Boston College Front Row

Keith Pecklers, SJ, Gasson Chair, describes 50 years of historical background, including discussions within the Vatican, that culminated in major liturgical changes approved in 1963. Fr. Pecklers is a professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Rome and author of several books including The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America: 1926-1955 (The Liturgical Press, 1998) and Liturgy in a Postmodern World (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006).