Adoremus is partnering with Christendom College in founding the Institute for Liturgical Formation. July 2025 saw a successful start (read more about it here)—and we are looking forward to forming faithful liturgists for parishes and dioceses once again this coming summer.
The Institute for Liturgical Formation includes 12 courses offered in person over a three-year cycle during summers, leading to a concentration in sacred liturgy for the Master of Arts degree. A graduate certificate in liturgy is also available; it comprises the courses required for the degree concentration in sacred liturgy but does not require core coursework or comprehensive examinations. For those pursuing the MA degree, core courses can be completed conveniently online through livestreamed or asynchronous means.
In addition to coursework, the summer sessions include communal Lauds, Mass, Vespers, Compline—all sung—as well as a Eucharistic Holy Hour.
The 2026 Institute spans four weeks, from June 29 to July 24. Courses are offered in two consecutive two-week sessions. The following courses will be taught by Adoremus contributors in the summer of 2026:
- The Sacraments of Initiation (Fr. Dennis Gill)
- Liturgical Time: The Calendar and Divine Office (Christopher Carstens)
- Liturgical History: From the Last Supper through the Liturgical Movement (Fr. Donald Anstoetter)
- Sacraments of Healing and of Service (Dr. Owen Vyner)
The cost for the summer is $5,924 and includes tuition (covering both sessions, 4 weeks in total), registration fee, double-occupancy room, and three meals per day.
If your parish or diocese has need of liturgical support, please consider sending a student to the program or sharing this page. Those seeking ongoing liturgical formation for themselves are also encouraged to consider joining the 2026 class this summer. For further information, the application process begins here.
Pope Leo XIV recently stated in an address: “We are well aware that liturgical formation is one of the main themes of the entire conciliar and post-conciliar journey. Much progress has been made, but there is still a long way to go. Let us not tire: let us enthusiastically resume the good initiatives inspired by the reform and, at the same time, seek new ways and new methods.” The Institute for Liturgical Formation—like Adoremus—is built to carry forward this exact mission.
