Whole Community Liturgy: A Guide for Parish Leaders & Lay Ministers

Here Nick Wagner offers a new framework for active participation in Sunday liturgies and he suggests that parish liturgical celebrations be evaluated with three key questions: 1) Are they prayerful? 2) Do they deepen faith? 3) Does the whole community participate? For parishes who want this kind of active participation, Nick believes that the guiding principle must be the Triduum, which is the church’s fullest and most complete celebration of the life of Jesus. Indeed, the entire focus of its liturgical celebrations is conversion to a Christ-centered life. Whole Community Liturgy is an invaluable, practical resource for any parish, particularly those implementing a whole community catechesis model of formation.