GERARD AUSTIN, O.P.
gaustinop@yahoo.com

 

RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY

Dominican Order: Southern Dominican Province, U.S.A. Novitiate: 1952-53. Profession of vows: August 16, 1953. Ordination: June 5, 1959. Regent of Studies for the Southern Province and member of the Provincial Council: 1988-1997; Member of the Order’s International Studies Commission: 1990-1997; Member of the Provincial Council: 2002-2006. Member of the U.S. Dominican Liturgical Commission (presently).

EDUCATION

B.A. (philosophy) – Providence College, 1954.
S.T.L. (theology) – Immaculate Conception College; Washington, D.C. 1960. Dissertation: “Exemplary Causality as the Fundament of Personal Relations to the Indwelling Trinity.” (Director: William J. Hill, O.P.)
Magister Sacrae Liturgiae – Institut Catholique de Paris, 1968.
S.T.D. (theology) – Institut Catholique de Paris, 1968. Dissertation: “Trinitarian Doctrine in the Gallican Liturgy According to the Missale Gothicum.” (Director: Pierre-Marie Gy, O.P.)
Magister Sacrae Theologiae – Awarded by the Master of the Dominican Order, 1995.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Aquinas College, Grand Rapids MI: 1960-64.
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.: 1968-1999. Director of Ministerial Studies; Director of Liturgical Studies Program; Associate Chairperson of the Department of Theology; Chairperson of the Department of Theology.
Rice School for Pastoral Ministry (Diocese of Venice in Florida; M.A. Program in affiliation with Barry University, Miami FL): 1999 to present.
Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis MO (Visiting Professor): Fall Semester 2001.
University of Notre Dame, South Bend IN (Visiting Professor): Fall Semester 2005.
Summer teaching: Spalding University (Louisville KY); La Salle University (Philadelphia PA); University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame IN); St. Michael’s College (Winooski VT); St. Norbert College (De Pere WI); Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis MO); Institute of Pastoral Liturgy (Brisbane, Australia); Pastoral Centre (Palmerston North, New Zealand); Pastoral Institute (Multan, Pakistan); Theological Winter School (Durban, South Africa); Diocese of Gizo (Solomon Islands); Invited Lecturer (National Australian Liturgical Commission).

MEMBERSHIPS

North American Academy of Liturgy (past-president); Societas Liturgica; Catholic Theological Society of America; Member of the National Roman Catholic/United Methodist Dialogue (1977-1981); Member of the National Southern Baptist/Roman Catholic Scholars’ Dialogue (1983-1988); Past advisor to the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy; Past member of the Lectionary Subcommittee of the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy; Member of the Board of Trustees of Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis MO (1997-2006); Member of the Board of Directors of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta GA (presently).

RESEARCH

Fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John’s University, Collegeville MN: 1982-1983.

AWARD

Recipient of the 2002 Michael Mathis Award. (The award is presented by the Center for Pastoral Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame “to a person or organization for significant contributions to the renewal of Catholic worship in the United States.”)

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

Anointing With the Spirit: The Rite of Confirmation. The Use of Oil and Chrism. (Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, Vol. III), New York: Pueblo Publishing Co., 1985. (Now published by The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN.)

Fountain of Life (ed.). Washington, D.C.: The Pastoral Press, 1991. (Now published by Oregon Catholic Press.)

Articles:

“The Essential Rite of Confirmation and Liturgical Tradition,” Ephemerides Liturgicae, vol . LXXXVI, 1972, Fasc. II; pp. 214-224.

“Liturgical Manuscripts in the United States and Canada,” Scriptorium, Tome XXVIII, 1974, No. 1; pp. 92-100.

“Baptism, Liturgy of,” pp. 20-21 in: New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 16; New York: McGraw Hill, 1974.

“Confirmation, Liturgy of,” pp. 95-96 in: New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 16; New York: McGraw Hill, 1974.

“Liturgy,” pp. 260-261 in: New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 16; New York: McGraw Hill, 1974.

“Appendix 4: The Liturgy of Baptism,” pp. 239-243 in: Baptism and Confirmation, James J. Cunningham, O.P. (ed.), Summa Theologiae III, qq. 66-72, Vol. 57; New York: McGraw Hill, 1975.

“Appendix 5: Confirmation and Liturgical Development,” pp. 244-248 in: Baptism and Confirmation, James J. Cunningham, O.P. (ed.), Summa Theologiae III, qq. 66-72, Vol. 57; New York: McGraw Hill, 1975.

