by Daniel McCarthy OSB | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Slider
Liturgy courses are held in person: 1 – 26 July 2024
Latin courses are held online: 22 July – 2 August 2024
Latin courses held in person: 12 – 23 August 2024
Syriac course and the Syriac Project held in person 1 – 26 July 2024
Hebrew course is held in person 29 July – 9 August 2024
Course listings for summer 2024 available here
The House for Guests is open this summer to accommodate students again.
To enrol
Contact our Registrar, Clare Cogswell at this address. (il AT liturgyinstitute DOT org).

by Daniel McCarthy OSB | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Featured
INAUGURAL LECTURE
of the project
EXPLORERS IN SYRIAC LITERATURE:
PUBLISHING UNEDITED SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS
FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY
to be given by
Sebastian Brock
Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies, Oxford University
Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford
speaking on
The (re-)discovery of three great Syriac Fathers:
St Ephrem of Nisibis, St Jacob of Serugh,
and St Isaac of Nineveh
to be held on Saturday, 13 July 2024
beginning at 2:30 pm
at the Benedictine Institute
74 Castlebar Road
Ealing, London, W5 2DD
Hosted by the Liturgical Institute
a ministry of Ealing Abbey
and St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough
Contact Clare Cogswell at this email address.
A map is available here.
Image: Sebastian Brock with Mor Gregorios, Metropolitan of Aleppo, kidnapped 11 years ago and whose fate is still unknown.
Web-page created on 27 April 2024 by DM
by Daniel McCarthy OSB | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Featured
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL
ST BEDE LITURGY LECTURE
to be given on Sunday, 7 July 2024
beginning at 3.00 pm
at the Ealing Abbey Parish Hall by
Dr James Blackstone
of Saint Dunstan Icons, Shrewsbury
and of the Chichester Workshop for Liturgical Art
speaking on
Intoxication and Illumination:
Art oriented toward the infinite beauty of God
exploring transcendent beauty in liturgical art
with particular attention to the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, especially
‘that superabundance of delights unfathomable to the mind’ and
‘the total and indescribable limitlessness of God’s well-being’
finding resonance in the text of Sacrosanctum Concilium nº 122
‘arts … are oriented toward the infinite beauty of God’
‘artes … ad infinitam pulchritudinem divinam spectant’
Schedule:
3:00-3:45 Presentation by James Blackstone
break to get tea or drinks from the Bennet Bar
4:00-4:10 Response by Martin Earle
4:10-4:20 Response by Maxina Studnik
4:20-4:40 open discussion
Followed by a cash bar in the Benet Club at St. Benedict Parish Centre
Hosted by the Liturgical Institute
a ministry of Ealing Abbey
and St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough
Event held at
the Ealing Abbey Parish Hall
2, Marchwood Crescent
Ealing, London W5 2DZ
Contact Clare Cogswell at this email address.
A map is available here.