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110	20|aJohn J. |bBurns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections,
245	10|aLiturgical Conference Records
506	|aRestrictions on AccessCollection is open for research.
520	2 |aThe collection documents the Liturgical Conference, an organization comprised of Catholic religious and laity working towards liturgical reforms and greater lay participation in the liturgy. The materials date from 1927 through 1990, but the bulk of the material dates from 1945 through 1969. It comprises approximately 4.5 linear feet of materials, stored in twelve containers, and one oversized folder. Materials within the collection include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, articles, scrapbooks, manuscripts and typescripts, and photographs. These materials primarily document the annual liturgical weeks organized by the Liturgical Conference and the New England Liturgical Committee, a regional organization of the National Liturgical Conference. The photographs documenting the early liturgical weeks from the late 1940s are particularly noteworthy.
524	|aPreferred CitationIdentification of item, Box Number, Folder Number, Liturgical Conference Records, MS2004-092, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
545	|aThe Liturgical Conference grew out of a transatlantic liturgical movement. Liturgical movements took place in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, and Belgium. Individuals involved in the early activity of the conference were influenced by developments within Europe, including Virgil Michel and German-born Martin Hellriegel. One scholar suggests that those who promoted the liturgical movement were "German-trained" and "Belgian oriented."℗£ As the first Liturgical Week took place in the United States, the German liturgical movement was a decade old and had publications in circulation. At the same time, the Belgian Semaines Liturgiques, which focused on the liturgy, provided the general pattern for the American Liturgical Week meetings.
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561	|aProvenanceThe bulk of the materials in the collection, those files pertaining to Father Thomas Carroll and Father Shawn Sheehan, were originally held by Sheehan and initially accessioned by the Burns Library as part of the Shawn Sheehan Papers (MS2002-36). The files pertaining to Father William J. Leonard were originally owned by Leonard and were received as part of the William J. Leonard Papers (BC2000-023). Shawn Sheehan maintained an active presence in the National Liturgical Conference for forty years, and served as Secretary of from 1947-1948, and as President from 1956-1959. Thomas Carroll served as President from 1946-1949, on the Executive Committee from 1949-1955, and on the Advisory Council from 1955-1971. William J. Leonard served on the Board of Directors from 1952-1958, as Secretary from 1958-1963, and on the Advisory Council from 1963-1969.
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610	10|aCatholic Church|xUnited States|xLiturgy|xHistory|x20th century|xUnited States--Liturgy--History--20th century--Sources.
610	10|aLiturgical Conference, Inc.|xHistory|xHistory--Sources.
610	10|aNational Liturgical Week.
610	10|aBenedictian Liturgical Conference.
650	0|aLiturgical Movement|xHistory|y20th century|vSources.
856	42|u|zView the finding aid online.