By Staff, October 13, 2026
Pray Tell is pleased to present Should the liturgy be spoken?, an episode from the Australian Catholic University Centre for Liturgy’s podcast series, Speaking of Liturgy.
Fr. Fergus Ryan discusses ritual music in light of earlier experiences of singing the liturgy. He describes how singing different chant tones heightens active listening in the liturgy and he invites us to reconsider our liturgical practice.
The podcast can be accessed here.
Rev. Dr. Fergus Ryan, OP is an Irish Dominican and invited lecturer at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome from which he received his licence and doctoral degrees. His doctoral thesis examined the influence the dialogue Mass had on the Roman Missal promulgated after Vatican II (published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana SKU/ISBN 9788826605968). He has lived in a variety of Western and Central European countries for studies and work, and his research has been published in scientific journals in half a dozen countries. He is active in parochial ministry in his home diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland.
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