The Society for Liturgical Study is delighted to host a one-day Study Day on Saturday, 9 September 2023 (9.30am\u20133pm, followed by Evensong). One year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this special Study Day offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the liturgies used to mark this momentous occasion.<\/p>\n
The Study Day will include a visit to Westminster Abbey, allowing participants to visit one of the
\ncentral \u201csites\u201d in the Queen\u2019s staged funeral rites, and there will be an opportunity to hear first-hand reflections from Abbey clergy involved with the funeral service.<\/p>\n
A selection of short research papers hopes to encourage discussion on:
\no the role of funerary liturgies in the public and private, national, local and international
\nmourning of the late Queen;
\no the design of such liturgies; as well as the considerations, practical and theological, which
\nguided their construction;
\no the challenges and opportunities posed for parochial practice by such public liturgies.<\/p>\n
Presenters include:<\/p>\n