Droit canonique

 

    
 

Teaching Personnel

Huels, John   Huels, John
Full Professor
Program: Canon Law
Office : 231
613-751-4021
jhuels@ustpaul.ca

Research Activities: *

General Norms of Law, Liturgical Law, Ministry, Sacraments, Ecumenism

Education :

J.C.D. Catholic University of America,
M.A. Theology,
M. Div., Catholic Theological Union, Chicago

Courses taught: *

Master`s Seminar
Seminar on Chancery Practice
Doctoral Seminar: Thesis Project
General Norms 2
Liturgical Law Outside the Code
Juridic Acts

Publications: *

- Books authored

  • The Interpretation of the Law on Communion under Both Kinds. Doctoral dissertation, Canon Law Studies, No. 505. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1982. Pp. 352.

  • The Faithful of Christ. English Paraphrase of the New Canon Law Applicable to the Laity with Select Commentary. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1983. Pp. x+118.

  • One Table, Many Laws: Essays on Catholic Eucharistic Practice. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1986. Pp. 112.

  • The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry. Chicago: The Franciscan Herald Press, 1986. Pp. xi+ 355.

  • Liturgical Law: An Introduction. American Essays in Liturgy, 4. Washington D.C.: The Pastoral Press, 1987. Pp. 30.

  • Disputed Questions in the Liturgy Today. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988. Pp. vi+125.

  • The Catechumenate and the Law: A Pastoral and Canonical Commentary for the Church in the United States. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994. Pp. 1-104.

  • The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry. New Series, second edition, completely revised, updated, and expanded. Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 1995. Pp. xvii + 432.

  • More Disputed Questions in the Liturgy. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996. Pp. vi + 200.

  • The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry, third edition, revised and updated. Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 2003. Pp. xvii + 437.

  • Empowerment for Ministry: A Complete Manual on Diocesan Faculties for Priests, Deacons, and Lay Ministers. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2003. Pp. xx + 284.

  • Liturgy and Law: Liturgical Law in the System of Roman Catholic Canon Law. Montreal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2006. Pp. 249.

  • Liturgie et droit: Le droit liturgique dans le système du droit canonique de l’Église catholique. Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2007. Pp. 295.

  • (Editor). Ad justitiam promovendam: Mélanges en honneur de Mgr Roch Pagé; Festschrift in Honour of Msgr. Roch Pagé. Ottawa: Faculty of Canon Law, St. Paul University, 2007. Pp. 303.
- Articles
  • “Another Look at Lay Jurisdiction.” The Jurist 41 (1981): 59-80.

  • “The Interpretation of Liturgical Law.” Worship 55 (1981): 218-37.

  • “Communion under Both Kinds on Sundays--Is It Legal?” The Jurist 42 (1982): 70-106.

  • “Trent and the Chalice: Forerunner of Vatican II?” Worship 56 (1982): 386-400.

  • “The Cup of Blessing.” Emmanuel 89 (November 1983): 483-489.

  • “The Eucharistic Cup,” Emmanuel 89 (December 1983): 558-563.

  • “Female Altar Servers: The Legal Issues.” Worship 57 (1983): 513-525.

  • “Stipends in the New Code of Canon Law,” Worship 57 (1983): 215-224.

  • “Die Messstipendien im neuen Kirchenrecht.” Theologie der Gegenwart 27 (1984): 162-9.

  • “Stipend Intentions and the Eucharist.” Liturgy 80, 14 (October 1983): 4-6.

  • “Bread and Wine.” Emmanuel 90 (1984): 519-524.

  • “From Law to Life.” Emmanuel 90 (1984): 143-149.

  • “Use of Reason and Reception of Sacraments by the Mentally Handicapped.” The Jurist 44 (1984): 209-219.

  • “Select Questions of Eucharistic Discipline.” Proceedings of the 47th Convention of the Canon Law Society of America (New Orleans, October 15-18, 1985), 48-65. Washington DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1986.

  • “The Age of Confirmation: A Canonist's View.” Catechumenate 9 (Nov. 1987): 30-36.

  • “Canonical Perspectives on General Absolution.” Emmanuel 93 (1987): 76-83, 90-91, 103.

  • “Concelebration: Sign of Unity or Division?” Liturgy 80 18/3(April 1987):2-4.