“Spirituality and Prayer: From the Perspective of Evangelization,” The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 169, No. 8, 1975, pp. 533-538.

“What Has Happened to Confirmation?” Worship, Vol. 50, No. 5, 1976, pp. 420-426.

“God’s Love For Us,” New Catholic World, Vol. 220, No. 1315, 1977, p. 38.

“The Constitution and the Academy: A Coincidence of Anniversaries,” Worship, Vol. 53, No. 4, 1979, pp. 291-301.

“Methodist-Catholic Statement: The Eucharist and the Churches,” Origins, Vol. 11, No. 41, 1982, pp. 651-659. (Co-authored the first draft of the National Dialogue Statement with Prof. Don Saliers of Emory Univeristy.)

“What Really Counts at Liturgy?” Pastoral Music, Vol. 9, No.2, pp. 32-36.

“Spirit Through Word,” pp. 11-26 in: Called to Prayer: Liturgical Spirituality Today, Lawrence J. Johnson (ed.). Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1986.

“Anointing with the Oil of Catechumens,” Catechumenate, Vol. 9, No. 7, Sept. 1987, pp. 2-10. (reprinted in: Commentaries: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, James A. Wilde, ed. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988, pp. 15-24.)

“Confirmation,” The New Dictionary of Theology, Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins, Dermot A. Lane (eds.), Wilmington DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1987, pp. 221-226.

“The Rite of Initiation and Ecumenical Issues,” Ecumenical Trends, Vol. 17, No.3, March 1988, pp. 44-47.

“Is An Ecumenical Understanding of the Eucharist Possible Today?” The Jurist, Vol. 48 (1988), No. 2, pp. 668-691.

“How We Worship,” The Theological Educator, No. 39, Spring 1989, pp. 75-87.

“The Confirmation Debate Continues,” Catechumenate, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 1990, pp. 7-13. (reprinted in: Confirmed As Children, Affirmed as Teens, James A. Wilde (ed.), Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988, pp. 17-25.)

“Pierre-Marie Gy: Dominican, Scholar, Teacher,” pp. 137-141 in: How Firm A Foundation: Leaders of the Liturgical Movement, Robert L. Tuzik (ed.), Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1990.

“Sources, Liturgical,” pp. 1213-1220 in: The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship, Peter E. Fink, S.J. (ed.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990.

“Communion Services: A Break with Tradition?” pp. 199-215 in: Fountain of Life, Gerard Austin (ed.), Washington, D.C.: The Pastoral Press, 1991.

“Baptism as the Basis of Ministry,” Khulisa: A Journal of Christian Formation (Pretoria, South Africa), Vol. 7, No. 19, 1992, pp. 20-23.

“Baptism,” pp. 75-77 in: The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, Michael Downey, (ed.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993.

“Paschal Mystery,” pp. 719-720 in: The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, Michael Downey, (ed.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993.

“The Role of the Eucharist in Preacher Formation,” The Good News Letter (The National Institute for the Word of God), Fall 1993, p. 4.

“Sacraments of Initiation,” pp. 777-781 in: The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, Michael Glazier and Monika K. Hellwig (eds.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994. (Reprinted: pp. 750-754 in Revised and Expanded Edition, 2004)

“In Persona Christi at the Eucharist,” pp. 81-86 in: Eucharist: Toward the Third Millennium, Gerard Austin et al. (eds.), Chicago: Liturgical Training Publications, 1997.

“Identity of a Eucharistic Church in an Ecumenical Age,” Worship, Vol. 72, No. 1, 1998, pp. 26-35.

“Baptism as the Matrix of Ministry,” Louvain Studies, Vol. 23 (1998), pp. 101-113.

“Restoring Equilibrium after the Struggle with Heresy,” pp. 35-47 in: Source and
Summit: Commemorating Josef A. Jungmann,
S.J., Joanne M. Pierce and Michael Downey (eds.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999.

“The Church as Worshiping Community,” pp. 177-191 in: The Gift of the Church: A Textbook on Ecclesiology in Honor of Patrick Granfield, O.S.B., Peter C. Phan (ed.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000.

“Introduction to ‘Reflections on Liturgical Reform’,” pp. 78-81 in: Vision: The Scholarly Contributions of Mark Searle to Liturgical Renewal, Anne Y. Koester and Barbara Searle (eds.), Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press, 2004.

“Adoration or Exposition?” Liturgical Ministry, Vol. 13, Spring 2004, pp. 75-80.

“Introduction to the North American Edition,” pp. vi-ix in: Christian Initiation: Baptism in the Medieval West: A Study in the Disintegration of the Primitive Rite of Initiation, J.D.C. Fisher, Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004.

