REV. MICHAEL G. WITCZAK 620 Michigan Ave NE, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Washington, DC 20064 Positions ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LITURGICAL STUDIES The Catholic University of America YEARS: 2007 PRESENT Washington, District of Columbia RECTOR YEARS: 2002-2007 VICE RECTOR YEARS: 1997-2001 PROFESSOR OF LITURGICAL STUDIES YEARS: 1995-2007 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LITURGICAL STUDIES YEARS: 1990-1995 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LITURGICAL STUDIES YEARS 1983-1990 DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP YEARS: 1983-1997 READER IN SACRAMENTAL LITURGY (LETTORE) YEARS: 1992-2002 Pontifical Liturgical Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm Rome, Italy VISITING PROFESSOR YEARS: 1989-2001 St. Norbert College De Pere, Wisconsin ASSISTING CLERGY Blessed Sacrament YEARS: 2008 - PRESENT Washington, DC ASSOCIATE PASTOR YEARS: 1977-1980 St. Mary Parish Waukesha, Wisconsin ORDAINED PRIEST MAY 28, 1977 1
Education DOCTORATE IN SACRED LITURGY (S.L.D.) YEARS ATTENDED: 1985-1986 Pontifical Liturgical Institute Rome, Italy Thesis: The Language of Eucharistic Sacrifice: Immolare and Immolatio in the Prefaces of the Roman Tradition, Rev. Dr. Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., moderator LICENTIATE IN SACRED LITURGY (S.L.L.) YEARS ATTENDED: 1980-1983 Pontifical Liturgical Institute Rome, Italy Thesis: The Eucharistic Prayer in the Liber Pontificalis: A Study of the Vocabulary of the Liber Pontificalis Referring to the Eucharistic Prayer Towards a Liturgical Theology of the Eucharistic Prayer as Actio sacrificii, moderator, Rev. Dr. Anscar J. Chupungco MASTER OF DIVINITY (M.DIV.) YEARS ATTENDED: 1973-1977 Thesis: A Social History of the Catholic School, moderator, Dr. Lee J. Cormie BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) IN THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY YEARS ATTENDED: 1969-1973 St. Francis de Sales College 2
Publications 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 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 3
Manifold Presence in the Liturgy, Salesianum: Journal of the 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 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 Alumni Association 84:2 (Fall/Winter 1989) 16-19. Reviews Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God: Engaging the Fundamental Theology of Louis- Marie Chauvet. Edited by hilippe bordeyne and Bruce T. Morrill. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/A Pueblo Book, 2008. Theological Studies. In preparation. Fiat Lux: Lumière et luminaires dans la vie religieuse en Ocident du XIIIe siècle au début du XVIe 4
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 liturgicopneumatologiche: 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. 5
Memberships North American Academy of Liturgy, 1985 - present Convener of the study group on Eucharistic Prayer and Theology, 1989-1993 Societas Liturgica, 1988 - present Catholic Theological Society of America, 1987 - present Society for Catholic Liturgy, 1998 - present Henry Bradshaw Society for the editing of rare liturgical texts, 1991 - present The Alcuin Club, 1984 - present Faith, Priestly Ministry and Sacramental Life Committee of the Archdiocesan Council of Priests, 1984-2007 Episcopal-Roman Catholic Dialogue (Milwaukee), 1984-1993 Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission, 1984-1996 Archdiocesan Choir Board, 1984-1996 Inclusive Language Committee, Archdiocesan Women s Commission, 1986-1992 Alumni/ae Board of, 1989-1995 Bishops Committee on the Liturgy, Consultant, 1990-1993 Archbishop s Consultation on Theological Issues, 1991-1994 Editorial Committee of the English Language Version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1992 Alumni Board of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, 1997 - present Co-chair of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Jubilee Year Planning Team, 1998-2001 6
Awards Archbishop s Vatican II Award for Service in Liturgy, 2001 Salesianum Alumni Association Sal Terrae Award for Service to the Church, 2007 7