General Instruction of the Roman Missal

Formation Resources

Welcome to the resources prepared by the Liturgy Office to assist dioceses with the publication of the General Instruction and Celebrating the Mass.

The resources have been arranged in the following categories:

• Documentation
  General Instruction of the Missal (GIRM)
  Celebrating the Mass (CTM)
  Other documents
• With Hearts and Minds
  material for parish study groups
• In Communion with Christ
  homily resource for parishes
  parish leaflets
• Ministry leaflets
  Short leaflets for liturgical ministers
• Opportunities & Challenges
  resources to assist with some of the issues that arise from GIRM & CTM
• Other Resources
  material for deanery groups etc.
• Planning materials
  Resources for dioceses planning formation (only available to those involved in diocesan formation)
• List of Documents
  A summary list of resources

Format of Documents

The majority of documents are in Adobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format). In order to read them you will need to have version 5 or above Adobe Acrobat Reader. The most recent version of the Reader can be obtained free from Adobe.