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Matthew S.C. Olver

The Rev. Dr. Matthew S.C. Olver is assistant professor of liturgics and pastoral theology and the director of St. Mary’s Chapel at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 2014. In 2018, he completed his doctoral work at Marquette University on the influence of Hebrews on the origin and theology of the Roman Canon. Before moving to Wisconsin, he was for seven years the assistant rector of Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, and undertook his previous studies at Wheaton College and Duke Divinity School. He is married to Kristen and they have two elementary-aged children. He assists at Zion Episcopal Church, Oconomowoc, and was a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S. (ARC-USA) from 2006 to 2014, which produced Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment. He is a regular contributor to Covenant, the weblog of The Living Church, and has published in The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, The Anglican Theological Review, Nova et Vetera, Studia Liturgica, and Antiphon. He is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.

The Loss of Ritual in Coronatide

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
September 1, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, Tech, The Episcopal Church
A version of this was originally presented August 20, 2020, as part of a webinar on the role of Liturgy and Music in Formation, co-sponsored by the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP), the Anglican ... Read More...

Worship in a Time of Pandemic (Part 2)

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
March 25, 2020
Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church
By Matthew S. C. Olver Part one of this essay considered questions of administering Holy Communion during the pandemic as well as the question of whether or not to hold public worship. Today I consider the r... Read More...

Worship in a Time of Pandemic (Part 1)

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
March 24, 2020
Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church
Many bishops and dioceses have sent all manner of instructions, suggestions, and directives, and parish priests are in a difficult situation as they try and figure out how to approach this pastoral challenge, especially when it comes to worship.

Ashes to Go? Context and Rationale

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
March 5, 2019
Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
Ashes to Go can be a useful evangelistic tool, assuming that the context of the gospel in the prayer book liturgy can be legitimately maintained.

New Rites: Expansive, Inclusive, or Stifling?

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
November 14, 2018
Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
An assessment of the "expansive" liturgies passed at the 79th General Convention.

Licit Liturgical Revision for the Future

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
August 27, 2018
Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
A path to liturgical revision has been struck, but revision to the BCP is not occurring.

Did General Convention Authorize Prayer Book Revision?

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
August 24, 2018
Analysis, Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
After Convention, argument continues on what resolution A068 has done.

Leonel Mitchell, reshaped

Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver
September 21, 2017
Liturgy
Liturgical scholar Leonel Mitchell played a central role in preparing the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
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