{"id":31654,"date":"2015-10-23T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=31654"},"modified":"2015-10-23T08:52:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T13:52:23","slug":"next-head-of-usccb-liturgy-committee-gregory-or-barres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/23\/next-head-of-usccb-liturgy-committee-gregory-or-barres\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Head of USCCB Liturgy Committee: Gregory or Barres?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in November, chairs for six standing committees will be elected, <\/a>include the Committee on Divine Worship (BCDW). There are two nominees for each post.<\/p>\n

The two candidates to chair the BCDW are Bishop John Barres (Allentown) and Archbishop Wilton Gregory (Atlanta).<\/p>\n

Bishop Barres<\/a>\u00a0did his BA at Princeton (and also played JV basketball) and his MBA at NY Grad School of Business. He has an STB and STL in Systematic from CUA, and a JCL in canon law and STD in spiritual theology from Opus Dei-led Holy Cross University in Rome. Monsignor since 2000, bishop since 2009. He serves on the USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Wilton Gregory<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0motto is: We Are The Lord\u2019s<\/em> \u2013 be sure to include the apostrophe! His 1980 doctorate in liturgy is from Benedictine-led Sant\u2019 Anselmo in Rome. He was USCCB president 2001-2004. He has served on numerous conference committees, including as chair of liturgy (then BCL) 1991-1993. He has published numerous articles on the subject of liturgy, particularly in the African-American community. He has nine honorary doctoral degrees. As Pray Tell<\/em> reported, he has spoken out publicly on concerns about the new missal translation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The results of the election will be watched closely for indications of the mind of the conference and the direction it wants to go. Expect news stories and blog posts, some of them no doubt a bit simplistic, about whether the bishops are on board with Pope Francis\u2019s pastoral vision. (All the nominees are listed below.)<\/p>\n

Watch \u201cClergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations\u201d: will the bishops select the conciliatory Tobin or the harsh-speaking Aquila? (Both are archbishops. It is always important to note who is a bishop and who is an archbishop in these things.)<\/p>\n

\u201cLaity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth\u201d pits sharp-speaking Chaput (no, he\u2019s really<\/em> not against Pope Francis, he keeps telling us) against Caggiano, who opened up a path of dialogue in Bridgeport with the convoking of a diocesan synod. Chaput is arch, Caggiano isn\u2019t, so it would be rather surprising if the archbishop candidate weren\u2019t selected. But by how much? That will be watched closely.<\/p>\n

Here are the candidates.<\/p>\n

Conference Treasurer<\/p>\n