Rev Liam Tracey, OSM
STB, SLD, Dip Mar, Dip Pastoral Theol

Professor of Liturgy
Review Editor, Irish Theological Quarterly
Director of Post-Graduate Studies

 

Tel: +353 (0)1 708 3442
E-mail: Liam.Tracey[at]spcm.ie

Office Location: Room 16, Dunboyne House

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 9:00—10:30 a.m.

 

Biography:
An ordained presbyter of the Order of Friar Servants of Mary (OSM). Undergraduate studies in Dublin and Rome. Postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, Sant’ Anselmo, Rome. After working in a parish for a number of years after ordination, I returned to Rome and graduate studies in liturgy, culminating in a Doctorate. I have taught and lectured in many parts of Ireland and Australia, Ghana, Italy, UK, and the USA. Appointed Director of Post-Graduate Studies at the Pontifical University at Maynooth in 2009.

Member: Societas Liturgica, Irish Biblical Association, Dublin Diocesan Liturgy Commission, Irish Commission for Liturgy, Review Editor of the Irish Theological Quarterly.

Research Interests:

• Method in the study of Liturgical actions
• Liturgy in Early Christian Ireland
• The role of liturgy in the Jewish Christian Encounter
  

Select Publications:

• Several articles in Edward Kessler and Neil Wenborn, eds., A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
• Fortcoming article on Liturgy in the Jewish Christian Encounter

Current Research:

• The Padova School and liturgical theology
• The presence of Orthodox communities in Ireland
• The Order of Christian Funerals as a ministry of consolation

Courses

• Introduction to Liturgy
• Sacraments of Christian Initiation
• Liturgy and Time
• Historical Theology
• Foundations of Worship
• Liturgy, Sacraments and Pastoral Care
• Issues in Liturgical Theology
• Sources and History of the Roman Liturgy

Links and Other Interests

• Plainchant and its performance