  • “Interpreting Canon Law in Diverse Cultures.” The Jurist 47 (1987): 249-293.

  • “Restrictions on Concelebrations.” The Jurist 47 (1987): 576-578.

  • “The Role and Qualifications of Godparents.” Catechumenate 9/7 (Sept. 1987): 11-16.

  • “Canonical Comments on Concerts in Churches.” Worship 62 (1988): 165-172. Reprinted in The American Organist 22/11 (November 1988): 44-46.

  • “Lay Preaching in Canon Law,” Emmanuel, 94/5(June 1988): 244-251

  • “Participation by the Faithful in the Liturgy.” The Jurist 48 (1988): 608-637.

  • “Reducing the Number of Sunday Masses.” Emmanuel 94/7 (September 1988): 376-381, 400-401.

  • “Too Many Masses?” Catholic Digest 53/2 (December 1988): 32-34.

  • “Should the Eucharist Be Celebrated at Mixed Marriages?” Liturgy 80 19/1 (January 1988): 12-15.

  • “Who May Be Anointed?” Liturgy 80 19/4 (May-June 1988): 5-7.

  • “Confirmation 'Cathechumens.'” Catechumenate 11 (January 1989): 37.

  • “The Correction and Punishment of a Diocesan Bishop.” The Jurist 49 (1989): 507-542.

  • “Eucharistic Reservation in Special Circumstances.” FDLC Newsletter (Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions) 16/4 (July-August 1989): 29-32. Reprinted with some changes in Emmanuel 97/5 (June 1991): 284-289.

  • “The Ministry of the Divine Word (Canons 756-761).” Studia Canonica 23 (1989): 325-344.

  • “Preparing and Celebrating the Paschal Feasts.” Worship 63 (1989): 71-79.

  • “Response to Arthur Kubick's Article on Confirmation.” Catechumenate 2/1 (January 1989): 37.

  • “Be Sure to Read the Footnotes.” Pastoral Music 14/3 (February-March 1990): 67-68.

  • “Focus on Canon Law: The Profession of Faith and the Oath of Fidelity Revisited.” New Theology Review 3 (May 1990): 79-84.

  • “Options for Eucharistic Reservation.” FDLC Newsletter (Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions), 17/3 (May-June 1990): 17-20. Reprinted in Emmanuel 98 (1992) 506-509, 512.

  • “Sunday Liturgies without a Priest.” Worship 64 (1990): 451-460.

  • “The Sunday Mass Obligation, Past and Present.” Chicago Studies, 29 (November 1990): 262-276.

  • “What Time for Anticipated Masses?” Emmanuel 96/1 (January-February 1990): 34-41. [co-authored with Thomas S. Willis]

  • “Daily Mass: Law and Spirituality.” Review for Religious 50 (July/August 1991): 572-578.

  • “Eucharistic Reservation in Special Circumstances.” Emmanuel 97/5 (June 1991): 284-289. Based on article in FDLC Newsletter 16/4 (July-August 1989): 29-32.

  • “The Law on Lay Preaching: Interpretation and Implementation.” In Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Convention (Washington, DC: CLSA, 1991): 61-79.

  • “The Liturgy of the Hours: Clerical Obligation, Prayer of the Whole Church.” In Emmanuel 97/4 (May 1991): 206-209, 224-225.

  • “Nonreception of Canon Law by the Community.” In New Theology Review 4 (May 1991): 47-61.

  • “Options for Eucharistic Reservation.” Emmanuel 98 (1992) 506-509, 512. Reprint of same in FDLC Newsletter (Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions), 17/3 (May-June 1990): 17-20.

  • “The Law on the Imprimatur.” Modern Liturgy 21 (March, 1994) 20-22.

  • “Preparation for the Sacraments: Faith, Rights, Law.” Studia canonica 28 (1994) 33-58.

  • “What Became of Exemption?” CMSM Forum, n. 66 (Spring, 1994) 8-16.

  • “The Demise of Religious Exemption.” The Jurist 54 (1994) 40-55.

  • “Penance, Canon Law, and Pastoral Practice.” Liturgical Ministry 4 (Winter, 1995) 31-36

  • “The 1993 Ecumenical Directory: Theological Values and Juridical Norms.” The Jurist 56 (1996) 391-426.

