Resources for Liturgy Preparation

Many of the resources on the Liturgy Office website will be of assistance to those involved in Liturgy Preparation. This page includes some specific resources together with links to sections of the website that may be helpful.

Liturgy Preparation

• Mass Preparation sheet (pdf)
  a template for preparing celebrations of Mass
• Liturgy Preparation sheet (pdf)
  a process and template for non-eucharistic liturgies
• Liturgy Review Process (pdf)
  description of the stages of a long-term for liturgical review and change
• Prayer of the Faithful
• Guidelines for the production of one-off service sheets (pdf)
• Copyright information
• Large Print resources
• Parish Resources - Migrants & Refugees
• Liturgies with Large Groups (pdf)
  a useful booklet originally prepared by the National Liturgy Office of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. It contains both helpful advice and checklists.
• Televising the Mass — Guidelines for Broadcast Worship (pdf)
  • booklet (pdf)

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

Many of the resources which have been prepared for the General Instruction and Celebrating the Mass, including In Communion with Christ and With Hearts and Minds, will be of interest to groups. There is also the following specific material:

• Liturgy Preparation Groups and Mass (Ministry leaflet)
• Liturgy Preparation Groups - Opportunities and Challenges

Calendar

The resources for the Liturgical Year will be helpful.

The following specific material is available:

• Celebrating the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord (pdf)

Liturgical Seasons

There is a page for each of the seasons of the liturgical year bringing together information from across the website. There is a separate document designed for liturgy preparation groups for each season which includes relevant quotations from liturgical documents togetehr with am overview of the Lectionary.

• Advent
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]
• Christmas
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]
• Lent
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]
• Triduum
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]
• Easter
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]
• Ordinary Time
  • webpage
  • document [pdf]

Cycle of Prayer

Material is available to assist parishes mark the Cycle of Prayer. This includes general material as well ideas for each intention on the seasonal pages.

• Cycle of Prayer index page
• Cycle of Prayer - Introduction
• Cycle of Prayer - guidance [pdf]
• Cycle of Prayer - Advent/Christmas
• Cycle of Prayer - Winter
• Cycle of Prayer - Lent
• Cycle of Prayer - Easter
• Cycle of Prayer - Summer
• Cycle of Prayer - Autumn
• Cycle of prayer - Model Intercessions

Rites

Material relating to the celebration of Sacraments and other rites and liturgies is collected here.

Specific material for Liturgy Preparation Groups:

• Rite of Penance
  Resources for Parish Liturgy Groups — Preparing Form 2
• Celebrating Sunday Evening Prayer
  Planning material

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