School of Canon Law

The Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture Series

The Third Annual Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture - October 22, 2009

Speaker: The Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, S.T.D., S.S.L
Bishop of the Diocese of Erie, PA

Topic: The Language of the New Missal in light of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Time and Location: 4:00 PM, Caldwell Auditorium
Reception to follow

For more information, please contact The School of Canon Law.
202-319-5492
cua-canonlaw@cua.edu

Biographical Note

Msgr. Frederick R. McManus, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston and professor emeritus of The Catholic University of America, died on November 27, 2005 in Boston, Mass., athe age of 82, of heart failure.

Msgr. McManus began his undergraduate studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. before attending St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass. where he received a B.A. in 1947. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston that same year. Msgr. McManus continued his studies in canon law at The Catholic University of America where he received the J.C.B. degree in 1952, the J.C.L. in 1953, and the J.C.D. in 1954.

From 1954 to 1957 Msgr. McManus served as a professor of Canon Law and Moral Theology at St. John's Seminary. He joined the faculty at Catholic University in 1958 and filled many roles at the university during his tenure. He served as Dean of the School of Canon Law from 1967 to 1973, as Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies from 1974 to 1983, and as Academic Vice President from 1983 to 1985. Msgr. McManus retired in 1993, but continued to teach until 1997 as a professor emeritus.

Msgr. Frederick R. McManus was a distinguished canonist and a major expert in the postconciliar reform and renewal of the Roman Catholic Liturgy. He initiated a graduate program in liturgical studies and participated in ecumenical dialogues at both national and international levels. A peritus at the Second Vatican Council, he was involved in the implementation of the Sacred Liturgy, and assisted with the establishment of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). Msgr. McManus received awards too numerous to list from universities, professional societies, commissions, and associations that recognized his unique and scholarly contributions to the liturgical prayer of the Church.

Previous McManus Lectures

The Second Annual Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Rev. R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B., S.T.L., J.C.D.
"Liturgy and Ecclesiastical Law: Some Canonical and Pastoral Challenges"

The Inaugural Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel
"Liturgy, Forty Years after Vatican II"

The School of Canon Law hosts an annual Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture. This lecture series is supported through the generosity of family and friends of Msgr. McManus. Contributions can be made to the McManus Memorial Fund, School of Canon Law. For more information, please call the School of Canon Law, 202-319-5492, or e-mail cua-canonlaw@cua.edu.