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About Us

The Liturgical Institute was founded by Francis Cardinal George of Chicago in the year 2000 to establish a rites-based program which would study liturgy with an emphasis on its roots in sacramental theology. It also promotes the liturgical life of the church through education, publishing, conferences and special projects. The academic program of the Institute serves a diverse, international student population: laity, religious, and clergy. It forms a new addition to the University of Saint Mary of the Lake which has the distinction of being the first chartered institution of higher learning in Chicago (1844) and one of only seven pontifical faculties in North America.

The Institute provides a thorough formation for men and women preparing for service in the church's liturgical life at parish, diocesan, and secondary education levels. The Institute also provides foundational formation for those planning to teach liturgy at seminary or university levels. The Institute offers an integrated and balanced program for the advancement of the renewal promoted by the Second Vatican Council. It is rooted in the ideals of the modern liturgical movement and the authentic achievements of the post-Vatican II era. Students participate in the Institute's liturgical life of daily Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours in the historic Chapel of the Immaculate Conception.
 

Degree programs include:

Master of Arts in Liturgy- "professional" degree for those interested in working at the parish and secondary school levels
Master of Arts (Liturgical Studies)- an academic degree which allows for continuation to doctoral studies
Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL)- an ecclesiastical degree giving accreditation to each theology in any Catholic seminary or university
Doctorate of Sacred Theology- an ecclesiastical degree following the STL which certifies a student's ability to complete new and independent research.

Editor and Composer of the Mundelein Psalter
 

Fr. Douglas Martis, Director of the Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, served as editor of The Mundelein Psalter. A priest of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, he holds a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the Institute Catholique in Paris and a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne. He serves  as the Chairman of the Worship Department at Mundelein Seminary and is a popular speaker at events nationally and internationally.

Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB composed the tones for The Mundelein Psalter. He is monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana and an organ and chant specialist. Currently he serves as Associate Professor of Spirituality and Early Christianity at the Divinity School at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC. He holds an M. Div. from St. Meinrad School of Theology, and an S.T.L. from Sant’Anselmo in Rome. He has also completed studies in Gregorian chant at the Pontifical Institute for Liturgical Music, and holds an M.A. in Greek and Latin Literature in Ancient Art and Archaeology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Publications include the Hymnal for the Liturgy of the Hours (GIA, 1987). His musical work includes A Still, Small Voice: The Proper of the Mass for the Season of Advent for the Carmelite Nuns of Green Bay, Wisconsin, a liturgical setting of the St. John Passion, and the monastic antiphonary for St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama. He is widely known for his setting of the proper texts of the Mass to chant melodies.