The Catholic University of America

 Publications by Michael Witczak

Books

The Celebration of Baptism.  Lex Orandi series.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press, in preparation.

The Mass: Understanding What We Say and What We Do.  Milwaukee: Hi-Time Publications, 1990, 2000.

 

Articles

Four articles in the forthcoming book: Commentary on the Roman Rite: Volume II: Ordo Missae. Edited by Edward Foley, Joanne Pierce, and Nathan Mitchell. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Pueblo Book, in preparation. The articles are:

           “Liturgy of the Word: History of the Rites and Latin Text”

           “Preparation of the Gifts: History of the Rites and Latin Text”

           “Eucharistic Prayer III: History of the Rites and Latin Text”

           “Dismissal Rite: History of the Rites and Latin Text”

 

“’Faithful Stewards of God’s Mysteries’: Theological Insights on Priesthood from the Ordination Ritual.” In Ministerial Priesthood in the Third Millennium: Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of Priests, 43-60. Edited by Kevin W. Irwin. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2009.

 

With Daniel J. Merz, “St. Gall Mass Orders (IV): Ms. Sangallensis 354. Searching for the Origins of the ‘Rhenish Mass Order,’” in preparation.

 

With Daniel J. Merz, “St. Gall Mass Orders (III): Ms Sangallensis 340.  Searching for the Origins of the ‘Rhenish Mass Order,’” Ecclesia Orans,24 (2007) 243-261.

 

With Daniel J. Merz, “St. Gall Mass Orders (II): Ms Sangallensis 339.  Searching for he Origins of the ‘Rhenish Mass Order,’” Ecclesia Orans, 22 (2005) 47-62.

 

“To Celebrate Word and Sacrament Worthily: Revisiting the Introductory Rites,” Liturgical Ministry 12 (2003) 142-147.

 

“The Study of Liturgy,” in Liturgia Opus Trinitatis: Epistemologia liturgica, Analecta Liturgica 24, Studia Anselmiana 133, ed. Ephrem Carr.  Rome: Centro Studi S. Anselmo, 2002.  Pp. 251-257.

 

“The Manifold Presence of Christ,” Ministry and Liturgy 28:8 (August 2002) 6-9.

 

“The Sacramentary: Its Role in Parish Liturgy,” Oremus: Newsletter of the Wisconsin Liturgy Conference 5 (2001) 1, 8-9.

 

“The Eucharistic Prayer in English: An Analysis and Evaluation of the ICEL Project,” in Liturgy for the New Millennium: A Commentary on the Revised Sacramentary.  Essays in Honor of Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., edd. Mark R. Francis and Keith F. Pecklers.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Pueblo Book, 2000.  Pp. 111-127.

 

“Baptismal Imagery: The Meeting of Two Worlds,” Liturgical Ministry 8 (1999) 22-30.

 

“The Sacramentary of Paul VI,” The Eucharist, Handbook of Liturgical Studies, Vol. III, ed. Anscar J. Chupungco.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999.  Pp. 133-175.

 

“St. Gall Mass Orders (I): Ms Sangallensis 338.  Searching for he Origins of the ‘Rhenish Mass Order,’” Ecclesia Orans 16 (1999) 393-410.

 

“The Manifold Presence of Christ in the Liturgy,” Theological Studies 59 (1998) 680-702.

 

“Encountering Christ Today: Historical and Theological Perspectives on the Doctrine of Christ’s Manifold Presence in the Liturgy,” Salesianum: Journal of the Saint Francis Seminary Alumni/ae Association 92:2 (Winter 1997) 20-33 (text of the Henni Lecture given in August 1997).

 

 

“Prayer and Worship at St. Francis Seminary: A Sesquicentennial Perspective, 1845-1995,” in St. Francis Seminary: Sesquicentennial Essays,” ed. Steven M. Avella.  St. Francis, Wisconsin: St. Francis Seminary, 1997.  Pp. 76-103.

 

“Jerusalem: Pastoral-Liturgical Tradition,” “Melchizedek,” “Sacrifice: Pastoral-Liturgical Tradition,” in The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed. Carroll Stuhlmueller, C.P.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.  Pp. 478-480, 607-609, 861-863.

 

“Priests’ Perspective” is a quarterly column included since Fall 1995 in Prayer and Worship: Newsletter for the Office for Prayer and Worship of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.  Topics have included “Revision of Liturgical Books,” “What is liturgy, really?” “The Priest and Liturgical Music,” “Reflections on the New Eucharistic Prayer (I),” “Reflections on the Eucharistic Prayer (Part Two),” “Reflections on the Eucharistic Prayer (Part Three),” “Reflections on the Eucharistic Prayer (Part Four),” “Rubrics: Friends or Foes?” ”’Getting  to the bottom of it,’” “‘Say what you mean; mean what you say’,” “Musings on the Triduum,” “Why are liturgists that way?” “Proclaiming God’s Word,” “Liturgical Style,” “Doors to the Sacred,” “Reverence in Worship,” “Reverence in Worship, Part Two,” “Reverence at Mass 3: the Eucharistic Prayer and the Communion Rite,” “Sitting down to it,” “Celebrating the Baptism of Infants.”

