Fr Andrew Wadsworth has been appointed by the Holy See as General Secretary of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and Executive Director of the ICEL Secretariat in Washington DC, to take up post from September 2009. This is very good news. Fr Wadsworth has taken a leading role in England in promoting the worthy celebration of the liturgy in both the usus recentior and the usus antiquior. With regard to the latter, he played a leading role in the two highly successful training conferences for clergy at Merton College, Oxford.Fr Wadsworth (47) is a priest of the Archdiocese of Westminster, ordained in 1990. He has Masters degrees in Italian and Theology, and is an accomplished musician. He has taught Latin, Greek and Italian as well as fulfilling various pastoral responsibilities, including parish work and hospital chaplaincy. He has most recently been Catholic Chaplain at Harrow School as well as teaching Italian there. As well has having good Latin and Greek, Fr Wadsworth speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and some German.
Now that the new translation of the Missale Romanum is almost complete, ICEL will be moving on to new translation projects (for example, the texts for the other sacraments) and will continue to work in accord with Liturgiam Authenticam. It is good to know that Fr Wadsworth will be involved with this work.
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Any word on where he stands with regard to the problem that ICEL charges to print the Mass?
Fr. Tim,
It's good to see that the Holy Father is clearly able to telent-spot gifted English priests who are neither magical nor circular, and elevate them to senior positions. Long may it continue.
This is excellent news.
This is excellent news! His first Mass still ranks as one of the most dignified and beautiful celebrations of the Holy Sacrifice I have ever attended, some nineteen years later.
But isn't that Bruce Willis in your photo?
Jeffrey - I don't know where he stands on that specific issue.
Congratulations to Fr Wadsworth.
This news was on the grapevine in January and published in the Tablet at the end of that month. Not sure why Fr F is posting it only now.
Well yes, typical Tablet "it seems" piece with rather snitchy comment that "Certain liturgical eyebrows are being raised."
Of course it has been in the wind for some time. Posting it here at this time because it is confirmed.
The Bitter Pill's report on Fr Wadsworth's appointment describes him as a "Tridentine Cleric", which, I think, says more about them than it does about him!
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