  • “The 1993 Ecumenical Directory and the Eastern Churches.” Logos 37 (1996) 75-92.

  • “Interpreting an Instruction Approved in forma specifica.” Studia Canonica 32 (1998) 5-46.

  • “Back to the Future: The Role of Custom in a World Church.” Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Convention. Washington: CLSA, 1997. Pp. 1-25

  • “Quoi de nouveau dans l’Instruction sur le ministère laïc?” L’Église canadienne 31 (1998) 233-239.

  • “Lay Preaching and the 1997 Vatican Instruction on Lay Ministry.” Celebrate! 37 (September-October, 1998) 11-16. [This article was awarded first place in the best article category for 1998 by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.]

  • “A Theory of Juridical Documents Based on Canons 29-34.” Studia Canonica 32 (1998) 337-370.

  • “Sunday Mass and the June 29, 1998 Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II.” Celebrate! 38, no. 1 (January-February, 1999) 6-9.

  • “Liturgical Issues in the Diocese.” Studia Canonica 33 (1999) 83-112.

  • “Laity–Called to Preach?” Our Family 50, no. 6 (June, 1999) 35-39.

  • “Communion: To Bless or Not to Bless.” Celebrate! 38, no. 5 (September-October, 1999) 7-10. Co-authored with John G. Hibbard.

  • “The Place for the Tabernacle in the Current Law.” Antiphon 4, no. 3 0 (1999) 25-28.

  • “Communal Celebrations and the Clerical Obligation to Recite the Liturgy of the Hours.” National Bulletin on Liturgy 32 (1999) 182-184.

  • “A New Policy for Sacramental Sharing for Canadian Dioceses.” Celebrate! 39, n. 3 (May-June, 2000) 24-29.

  • “Assessing the Weight of Documents on the Liturgy.” Worship 74 (2000) 117-135.

  • “The Tabernacle in Canon Law.” Environment and Art Letter 13 (2000) 55-58.

  • “Sacramental Sharing in Mixed Marriages: The Policy for Canadian Dioceses.” Celebrate! 38, n. 4 (July-August, 2000) 24-28.

  • “Une politique sur le partage des sacrements avec des protestants pour les diocèses du Canada.” L’Église canadienne 33 (2000) 187-193.

  • “Principles of Liturgical Adaptation in Light of Justice and Forgiveness.” Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the Sixty-First Annual Convention.Washington: CLSA, 1999. Pp. 1-25

  • “Q and A.” [On the use of Latin in the English liturgy] In Rite 31, no. 6 (August/September, 2000) 3.

  • “A Policy on Canon 844, §4 for Canadian Dioceses.” Studia canonica 34 (2000) 91-118.

  • “Christmas Eve Schedules” [co-authored with John G. Hibbard]. Celebrate! 38, no. 5 (September-October, 2000) 8-10.

  • “Looking at Liturgical Law.” Celebrate! 39, no. 5 (September-October, 2000) 25-29.

  • “Canon Law Professor Looks at the GIRM.” We Believe! (November 2000) 3-4.

  • “The Tabernacle in Canon Law: The New GIRM.” Environment and Art Letter 13, no. 10 (December, 2000) 148-152.

  • “The Revised Institutio Generalis of the Roman Missal and the Conference of Bishops.” Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions Newsletter 27, no. 6 (December 2000 - January 2001) 1-4.

  • “Developments in Liturgical Law Since the 1983 Code.” Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference. Narrabundah, A.C.T., October 23-26, 2000, pp. 24-38.

  • “The Power of Governance and its Exercise by Lay Persons.” Ibid., pp. 39-54.

  • “Suppression of Parishes and Related Canonical Issues.” Ibid., pp. 61-67.

  • “Liturgiam authenticam: Canonical Observations.” Rite 32, no. 6 (August/September 2001) 12-13.

  • “The Power of Governance and Its Exercise by Lay Persons: A Juridical Approach.” Studia Canonica 35 (2001) 59-96.

  • “Pastoral Aids for Ministry to the Sick and Dying.” Vision 11, no. 8 (August/September 2001) 5-6. [Newsletter of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, Milwaukee]

  • “The New General Instruction of the Roman Missal: Subsidiarity or Uniformity?” Worship 75 (2001) 482-511.

