by Fr. Matthew Ernest | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Clergy, religious, and lay faithful are invited to attend two courses on sacred music this summer at Saint Joseph’s Seminary. Principles of Sacred Music will be taught in a “hybrid” format, with an online component taking place from June 4-July 22...
by Fr. Matthew Ernest | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The USCCB’s Divine Worship Secretariat has announced the approval of several ritual editions of a “Book of the Chair,” which is entitled Excerpts from the Roman Missal. This ritual book contains only those prayer texts which are used at Mass by the...
by Fr. Matthew Ernest | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
As announced in the March edition of Liturgy Update, the first Spanish-language Roman Missal approved specifically for use in the United States will begin to be published in May of this year. The base text of the Misal Romano, Tercera Edición is taken from the...
by Fr. Matthew Ernest | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
On February 11, 2018, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments inscribed a new obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into the General Roman Calendar. This memorial will be celebrated every year on the...
by Fr. Matthew Ernest | May 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Since the publication of the revised Order of Celebrating Matrimony [OCM] in 2016, the Liturgy Office has regularly received questions concerning the options for Scriptural readings at wedding celebrations. The OCM foresees the possibility of proclaiming two or three...