“ ‘Acknowledge, O Christian, Your Dignity’: The Impact of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy on the Sacraments of Initiation,” pp. 1-14 in: Singing Faith into Practice: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Hovda, Series 2. Gordon E. Truitt, ed. Silver Spring MD: NPM Publications, 2005.

“The Three Priesthoods” Assembly (Notre Dame Center for Liturgy), Vol. 32, No. 4, July 2006, pp. 25-27.

“The Reception of the Liturgical Reform of the Second Vatican Council.” Liturgical Ministry, Vol. 17, Spring 2008, pp. 49-57.

"Theosis and Eschatology." Liturgical Ministry, Vol. 19, Winter 2010, pp. 1-8.

Book Reviews:

A Short History of the Western Liturgy: An Account and Some Reflections by Theodor Klauser. New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. (The Thomist, XXXIV, July 1970, pp. 525-527)

Spirit and Song of the New Liturgy by Lucien Deiss. Cincinnati: World Library of Sacred Music, 1970. (The American Ecclesiastical Review, CLXV, No. 3, Nov. 1971, pp. 212-214)

Christian Initation 1552-1969: Rites of Baptism and Confirmation Since the Reformation Period by Peter J. Jagger. London: SPCK, 1970. (The Jurist, Vol. 4 (1971), pp. 719-720)

The Leonine Sacramentary: A Reassessment of its Nature and Purpose by D.M. Hope. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. (The Jurist, Vol. 6 (1973), pp. 86-88)

L’Avenir de la Confirmation by Henri Bourgeois. Lyon: Editions du Chalet, 1972. (The Living Light, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter 1973, pp. 620-624)

The Revolutionary Year: Recapturing the Meaning of the Christian Year by Jay C. Rochelle. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1973. (Worship, Dec. 1974, pp. 617-619)

Christian Initiation: A Comparative Study in the Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy in the Mystagogical Writings of Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia and Ambrose of Milan by Hugh M. Riley. (Studies in Christian Antiquity edited by Johannes Quasten, 17) Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press and Consortium press, 1974. (Anglican Theological Review, Oct. 1976, pp. 502-503)

Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office: A Guide to Their Organization and Terminology by Andrew Hughes. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1982. (The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. LXX, No. 2, April 1984, pp. 286-287)

Catholic Perspectives on Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry edited by Michael A. Fahey. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986. (Religious Studies Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct. 1987, p. 335)

The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West. The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today by Robert Taft, S.J. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1986. (The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. LXXIV, No. 2, April 1988, pp. 297-298)

The Banquet’s Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord’s Supper by Gary Macy. New York: Paulist Press, 1992. (Worship, Vol. 67, No. 5, Sept. 1993, pp. 477-478)

So We Believe, So We Pray: Towards Koinonia in Worship edited by Thomas F. Best and Dagmar Heller. Faith and Order Paper 171. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1995. (Religious Studies Review, Vol. 23, No. 1, Jan. 1997, p. 45)

Confirmation: The Baby in Solomon’s Court by Paul Turner. New York: Paulist Press, 1993. (The Jurist, Vol. 56 (1996), No. 2, pp. 1025-1027)

Baptism and Change in the Early Middle Ages, c. 200-c.1150 by Peter Cramer. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1993. (The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 4, Oct. 1997, pp. 731-732)

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Courses Taught at The Catholic University of America:
- Worship in Theory and in Practice
- Introduction to Liturgy

Undergraduate Course Taught at the University of Notre Dame:
- The Sacraments of the Church

Graduate Courses Taught at The Catholic University of America:
- Liturgiology
- Sacraments of Initiation
- Liturgical Sources
- Liturgical Year
- Eucharist and Ordained Ministries
- Concelebration
- History of the Mass
- Proseminar in Research and Dissertation Methodology
- Comprehensive Seminar in Liturgical/Sacramental Practice
- Doctor of Ministry Seminar
- Liturgy: Theological and Historical Perspectives
- Selected Questions in Ministry and Order
- In Persona Christi
- Lay Liturgical Ministries
- Introduction to Liturgy

Graduate Course Taught at Aquinas Institute of Theology:
- Theology of Priesthood

Graduate Course Taught at the University of Notre Dame:
- Sacramental Theology

Graduate Courses Taught at The Rice School for Pastoral Ministry (Barry University):
- Theology of Ministry
- The Sacraments of the Church
- Liturgical Time and Prayer
- Ecclesiology