New movements and their liturgy focusing on the Eve of Sunday

Title: New movements and their liturgy focusing on the Eve of Sunday In its first part, the thesis deals with the phenomenon of the liturgical celebration of the Eve of Sunday and with its importance and development from the beginning of the church. It also discusses here in general the phenomenon of the new movements emerging after the Second Vatican Council, their influence on the renewal of the church and on the implementation of the lay apostolate. In its second part, the thesis brings a description of the chosen movements - the Community of the Beatitudes, the Neocatechumenal Way and the ecumenical community of the brothers of Taizé - regarding their distinctive celebration of the Eve of Sunday. This part brings also a description of their celebration of the liturgy of the Eve of Sunday itself: of the Vespers of resurrection, the Sunday Eucharist and the Light celebration. In the last, third part, the thesis gives a analysis on the common moments of the liturgical celebration of the Eve of Sunday from the theological-liturgical and also from the pastoral point of view. Keywords: new movements; Eve of Sunday; history of the liturgy; The Community of the Beatitudes; The Neocatechumenal Way; Taiz