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Recognitio 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…
Read moreRIP Richard Hillert
Lutheran composer Richard Hillert passed away February 18th. He was Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at Concordia University Chicago. He wrote many articles and composed many hymns and pieces of service music, among which is the widely used “This is the Feast of Victory.”
Read moreA Comment on Comments
Pray Tell’s editorial committee had a great meeting this week. Interesting questions like these came up: …
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