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Various resources will help U.S. church become familiar with new missal |
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By Catholic News Service
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 |
Priests, parish groups and individual Catholics wanting to become more familiar with the Roman Missal set to go into use in the United States Nov. 27, 2011, will be able to choose from a wealth of resources.
The U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, the Federation of
Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, and some bishops and liturgists are
rolling out a wide variety of audio, visual and print materials designed
to ease the transition from second to the third “typical edition” of
the Roman Missal.
Because the change has been anticipated for many years, most of the
resources were already available or will be soon after the Aug. 20
announcement of the U.S. implementation date on the first Sunday of
Advent in 2011.
The main resource offered by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for
parishes is the Parish Guide for the Implementation of the Roman
Missal, Third Edition.
The parish guide “is meant to be a roadmap” leading pastors and other
parish leaders from the Aug. 20 announcement to the implementation date,
said Father Richard Hilgartner, associate director of the USCCB divine
worship secretariat.
“The key time for catechesis in the parishes will be next September,
October and November,” he said. But by next spring, parishioners should
be seeing frequent bulletin announcements and should have been offered
various educational opportunities related to the new missal, he added.
The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions is offering for sale
prepackaged parish workshop kits or manuals, brochures highlighting
various aspects of the new missal and study guides for different groups.
In the works are audio guides to help priests learn the new prayers for
Mass.
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