The Alcuin Club

A recording of the Alcuin Club Annual Festival Mass can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1271675103570825

A recording of the Alcuin Club Annual Festival Lecture by Dr. Bridget Nichols can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1063448814252741

The Agenda and Minutes of the previous AGM are attached to this posting. The Provisional Accounts for 2021 have been previously posted as a news item, but are also attached for convenience.

Attached are the Draft Annual Accounts for 2021, as examined.

Catholic University of America
School of Theology and Religious Studies
Tenure-Track Professor, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology

The School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University of America seeks to fill a tenure-track position in Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology with a focus on Sacramental Theology or Ritual Studies, to begin in Fall 2022.

Applicants should have a doctorate with a specialization in Liturgical Theology, Sacramental Theology, or Ritual Studies and the ability to work with sources in their original languages. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the undergraduate, graduate, and seminary programs, advise students, direct master and licentiate theses, doctoral dissertations, show evidence of the capacity to develop a strong original research agenda, and serve on committees of the school and University. Rank and salary will be determined on the basis of academic credentials and publication record.

The Catholic University of America is the national university of the Catholic Church and was founded as a center of research and scholarship. We seek candidates who understand, are enthusiastic about, and will make a significant contribution to the mission of the University, which reads as follows: “As the national university of the Catholic Church in the United States, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the Holy See, The Catholic University of America is committed to being a comprehensive Catholic and American institution of higher learning, faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ as handed on by the Church. Dedicated to advancing the dialogue between faith and reason, The Catholic University of America seeks to discover and impart the truth through excellence in teaching and research, all in service to the Church, the nation and the world.”

To apply, please send the following materials to the Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology Search Committee at [email protected]:

• cover letter,
• curriculum vitae,
• three letters of recommendation, and
• a one- to two-page personal statement indicating how your research, teaching, and service will make a distinctive contribution to the mission of the University and to the vision of Catholic education outlined in Veritatis Gaudium and the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities’ Ex Corde Ecclesiae.

Applicants who are Catholic clergy or members of a Catholic religious order must obtain a letter of endorsement from their ecclesiastical superior. Applications will begin to be reviewed in December 2021. Please send all correspondence to [email protected].

The Catholic University of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Attached to this posting is an interactive version of The Apostolic Tradition Reconstructed, which will assist readers of the printed version in visualizing the successive chronological layers in a visual manner which is complementary to the method employed in the volume, that of varying typefaces.

The interactive version has been kindly prepared by Professor David Duce BSc, PhD. Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at Oxford Brookes University and a member of the Alcuin Club.

The Draft Annual Accounts for 2020 (attached in a PDF File) have been provisionally approved by the Examiner in anticipation of approval at the AGM in 2021, along with the Draft 2019 Annual Accounts posted earlier

The Draft Annual Accounts (attached in a PDF File) have been provisionally approved by the Examiner in anticipation of approval at the AGM in 2021, the 2020 AGM having been cancelled.

On account of the Coronavirus pandemic the Alcuin Club Trustees have agreed to cancel the 2020 AGM and Festival scheduled for 20 May 2020.

Members who have paid their £12.00 lunch fee will be contacted to arrange a refund to their bank account.

The annual accounts for 2019 will be published on the web site after approval by the examiner. Formal adoption of the accounts will be postponed to the next AGM.

7 January 2020, 7pm

St John’s Waterloo, London SE1 (£12, includes a glass of wine afterwards)

This is the final event in our Visual Communion series exploring how the visual arts have shaped and are shaped by the Eucharist. The events have drawn upon ecclesiastical art, architecture, and design and each have taken place in a different regional centre. In this final lecture, Lord Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, will discuss how the Eucharist is contextualised in image and metaphor.

Chaired by the Rev’d Canon Chris Irvine.

The lecture is preceded by a short service in the church at 6pm to which all are welcome.
To book tickets in advance please visit Eventbrite
Tickets will also be available on the door.