Speaking of Liturgy
- an ACU podcast

Professor Clare Johnson explores how schools embrace their ecclesial identity and strengthen their identity and mission through celebrating the liturgy well.

Professor Clare Johnson is the Director of the ACU Centre for Liturgy and ACU Professor of Liturgical Studies & Sacramental Theology. She chairs the National Liturgical Music Council, advising the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Liturgy.

Rev Dr Paul Turner examines the art of celebrating ars celebrandi and invites us to 'get inside the liturgy' and reflect more on the meaning of what we do and say.

Fr Paul Turner is an international speaker, writer and publisher on liturgy who is Pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri. He has served on many national bodies, including ICEL.

Rev Dr Stephen Hackett, msc asks what makes a church look like a church and how do communities preserve their cultural heritage?

Fr Stephen Hackett, msc is Chair of the National Liturgical Architecture and Art Council in Australia and General Secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Rev Dr Richard Leonard, SJ offers some advice for good preaching and examines some key components of a good homily.

Fr Richard Leonard, SJ is a regular columnist for the Tablet, author of ten books and directed the Office for Film and Broadcasting for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Drawing on her rich teaching and personal experience, Sr Professor Julia Upton, RSM explores the multifaceted rituals associated with Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying and the Sacrament of Penance.

Sr Julia Upton, RSM is Provost Emerita and Distinguished Professor of Theology at St John's University, New York. She has served on national advisory bodies and is the author of many books and articles.

Dr Angela McCarthy encourages communities to consider the importance of art, particularly in relation to places of worship and the liturgy.

Dr Angela McCarthy was Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. She is an editor of the Australian Journal of Liturgy and Pastoral Liturgy, and past president of the Australian Academy of Liturgy.