Msgr Moroney's Blog: Introduction to the Liturgy: Class I: What is the Liturgy

01 September 2026

Introduction to the Liturgy: Class I: What is the Liturgy

Dear Brothers,

What a joy it was to be with you this afternoon for our first class. To access the slides from out time today, just click the following link and download the PDF:

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/018uO-L0SCen7KvGqVY8Qev-w

If you have any problems, just send me an e-mail or text me at the number contained in the Syllabus.

In the Lord,

Monsignor Moroney

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.