 

“The Introductory Rites: Threshold of the Sacred, Entrance into Community, or Pastoral Problem?” Liturgical Ministry 3 (1994) 22-27.

 

“Music and St. Francis Seminary,” Salesianum: Journal of the Saint Francis Seminary Alumni/ae Association 88:1 (Spring/Summer 1993) 4-5.

 

“Liturgical Formation and Milwaukee’s Priests,” in Milwaukee Catholicism: Essays on Church and Community, ed. Steven M. Avella.  Milwaukee: Knights of Columbus, 1991.  Pp. 173-194.

 

“Feast of All Saints,” “Feast of All Souls,” “Feasts of Apostles,” “Feasts of Evangelists,” “Feasts of John the Baptist,” “Feasts of Joseph,” in The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship, ed. Peter E. Fink, S.J.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1990.  Pp. 41, 42-43, 57-59, 462-464, 633-634, 634-635.

 

“Devotion and Devotions,” Salesianum: Journal of the Saint Francis Seminary Alumni Association 84:2 (Fall/Winter 1989) 16-19.

Reviews

Medieval Christianity in Practice. Edited by Miri Rubin. Princeton Readings in Religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Worship, in preparation.

 

One Baptism: Ecumenical Dimensions of the Doctrine of Baptism. By Susan K. Wood. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Michael Glazier Book, 2009. Theological Studies, in press.

 

Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God: Engaging the Fundamental Theology of Louis-Marie Chauvet.  Edited by Philippe Bordeyne and Bruce T. Morrill.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Pueblo Book, 2008.  Theological Studies 70 (2009): 978.

 

Fiat Lux: Lumière et luminaires dans la vie religieuse en Ocident du XIIIe siècle au début du XVIe siècle.  Histoire Religieuse de la France 24.  Paris: Cerf, 2004.  Catholic Historical Review  94 (2008) 804-805.

 

Spiritus spiritalia nobis dona potenter infundit: A Proposito di tematiche liturgico-pneumatologiche: Studi in onore di Achille Marie Triacca, sdb.  Studia Anselmiana 139; Analecta Liturgica 25.  Roma: Centro Studi S. Anselmo, 2007.  Worship 82 (2008) 92-94.

 

Cristo è l’altare: Liturgia di dedicazione della chiesa e dell’altare.  By Giuseppe Ferraro.  Rome: Edizioni OCD, 2004.  Worship 81 (2007) 188-189.

 

Liturgia e spiritualità: Profilo storico.  “Caro salutis cardo,” Sussidi 4.  By Lorenzo Artuso. Padua: Edizioni Messaggero Padova, 2002, in Worship 78 (2004) 381-383.

 

Liturgia eucaristica: Mistagogia della Messa: dalla storia e dalla teologia alla pastorale pratica.  Biblioteca Ephemerides Litrugicae, Subsidia 100.  By Vincenzo Raffa.  Rome: C.L.V. – Edizioni Liturgiche, 1998 in Ecclesia Orans 18 (2001) 276-279

 

 

L’Efficacia dei Sacramenti e la ‘Performance’ Rituale: Ripensare l’‘ex opere operato’ a partire dall’antropologia culturale.  “Caro Salutis Cardo,” Studi 12. By Alberto Dal Maso.  Padua: Edizione Messaggero Padova 1999, in Worship 75 (2001) 87-90.

 

The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America, 1926-1955.  By Keith F. Pecklers.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1998, in Ecclesia Orans 16 (1999) 139-141.

 

Eucharist: Toward the Third Millennium.  By Gerard Austin and others.  Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1997, in Worship 72 (1998) 378-380.

 

The First Ordinary of the Royal Abbey of St.-Denis in France [Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 526], Spicilegium Friburgense 32.  By Edward B. Foley.  Fribourg (Switzerland): The University Press, 1990, in Ecclesia Orans 14 (1997) 117-119.

 

Liturgical Inculturation: Sacramentals, Religiosity, and Catechesis.  By Anscar J. Chupungco.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Pueblo Book, 1992, in Ecclesia Orans 10 (1993) 355-357.

 

The Banquet’s Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Eucharist.  By Gary Macy.  New York: Paulist Press, 1992, in Living Light 29 (Spring 1992) 97.

 

The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer.  By Bryan D. Spinks.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991, in Theological Studies 53 (1992) 385.

 

The Meaning of the Sacramental Symbols: Answers to Today’s Questions.  By Klemens Richter, tr. by Linda M. Maloney.  Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1990, in Worship 65 (1991) 189-190.

 

I Simboli dell’Iniziazione Cristiana.  Analecta Liturgica 7, Studia Anselmiana 87.  Ed. Giustino Farnedi, O.S.B.  Rome: Pontifio Ateneo S. Anselmo, 1983, in Worship 58 (1984) 476-477.