Creative and Liberating Liturgies Workshop Facilitated by Victoria Rue, Ph.D

11:30-3:30 pm Saturday, Dec 12^th1077 S Newstead

This workshop introduces participants to the use of embodied prayer, theatre and feminist ritual as important additions to creative and liberating liturgies.

While conventional liturgies stress spoken prayer and occasional gestures, embodied worship brings a congregation into the present moment and a sense of shared presence through the recognition of the whole body in worship. The use of theatre in worship offers a congregation the opportunity to encounter biblical texts and contemporary applications with an embodied/engaged approach. Feminist ritual and liturgy grew from people whose experience was marginalized in worship, particularly women. In our workshop will also explore facets of feminist ritual as it expresses authentic and inclusive relationships with God, one another and our created world.

Bring your frustrations, your hopes and a willingness to explore new paths. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes that would allow you to engage in movement.

Learning Goals:

To provide participants with seeds that can flower into ideas and inspirations for their own creation of liturgies
To offer theatre skills that can be utilized in creative and liberating liturgies such as characterization, improvisation, monologue writing.
To understand and appreciate the value of embodied worship as well as experience it as vital to a worshipping community
To challenge each participant to dream and act anew for the renewal of ourselves, our communities and our world.

Registration

Name: ___________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ Phone Number:________________ E-mail Address:________________ Parish/Church/Community:________________________________________ Why you are interested in attending the workshop?

Lunch Info:

Are you a Vegetarian or Vegan?: Do you have any Food Allergies?:

Payment: I can contribute $____ ($15-60) to attend the workshop to help CAN with program expenses. Pay online through CAN’s pay pal or send a check to CAN

Send Registration to: can@catholicactionnetwork.org or 438 N Skinker St. Louis, MO 63130