Our Liturgy

Liturgy of the Ancient Celtic Church

It was important for the Ancient Celtic Church to have a Mass that dates back to before the Church of Rome expanded its influence over the territories of the Irish-Scottish Church. At the same time we feel connected to Christians of all denominations and united in prayer and mass in the one body of Christ. The Ancient Celtic Church is not defined solely by its mass, but by its Celtic spirituality. The liturgy plays a role in this, but does not prevent us from celebrating ecumenical masses, which are more in line with today's Catholic and high church structure.

One of the measuring orders of the Ancient Celtic Church is the Dissert Missal, ie the desert missal. This missal was reconstructed from liturgical texts of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, which date from the time before the Council of Nicaea. We have taken over the desert missal from the Celtic Apostolic Church (Scotland) and the Reformed Celtic Church (USA) and translated it into German.

We also use the Gallican Rite and the Celtic Mass of Mar Tugdual of Saint Dolay in our celebrations of Holy Mass. The Gallican Mass is the form of measurement that was used in the Irish-Scottish mission of southern and western Germany in the period from the 4th to the 8th centuries AD.

For celebrations in nature, we use the forest church ritual, in which the four cardinal points are also invoked.

Measurement forms of the Ancient Celtic Church:

• Sacraments for Holy Mass - Desert Missal, Gallican Rite, Celtic Mass by Mar Tugdual
• Graduale - liturgy of morning and evening prayer
• Breviary - Liturgy of the Hours
• Casualia - liturgies for baptism, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick and confession
• Pontifical - Liturgy of Holy Orders
• Forest church ritual - Ritual for services in nature
• other rituals and prayers