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The Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission is an association of people in the The Episcopal Church in the United States, the Anglican Church of Canada, and sister churches who share a passion for liturgy that is well done, appropriate to the culture and context, and revelatory of God's lively mission in the world.

  • Members of APLM played a major role in drafting and promoting the Book of Common Prayer in ECUSA, and the Book of Alternative Services in Canada.
  • APLM played a major role in the reestablishment of the Eucharist’s primacy in worship and parish life amongst North American Anglicans
  • The organization has championed the centrality of baptism as the foundation for Christian ministry and has worked for the restoration of the Catechumenate within the life of the church
  • APLM has been a major advocate of the recovery of a distinctive deaconate in ordained ministry

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Baptismal Theology

  • APLM played an important role in the work of the most recent General Convention of the Episcopal Church, advancing an agenda based upon the implications of baptism’s centrality in the church’s life, ministry and mission, and responsive to major issues currently facing the Anglican Communion
  • APLM and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori are continuing to jointly sponsor a national consultation on the implications of baptismal theology as it is envisioned by the Book of Common Prayer (USA) and the Book of Alternative Services (Canada). These gatherings include liturgical scholars and practitioners, bishops, parish clergy and Christian educators representing the diversity of the Church. The aim of the consultation is to provide educational resources to equip people to fully implement in parish and diocesan life the baptismal vision long championed by APLM.

Inculturation of Liturgy
The most recent APLM Council was held May 6-11, 2009 at the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio. One major focus of this meeting was inculturation with The Rev. James "Jake" Empereur, S.J. as a presenter. Jake is vicar and liturgist at the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. He was for many years a professor of systematic and liturgical theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union.

APLM Colloquium
The inaugural Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission Colloquium took place on November 6, 2008 at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA. The Rev. Dr. Paul Bradshaw was the featured speaker. Dr. Bradshaw has taught at the University of Notre Dame since 1985 and is acknowledged as one of the foremost liturgical scholars not only in the Anglican Communion, but throughout the Christian world. He has also published extensively on the subject of Christian liturgy, having written or edited more than 20 books and over 90 essays or articles. His major books include Daily Prayer in the Early Church, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship, and Eucharistic Origins.

His topic for the address was "The Liturgical Movement: Gains and Losses." Dr. Bradshaw also sat in with students at a seminar for liturgical specialists, preached on William Temple on the latter's feast day, and delivered his address relating some of the history of the liturgical movement, with its successes and shortcomings, and finally answered many questions in both the closing part of the proceedings, and an informal questions thereafter. A video of the talk will be linked at this website when it becomes available.

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Associated Parishes offers its own Associated Parishes Blog and the Associated Parishes Online Network as two ways for you to stay connected and keep the conversation going.

What is Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission?

Founded in 1946, the Council of Associated Parishes functions as a kind of "liturgical think tank", studying, imagining, and sharing our experiences of different expressions of liturgy.

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