Welcome to Worship

A peer-reviewed, international ecumenical journal for the study of liturgy and liturgical renewal. Founded in 1926 by Virgil Michel, OSB, and the monks of Saint John's Abbey, Worship is published four times a year in Collegeville, Minnesota.

To celebrate 90 years of ecumenical work, Worship has been redesigned to make the journal easier to read in depth and efficiently browse and scan, providing an improved reader experience in both digital and print formats.

Features of New Design:

Modern cover design
Clean, easier-to-read content
Available in four-color, introducing a contemporary aesthetical presence and allowing for images throughout
Emphasis on familiar features like “Amen Corner”, essays, and book reviews

Worship continues to be the leading worldwide, ecumenical liturgical journal that combines the highest standards of scholarship with practical pastoral applications for the churches in the twenty-first century.

+ R. William Franklin, Bishop of Western New York, The Episcopal Church

In holding together the engagement with liturgy nourished by faith and a commitment to liturgical studies rooted in scholarly tools of inquiry, Worship has served both the church and the academy exceedingly well.

Teresa Berger, Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Divinity School

Worship is a proof of the ecumenical impact of the liturgy and shows how the liturgy can serve the rediscovery of the unity of faith.

Community of Bose, Italy

Worship provides a valuable nexus for scholars of the highest caliber to explore liturgical issues pertinent to today’s church and world.

Clare Johnson, Australian Catholic University

A must-read for anyone seriously interested in liturgy, Worship offers an always fresh, ecumenical perspective.

Paul Meyendorff, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, Yonkers, NY