Roman Missal, Third Edition

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1. Pentecost Notes
2. Navigating the Roman Missal
3. Holy Week and the New Roman Missal
4. Large Print Missals
5. General Information on the Missal 
6. Music and the New Missal 
7. 2011 Bulletin Article Series 
8. Easter Octave Formation Days follow-up and support 
9. Publishers of the Third Edition of the Missal  
10. Advent 2010 Bulletin Inserts 
11. Roman Missal on the Radio

Navigating the Roman Missal

1. Advent
2. Christmas Time
3. Ordinary Time: Winter
4. Lent
5. Holy Week
6. Music for Holy Week and Triduum
7. Holy Thursday
8. Good Friday
9. Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil
    

Pentecost Notes

1. Sequence: Incorporate the Pentecost Sequence in a meaningful way: revisit this blog post. 
2. Remember that the new Missal provides a fantastic option for an extended vigil at Pentecost. Do yourself and your parish a favor and pray with the readings for the Pentecost Vigil this year. You can use any or all of the readings in an Easter-Vigil-like celebration. Look over one commentator's memory of a spectacular Pentecost Vigil celebrated in Rome. 

Holy Week and the New Roman Missal Return to Top

Click here for thenotes for Holy Week, from the May 2011 newsletter of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship (via the Diocese of Toledo). See the documents above for an easy to read format on various parts of Holy Week. 

Large Print Roman Missals for Priests Return to Top
The National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD) is preparing large-print formats of the official text of the Roman Missal, Third Edition. Offered in font sizes of 24, 34, and 44, these large-print versions will equip priests with low vision to celebrate Mass using the revised texts. The large-print Roman Missal includes a red leather-like binder, with tabs and ribbons, suitable for use on the altar. Roman Missals are available on CD or in print upon request. Lectionaries also available, distributed on CD only. All materials are available free of charge, with donations requested of those with means. For more information contact the NCPD at 202.529.2933 or vist the organization's website.

 
Publishers of the Roman Missal

The February 9, 2011 post on the Worship Blog provides links to the currently available information.  

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Bulletin Article Series  (Click here for the document)
Thanks to LTP, the Archdiocese of Dubuque, and the Diocese of Davenport, we have a bulletin article series entitled “Bread for the Journey”. The first 17 items were released in May, and items 18-43 continue that series. Pastors and parish bulletin editors are strongly encouraged to use this as a means of catechesis beginning as soon as possible.

Advent 2010 Bulletin Inserts

May be reproduced free of charge by all parishes and institutions of the Diocese of Des Moines. For other uses, email worship@dmdiocese.org.

Advent I:     color   black and white

Advent II:    color    black and white

Advent III:   color    black and white

Advent IV:   color    black and white

Christmas:  color   black and white

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Some General Information on the New Missal

1. November 27, 2011, the First Sunday in Advent, was the date of first use of the Third Edition. No other edition of the Roman Missal may be used in liturgies.
2. Additional Resources: See the diocese's general plan for formation of the Missal, on the Office for Worship's main page. Check out www.becomeonebodyonespiritinchrist.org for an excellent, international effort at multimedia formation. Also, LTP's series by Paul Turner is informative and accessible to most parishioners.
3. See below for diocesan Mass setting recommendations.
4. As always, ask for help with the new Missal or any project related to worship in our parishes! The Office for Worship is always ready to help. 

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music and the new missal

Click on  April 30, 2011 Music Ministry Day to see information on that workshop, which had about 120 music ministers in attendance! Fr. Michael Joncas took music ministers of the diocese through a wonderful day of prayer, theology, storytelling, and song. 

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mass settings

1. Click here for diocesan Mass setting recommendations and a suggested plan for rollout, based on feedback from music ministers in early 2011. 
2. Listen, listen, listen! Then send the worship office your thoughts on the various settings!
   National Pastoral Musicians Association recordings and scores of the new ICEL chant setting (which will have prominent place in new in-pew resources).
   Mass of Renewal (NPM 2010 competition winner; perusal score available from the worship office)
   Major publisher sites have sample versions of settings posted in printable and mp3 formats: 
   Oregon Catholic Press (Portland, OR)
   GIA, Inc. (Chicago, IL)   GIA Downloads
   World Library Publications (Chicago, IL)

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Roman Missal on the Radio

Listen to an archived edition of  "In the Heartland with Bishop Pates," broadcast originally on KWKY 1150 AM and KVSS Omaha 102.1 at 10:00 am on Friday, 8 April 2011, for a discussion on the Roman Missal with Fr. Michael Joncas, Fr. Paul Turner, Cindee Hays of Red Oak, and Kyle Lechtenberg of the Office for Worship.

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