Boniface Joseph Luykx (6 February 1915 – 11 April 2004) was a

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priest in

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, a

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liturgical expert, and a founder/Hegumen of a

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monastery in Northern

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. A polyglot, he had a photographic memory and was instrumental in the motivation and preparation for

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Books

* ''Culte chrétien en Afrique après Vatican II'' * "Failure of the Liturgical Reform. 'It wasn't supposed to be like this!" (3 audio cassettes) * ''Eastern Monasticism and the Future of the Church'', Basileos Press, CT

Biographical books

* Luykx, Boniface; Chirovsky, Andriy (2002) ''Following the Star from the East: Essays in Honour of Archimandrite Boniface Luykx''.

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, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

External links

Eulogy for Archimandrite Boniface
Liturgists Second Vatican Council Luykx 1915 births 2004 deaths Belgian priests {{RC-clergy-stub