  • “Canonical Notes on Liturgiam authenticam.” Celebrate! 41, no. 1 (January 2002) 24-27.

  • “Ministry to the Sick and Dying in View of the Shortage of Priests.” Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Convention. Washington: Canon Law Society of America, 2001. Pages 127-146.

  • “The Selection of Bishops: Recovering the Traditions.” The Jurist 59 (1999) 348-376. Co-authored with Richard Gaillardetz.

  • “Can Priests Forbid Girls To Serve Mass?” Celebrate! 41, no. 4 (July-August 2002) 4-5.

  • “Permissions, Authorizations and Faculties in Canon Law.” Studia Canonica 36 (2002) 25-58.

  • “Special Questions on the Diaconate.” Liturgical Ministry 13 (Winter 2004) 1-9.

  • “Determining the Correct Canonical Rules for Ambiguous Administrative Acts.” Studia Canonica 37 (2003) 5-54.

  • “Redemptionis Sacramentum–A Canonical Perspective.” Liturgy, vol. 29, no. 2 (July 2004) 11-13. [Published by the Diocese of Auckland, NZ]

  • “Canonical Observations on Redemptionis Sacramentum.” Worship 78 (2004) 404-420.

  • “The Juridic Status of Catholic Faculties of Theology: Overview of the Universal Law.” Studia Canonica 37 (2003) 301-322.

  • “Privilege, Faculty, Indult, Derogation: Diverse Uses and Disputed Questions.” The Jurist 63 (2003) 213-253.

  • “Constitutive Law and Juridic Institutes.” Ius Ecclesiae [published by Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Rome] 16 (2004) 711-739.

  • “A Juridical Notion of Sacramentals.” Studia Canonica 38 (2004) 345-368. Reprinted in Patrick Cogan (ed.), Sacerdotes iuris: Miscellanea in Honour of William H. Woestman, O.M.I. Ottawa: Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, 2005, pages 141-164.

  • “Recent Roman Documents: Redemptionis Sacramentum.” In 40th Annual Convention of the Canadian Canon Law Society (proceedings), Saskatoon, SK, 26-29 September 2005, pages 63-70.

  • “The Ministers of Sacramentals.” The Jurist 65 (2005) 338-385.

  • “Categories of Indispensable and Dispensable Laws.” Studia Canonica 39 (2005) 41-73.

  • “New Eucharistic Discipline in the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum and the Need for a Reform of Canons 29-34.” Studies in Church Law 2 (2006) 33-59.

  • “The Supply of the Faculty to Confirm in Common Error.” Studia canonica 40 (2006) 293-348.
- Contributions to Edited Volumes

  • New Law and Life: 60 Practical Questions and Answers on the New Code of Canon Law, ed. Elissa Rinere: “Communion and Non-Catholics,” pp. 12-13; “Confession before Communion,” pp. 19-20, “First Penance and First Communion,” p 21; and “Anointing the Sick,” p. 25. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1985.

  • “The Most Holy Eucharist.” In The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary Commissioned by the Canon Law Society of America, ed. James A. Coriden, Thomas J. Green, and Donald E. Heintschel, 643-672. New York: Paulist Press, 1985.

  • “Parish Life and the New Code.” In Concilium vol. 185: Canon Law--Church Reality ed. James Provost and Knut Walf, 64-72. Edinburgh: T & T Clark Ltd, 1986.

  • “The Role of Canon Law in Light of Lumen Gentium.” In With Oars and Sails, Book One: The Ministry of Governance, ed. James K. Mallett, 98-120. Washington DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1986.

  • The New Dictionary of Theology, ed. Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins, and Dermot Lane, “Absolution,: pp. 6-7; “Confession,” pp. 87-88; “Validity,” pp. 1068-1069. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1987.

  • “Canonical Qualifications of Sponsors and Godparents.” In Finding and Forming Sponsors and Godparents, ed. James A. Wilde, 5-12. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.

  • “Redress of Grievances.” In A Catholic Bill of Rights, ed. Leonard Swidler and Herbert O'Brien, 66-68. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1988.

  • New Catholic Encyclopedia, “Canon Law, General Norms,” vol. 18, pp. 67-68. Washington DC: Catholic University of America, 1989.

