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Rita’s Reward, “Virgil and the Vigil”
Congratulations to Rita Ferrone for the Award of Merit for her article, “Virgil & the Vigil: The Bees Are Back in the Exsultet,” in Commonweal.
Read moreCode of Conduct for Catholics on the Internet
This Code of Conduct for Catholics…on the Internet from Catholic Youth Work is very good.
Read moreRecognitio Granted
The Bishops of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy [ICEL] join me in welcoming the announcement of the approval by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments of the definitive English text of the Third Edition of The Roman Missal. This news ushers in the final phase of preparation for the publication and implementation of the Missal in our eleven member Bishops’ Conferences and the many other territories where the sacred liturgy is habitually celebrated in English.
Read moreNew Grail psalm translation now approved
“I am happy to inform you that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has granted the recognitio for the Revised Grail Psalter by the Monks of Conception Abbey for liturgical use in the Dioceses of the United States, which has been approved by the Latin Church members of the USCCB in November, 2008.”
Read moreOpen Invitation: Holy Week at Your Place
We’d love to know about your celebration of the sacred mysteries this week.
Read moreLTP Website: Revised Roman Missal
Liturgy Training Publications has launched an impressive website for the implementation of the revised Roman Missal – news, resources, workshops, blogs, FAQs, and more. Check it out!
Read moreLA Religious Ed Congress
The inclusion of liturgical topics says something very positive about the renewal of the RCC since V2. The style appears to be decidely more “contemporary” than “traditional,” which is no big surprise.
Read moreCollegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy and the Arts
Wow, there’s a lot going on in Collegeville this summer. CCMLA, June 21-24, “New Music, New Texts: Preparing for a New Missal.”
Read moreHow, Pray Tell, Did We Name Our Blog?
Lex orandi lex credendi, the slogan goes. The law of prayer is the law of faith. The way we pray determines what we believe. Liturgy comes before doctrine. Here in Collegeville we’ve long supported the vernacular. Already in 1951 we renamed Orate Fratres, our liturgical journal, Worship. And now we’d like to think…
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