Cititation for the GCL Award Presented to Rev. Gilbert Ostdiek, O.F.M.

Rev. Gilbert OstdiekThe citation reads

The Georgetown Center for Liturgy presents the 2007 Award for Outstanding Contributions Made to the Liturgical Life of the American Church to Gilbert Ostdiek, O.F.M., respected scholar and trusted colleague.

With dedication, wisdom and vision,
you mentor the Church’s pastoral ministers,
aspiring theologians, and designers of sacred space.

Out of your own love for the Church’s prayer
and awareness of the essential symbol of language in our worship,
you have done the demanding work of translating liturgical texts
with great humility, perseverance and care.  

You embody Franciscan values:
to embrace the sacramentality of creation,
to be with others through example, and
to see the relatedness of everything
because all things are related to Christ,
Who is in all things.

With deep admiration and heartfelt gratitude for
gifts generously shared to nurture the worship life of God’s people,
The Georgetown Center for Liturgy presents this award
on the seventh day of December, 2007.

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Rev. Gil Ostdiek, OFM is Professor of Liturgy and Director of the Institute for Liturgical Consultants at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois and is the author of Catechesis for Liturgy: A Program for Parish Involvement (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1986).  ISBN-10:0912405236; ISBN-13:978-09124-05230.

READ ARTICLES BY GIL OSTDIEK, OFM on ENVISIONCHURCH:

Notes for a Mystagogy of Eucharist
Reflections on the Liturgy of Life and Liturgy of Sunday (Part I, Part II, & Part III)
Questions for Shaping Mystagogy-Minded Celebrations