Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal, Part I Sandy Dooley, D. Todd Williamson, Stan Zerkowski, Paul Turner, Fr. John Mark Klaus, and Peter Finn

Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal, Part I, provides pastoral staff with information and resources for the first steps in laying the foundation in the parish for the revised texts of the Mass. This resource helps the parish staff understand the revised texts, acquaints them with stories of parishes that have begun to catechize, and points to ways that the costs of new hymnals and the Missal can be managed in the budget. Additionally, it provides a sample homily and pastoral letter to introduce the changes. Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal, Part I, will guide pastoral ministers as they begin catechizing parishioners about the revised English texts of the Mass with informative articles from leading authors in liturgy and catechesis.

This resource includes:

• Background on the translation process
• Ideas for how to communicate with parishioners and staff
• Timeline for preparation
• Sample homily 
• Sample pastoral letter
• Examples of liturgical catechesis about the missal from other parishes
• Ways to budget for catechesis, ritual books, new music, and other resources for implementation
• Information on resources from
  • Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship
  • Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
  • National Association of Pastoral Musicians
  • Publishers of liturgical music and books

• Additional materials that may be downloaded for FREE on
  www.revisedromanmissal.org

See what people are saying about this new resource:
  
"For those who do not know where to start, this book provides an annotated road map to plot your course of action in presenting the revised Roman Missal to your parish community. It includes information for everyone involved in the planning from the liturgical ministers to the budget director in the parish office."

--Rosanne Belepedio, CSJ, director of the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

"The translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal provides a rich opportunity to catechize the faithful about the Mass. With Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal Part I, Liturgy Training Publications offers a thorough resource for parish leaders to not only help the assembly receive the third edition but to go deeper in their understanding of the Mass itself."

--Rev. Frank Coady, director of the Office of Worship of the Diocese of Salina, Kansas

Saddle stitched, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8, 32 pages 

For information and FREE resources about the new words at Mass, please visit www.RevisedRomanMissal.org.

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