The partnership between America Media and Fairfield University’s College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you to a lecture by The Rev. John F. Baldovin, SJ, who will address timely questions about Catholic liturgical practice. Since Vatican II, the reform of the liturgy – particularly the Mass celebrated daily and weekly at parishes around the globe – has been a lively topic of conversation, as it is here that Catholics proclaim their faith and gather for the Eucharist. That reform, Fr. Baldovin argues, is now at “a critical juncture,” one challenged and enlivened by Pope Francis’ retrieval of the spirit of Vatican II at the recently concluded Synod on Synodality. Using his deep knowledge of Scripture, Fr. Baldovin will propose that an understanding of “how God brings us together in worship” can help us to think about our practice of the liturgy in a way that is informed by Pope Francis’ synodal and liturgical vision