Liturgy

mosaic of the Church at prayer

The communal celebration of the liturgy drew me to St Benedict's Abbey, Atchison where I professed monastic vows in 1983. I was inspired to study liturgy further during seminary studies at St John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. While pastoring in … Read more

Latin

photo of Dan with Reginald Foster

My study of the Latin language was concurrent with doctoral studies in liturgy in Rome, and led to collaboration as assistant and eventual colleague with Reginald Foster OCD, Papal Latinist for forty years. Ossa, the Bones is teaching Latin during … Read more

Liturgical Architecture

photo of the altar of Trapani cathedral

I support church architecture that supports a fuller ritual celebration of liturgy through my research, publishing, presentations and consultation on church renovation or construction. My doctoral thesis on the history and models of the … Read more