(Vatican Radio) The Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France, has organised a conference to
study, promote and renew the appreciation of liturgical formation and celebration
and its foundation for the mission of the Church, particularly in the light of the
teaching and example of Pope Benedict XVI.
The Sacra Liturgia Conference is
taking place during the Year of Faith to commemorate 50 years since the start of the
Second Vatican Council, in accordance with the pastoral recommendations for the Year
of Faith issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
“This conference
is in June, in Rome, and the subject is the place of the liturgy, and liturgical formation
for the New Evangelisation,” says Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon. He says,
“I had the joy of participating in the Synod for the New Evangelisation, I have seen
. . . the essential place of the liturgy for the New Evangelisation. Because in the
liturgy we receive the grace of God, and in the liturgy there is the association between
the Sacrament, and the transmission of faith, the content of faith, and the meeting
of all the community during this sacred moment.”
This is why “the liturgy is
the source and the goal of the mission of the Church.” The Sacra Liturgia Conference,
says Bishop Rey, is primarily concerned with the “place of liturgy for the New Evangelisation.”
Listen
to the full interview of Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon with Vatican Radio: