BELLEVUE, Washington—Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Divine Worship, announced that diocesan bishops may permit the gradual introduction of the musical settings of the people’s parts of the Mass from the new Roman Missal in September. Primarily this affects the the Gloria, the Holy, Holy, Holy and the Memorial Acclamations.
This variation to the implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, set to take place all at once on November 27, was authorized by USCCB president, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, and adopted by the committee to allow parish communities to learn the various parts of the new translation “in a timely fashion and an even pace.”
The Committee on Divine Worship made the decision in response to requests from several bishops, echoed by the National Advisory Council. Some suggested that the various acclamations could be more effectively introduced throughout the fall, so that when the full Missal is implemented on the First Sunday of Advent, the congregation will have already become familiar with the prayers that are sung.
“I ask you to encourage this as a means of preparing our people and helping them embrace the new translation,” Archbishop Gregory told the bishops. The announcement took place June 16, during the U.S. bishops Spring Assembly near Seattle.
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Editor's Note: It should be noted that it is up to each individual Bishop to grant permission to begin the gradual implementation of the sung parts of the Mass. We are currently awaiting Archbishop Listecki's decision. As soon as we are able, we will communicate it through this blog and emails from the Office of Worship.
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Monday morning greetings from the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Archbishop Listecki has approved that parishes and institutions in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee may begin to use the sung parts of the revised translation of the Roman Missal in September. As the statement below says, “…this affects the Gloria, the Holy, Holy, Holy and the Memorial Acclamations.”
The complete revised Order of the Mass with scriptural annotations may be found at think link.
http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/annotated-mass.pdf.
Further resources on the Revised Roman Missal third typical edition may be found at this link.
http://www.archmil.org/romanmissal.htm.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Worship.
PAX
Dean Daniels
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