  • The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship, ed. Peter E. Fink. “Chalice, Modes of Distribution of,” pp. 175-176; “Communion under Both Kinds,” pp. 240-241; “Law, Liturgical,” pp. 661-669; “Marriage Tribunal,” pp. 773-775. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1990.

  • “General Introduction.” The Liturgy Documents, 3rd ed. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1991. Pp. ix-xiv

  • “Introduction to This Holy and Living Sacrifice.” In The Liturgy Documents, 3rd ed. Chicago, Liturgy Training Publications, 1991. Pp. 250-251.

  • “Validity of the Bread.” In The Communion Rite at Sunday Mass, by Gabe Huck (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1989): 80.

  • “Liturgy, Inclusive Language, and Canon Law.” In Living No Longer for Ourselves: Liturgy and Justice in the Nineties, ed. Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ and Mark R. Francis, CSV, 138-152. Collegeville, MN: the Liturgical Press, 1991.

  • “Canon Law, Spirituality in” and “Law.” In The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Edited by Michael Downey. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993. Pages 110-114; 588-589.

  • “Canonical Rights to the Sacraments.” In Developmental Disabilities and Sacramental Access: New Paradigms for Sacramental Encounters. Edited by Edward Foley, Capuchin. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1994. Pages 94-115.

  • In The Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Richard McBrien, general editor. San Francisco: Harper, 1995. The following entries:
    Acta Apostolicae Sedis, p. 13;
    Acta Sanctae Sedis, p. 13;
    altar bread, p. 37;
    altar wine, p. 38;
    camerlengo, pp. 212-213;
    canon [title], p. 217;
    canonical penance, p. 218;
    canonist, p. 218;
    canons regular, p. 223;
    celebret, p. 289;
    Clementines, p. 323;
    clergy, p. 323;
    coat of arms, pp. 325-326;
    Code of Canon Law, p. 326;
    coronation, papal, p. 369;
    decretal, p. 404;
    Decretum Gratianum, p. 404;
    dedication of churches, p. 405;
    desecration, p. 411;
    ember days, p. 463;
    eminence, p. 464;
    honorary prelate of his holiness, p. 638;
    mustum, p. 898;
    plenary council, p. 1007;
    prelature, personal, p. 1045;
    prior, p. 1053;
    prioress, p. 1053;
    sacrilege, pp. 1151-1152.

  • “Law: Pastoral-Liturgical Tradition.” In The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Carroll Stuhlmueller. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996. Pages 547-549.

  • “From Practice to Law.” In From Life to Law. Ed. James Provost and Knut Walf. Concilium 1996/5. Maryknoll, NJ: Orbis, 1996. Pages 22-28. French: “De la pratique au droit,” in Concilium, n. 267 (1966) 37-46; Italian: “Dalla vita alla lege,” in Concilium 5/1996 (Brescia: Queriniana) 41-50; Dutch: “Van pratijk naar wet,” in Concilium 5/1996, pp. 30-37; German: “Von der Praxis zum Gesetz,” Concilium 32 (1996) 397-402.

  • Commentaries in: New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law Commissioned by the Canon Law Society of America. Edited by John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, and Thomas J. Green. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000. “Introduction to Book I,” “Introductory Canons [cc. 1-6], “Ecclesiastical Laws [cc. 7-22],” “Custom [cc. 23-28],” pp. 47-96; “The Most Holy Eucharist [cc. 897-958],” pp. 1095-1137; “Other Acts of Divine Worship [cc. 1166-1204],” “Sacred Places and Times [cc. 1205-1253],” pp. 1400-1448.

  • “Ministers and Rites for the Sick and Dying: Canon Law and Pastoral Options.” In Recovering the Riches of Anointing: A Study of the Sacrament of the Sick. Edited by Genevieve Glen. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2002. Pages 83-112.

  • Preface to Theoretical and Practical Understanding of the Integral Reordering of Canon Law. By Patricia Smith. Roman Catholic Studies, vol. 16. Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, UK: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. Pages i-iii.

  • “Law and Worship: Roman Catholic.” In The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship. Edited by Paul Bradshaw. Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Pages 271-272.

  • “Liturgical laws, authority of,” in New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2 ed., Detroit: Thomson Gale and Washington: The Catholic University of America, 2003, vol. 8, pp. 669-670.

  • “Religious, exemption of,” in ibid., vol. 12, pp. 93-94.


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