The PLI is the fruit of the collaborative ecumenical work which laid the solid theological and liturgical foundation for the renovation of the Cathedral in 2002. Prime movers in this initiation were Gordon Lathrop, then Professor of Liturgy at the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia; Andrew Ciferni, a Canon regular of Daylesford Abbey; and Richard Giles, Dean of the Cathedral.

The Institute is dedicated to the renewal of liturgy at grass roots level in the local church, and organizes special events which bring together participants from different liturgical traditions to rediscover our common heritage of Christian worship.

In 2005, the Institute received a major grant from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship to recruit and train liturgical visitors able to respond to invitations from local churches to help in the process of assessing their own experience of worship, especially for the newcomer.

For more information, please contact Linda Hollingsworth at 215.386.0234 ext. 100, or by email at lindah@philadelphiacathedral.org