Liturgical researcher Lea Lerch receives the "Pius-Parsch-Preis" 2021

In her work entitled "Liturgie im gesellschaftlichen Umbruch. Romano Guardinis Reformtheologie im historischen Kontext der Weimarer Republik" (Liturgy in social upheaval. Romano Guardini's reform theology in the historical context of the Weimar Republic), Lea Lerch deals with Romano Guardini and other protagonists of the liturgical movement. The work is "not only thematically in the core area of the Pius Parsch Award and deals with the work and person of Parsch, but also includes the historical contexts of the Liturgical Movement", according to a statement by the Pius Parsch Institute. The main focus is on Romano Guardini, but at the same time other protagonists of the liturgical movement, such as Pius Parsch, Odo Casel and Josef Andreas Jungmann, are also dealt with.

Lea Lerch is a fellow in the Theologische Forschungskolleg at the University of Erfurt and in the graduate centre "t³" and has been a research associate at the Chair of Liturgical Studies of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen since February 2021. Before that, she was a staff member at the Pius Parsch Institute for Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology Klosterneuburg from 2013 to 2020 and a research associate at the Chair of Liturgical Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg from 2012 to 2013. She studied Catholic theology and history at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg im Breisgau and wrote her final thesis in liturgical studies.

Congratulations on the award!