' contains animals or human figures, there's no identifiable scene, and sometimes the letter itself is an animal. These initials date back to the Romanesque period (11th and 12th centuries), a period identified by an interest in the human figure, the humorous and grotesque, and zoomorphic designs.
:*A '''pen flourished initial''' is characterized by abstract patterns, usually drawn in red or blue ink. It is typical of the 12th and 13th centuries.

; RÃ©gine Pernoud, ''Those Terrible Middle Ages! Debunking the Myths'' (San Francisco<nowiki>:</nowiki> Ignatius Press, 2000).

: One ornamented letter is enough to reveal what artistic creation could be in the Romanesque period. Let us not even speak of those that recount, for instance, an entire biblical or historical scene. A quite simple initial, in its essential, readable, recognizable form, is found taken up anew by every copyist, every illuminator, who made it his own and developed its inner possibilities, so to speak. It can be almost intoxicating; one becomes a veritable maze of foliage and interlacing, another gives birth to an animal that ends in a man's face, or a man becomes a monster or angel or demon; nevertheless, the letter has not been betrayed; it remains, but ceaselessly recreated. And this is without doubt what characterizes Romanesque art (and Gothic art as well, despite certain excesses that marked its end): respect for the essential function within a perpetual rediscovery of its inherent possibilities. (44)

: The image, the knowledge we have of the Middle Ages through architecture, sculpture, stained-glass windows, frescoes, even tapestries--"open air" documentation--represents not even a hundredth part of what we might learn from the reproduction of manuscript miniatures, if this were systematically carried out with the means of color reproduction we have available today. It is quite surprising that in the audio-visual era nothing has yet been undertaken in this sense on the requisite scale. A profound gap will remain in our knowledge of the Middle Ages as long as the necessary effort has not been carried out in this domain. (151)

===Miniatures===
The word miniature comes from '''miniare''', to color with red. (Early on, books were adorned in red.) A miniature is an illustration that is independent from the text, borders, and initials.

===Apropos Videos===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-SpLPFaRd0 How parchment is made - BBC (4 minutes)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuME-DcksYo Illuminations - Treasures of the Middle Ages - BBC]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBxo51GiGiU The Making Of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0FpMBxEZQ Drawings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kwqLaqmBo Illuminated Psalter Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer]

===Links===
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm The British Library Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts]
* [http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/01_ACCESS_WALTERS_MANUSCRIPTS.html The Digital Walters - Digitized Walters Manuscripts]
* [http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM Glossary for Medieval Art and Architecture]
* [http://library.osu.edu/blogs/rarebooks/2008/12/01/107/ The imperfections of medieval parchment]

==Ecclesial Art Project==
===Materials===
*Broad nib (our broadest was 2.0), ink cartridge, and pen
*Foundational Worksheet
*Foundational Guide Sheet
*White scrap paper
*Heavy calligraphy paper or parchment
*Drawing pencil
*Ruler
*Materials for illumination, e.g., colored pencils, gouache, gold ink, brush pens

===Procedures===
:1) Learn how to hold the pen. Do practice strokes.
:2) Learn the alphabet. Participants were required to write out the alphabet three times before proceeding to the next step.
:3) Create an initial.
:4) Make a draft on scrap paper.
:5) Do a good copy.

===Notes on Calligraphy===
Lettering with pen and ink emerged in the 4th century. For more than a thousand years, beautiful writing was not only desired but required; it was a necessity for book production. The advent of the printing press reduced the need for professional scribes and gradually their skills fell into disuse. The revival of the art of beautiful writing at the turn of the 20th century is credited to Edward Johnston.

How is calligraphy different from ordinary handwriting? In calligraphy, letters are made up of multiple strokes and must be written slowly and deliberately, with great attention to form.

====Guidesheet====
[[File:Foundational_Guide_Sheet.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Foundational Guide Sheet]]
<br style="clear: both" />
We explained the guidelines in this order:
:*Base line: The main body of each letter sits on this line.
:*Waist line: This is the upper limit for the main body of miniscule letters.
:*Cap line: This is the upper limit for maiuscule letters.
:*Ascender line
:*Descender line

:*Checkerboard pattern: It determines the x-height (the height of the main body). To create this pattern, draw a vertical line with a pencil; hold the nib at a 90 degree angle (it should be aligned with and sitting on the vertical line), make a short stroke with the nib, pulling away from the vertical line; turn the page 180 degrees (turn it upside down) and make another stroke, pulling away from the vertical line.
:::N.B. a bigger nib = a bigger checkerboard pattern = bigger letters

====Scripts or Hands====
At the third 2014 Event, we gave the boys one script option for their projects: the '''Foundational''' hand. (We should have done the same for the girls.) If they mastered this script, they could move on to others.

Developed in the 20th century, the Foundational hand is based on the script used by Roman stone cutters.

[[File:Fondational_Majuscules_Worksheet.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Foundational Majuscules Worksheet]]
[[File:Foundational_Miniscules_Worksheet.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Foundational Miniscules Worksheet]]

<br style="clear: both" />

====Borders====
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8wy1H4h3rM Celtic knots]

[[Category:Środowisko]]
[[Category:Ecclesial Art Projects]]