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This is a special discounted price for a bundle of these two programs by Fr. John F. Baldovin, S.J., Ph.D.:

The Catholic Mass Today

The History of the Mass

With this order you will receive, free of charge, a detailed Electronic Study Guide for each program. With your confirmation email, you will receive a link that will take you to these Electronic Study Guides, which include outlines for each lecture, review questions and suggested readings for further study. The link to access these Electronic Study Guides will also be included on the case of your CDs or DVDs. You are allowed to print up to 7 copies of each guide. Simply click on the link, or type it into your browser, to access the file.

About Your Presenter

John F. Baldovin, S.J. has been teaching in university and seminary settings for the past 28 years. He is currently Professor of Historical and Liturgical Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has taught at Fordham University and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Fr. Baldovin worked with the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) from 1994-2002. He is past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and the international ecumenical Societas Liturgica. He is currently president of the International Jungmann Society for Jesuits and the Liturgy.

His most recent books are Bread of Life, Cup of Salvation: Understanding the Mass (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) and Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics(Liturgical Press, 2008).

Topic Titles

The Mass: Welcome to the Sacred Banquet

• Introduction
• The Mass in History
• The Entrance Rite of the Mass
• Celebrating the Liturgy of the Word
• The Catholic Lectionary
• The Prayers of the Faithful and Presenting the Gifts
• What is a Eucharistic Prayer?
• The Eucharistic Prayers Today
• The Communion Rite and the Ministries of the Mass
• The Ritual and Language of the Mass
• A Theology of the Eucharist
• Why go to Mass?

• Why Study the History of the Liturgy?
• The Earliest Liturgies in the Didache and Justin Martyr
• The Beginnings of the Eucharistic Prayer
• The Development of the Entrance Rites and the Liturgy of the Word
• The Classic Eucharistic Prayers
• The Byzantine Liturgy
• The Roman Mass in the Middle Ages
• The Late Seventh Century: Liturgy of the Word
• The Roman Mass in the Middle Ages: Liturgy of the Eucharist
• The Roman Mass in the Middle Ages: Medieval Developments in the Mass
• The Challenge of the Protestant Reformation
• The Catholic Response
• Liturgical Reform in the 18th-20th Centuries