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The church of the future will be inclusive, liberating, pluralistic and inculturated. I am drafting model liturgical resources for such a church. These include re-visioned lectionary readings, baptism, mystagogy and baptismal renewal, eucharist, morning and evening prayer and marriage.
In addition I am exploring new liturgical needs and opportunities. Some such liturgies would be for the use of households or other small groups, or for particular occasions. At present these include liturgies of lament, the blessing of households, a rite for protection against violence, and a liturgical approach to engagement and formation for marriage. Work has begun on liturgies of anointing with perfumed oil, footwashing, daily prayers of blessing and thanksgiving, and others.
Recent Documents 
- Abuse of Children: Liturgy of Lament
- Blessing of an Artist's Studio and Anointing of the Artist with Perfumed Oil
- Thanksgiving over Water: A Celebration of Holy Wisdom
- The Fountain of Life: Thanksgiving over Water
- Re-visioning a Rite of Affirmation of Baptism for the Sunday Eucharist
- Inclusive Prayers of Thanksgiving over Water: Resources and Models
- An Inclusive Thanksgiving over Chrism (Perfumed Oil)
- Prayers over Oil and Perfumed Oil: Biblical Resources
- Liturgical Prayer and Civil Marriage
- Images of God, Christ and Holy Spirit: Resources for Prayer
- Re-visioning the Lectionary for the Easter Season
- Re-visioning the Lectionary for Lent
- Re-visioning the Good Friday Liturgy
- Veneration of the Cross (Good Friday): Alternative Models
- An Inclusive Litany of the Saints
- Baptism and First Eucharist: A Model Liturgy
- Christian Initiation of Infants: A Model Liturgy
- Sharing in the Ministry of Jesus Christ: Liturgies for Post-Baptismal Catechesis and for Baptismal Renewal
- Order of Christian Marriage: Engagement and Formation for Christian Marriage
- Blessing of Households and Dedication of the Domestic Church
- Protection of Children against Violence: Liturgies of Anointing
Recent Publications
- Prayer Book for Remembering the Women: Four Seven-Day Cycles
of Prayer: Anointing Women, Women Evangelists and Apostles, Holy Wisdom,
The Creator and Creation
Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2001, 186 pp. - Remembering the Women: Women's Stories from Scripture for
Sundays and Festivals
Compiled and edited by J. Frank Henderson
Foreword by Marjorie Procter-Smith
Essays by Jean Campbell OSH, Ruth Fox OSB and Eileen Schuller OSU
Art by Luba Lukova
Published by Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL 60622-1101, 1999
Previous Publications
- Liturgy Clinic
Modern Worship, vol. 9, no. 5 (August 1982) 14
Modern Worship, vol. 9, no. 6 (September 1982) 14 - Liturgies for Small Groups [theme of issue]
National Bulletin on Liturgy, vol. 22, no. 116 (March 1989) - Liturgies in the Home [theme of issue]
National Bulletin on Liturgy, vol. 28, no. 141 (Summer 1995)
Liturgies of Lament
Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994, 92 pp. - Lament for Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(by J. Frank Henderson and David Philippart)
Liturgy 90, vol. 26, no. 5 (July 1995) 13-15 - Solidarity Day Liturgical Celebrations
(by Kathleen Quinn and J. Frank Henderson)
Toronto: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Annually, 1990 to 1998.