At the Digital Banquet of the Lord: Livestreaming Masses with Liturgical Integrity

Livestream Masses and other online events will no doubt remain one option to keep parishioners connected as parish leaders collaborate with media and technology experts to learn how to best provide for the sacramental and pastoral needs in their community. Yet these experiences also require us to be vigilant for how online practices affect the liturgical relationships set up by camera placement during specific parts  of the Mass, and how to form online presiders, lectors and musicians to promote liturgical engagement, as distinct  from serving as  online entertainers. This presentation provides a methodology for joining technology with the liturgy and online prayer.

Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D., Paulist missionary priest,composer(OCP), theologian, and author; 2020 Distinguished Catholic Music Composer of the Year Awardby the Association of Catholic Publishers; 2018 Pastoral Musician of the Year Award by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Composition and piano at the Manhattan School of Music, theology at the Washington Theological Union, and liturgy, culture, and sociology at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley, CA. Resides at St. Paul theApostle Church in New York City.