Helpful online resources at your fingertips.

As I’m sure you have heard already, come this Advent there will be some major changes to the liturgy coming on November 27^th 2011. This time of preparation can be a fruitful time for our parishes and our young people.  We at Life Teen want to do our best to equip you with the resources you will need to help your Core Teams, parents, musicians, and teens to understand what these changes are, as well as why they are happening. Here are some websites that we believe will be helpful to you:

• CatholicYouthMinistry.com/roman-missal is Life Teen’s  “site within a site” that will be updated several times a month featuring new blogs and other resources that will help you get comfortable with the adaptations that will take place when we receive the Third Edition of the Roman Missal. Please take the time to read through the blogs and watch the videos. In addition, there are downloads for you to share with your team.  For example, there is a 12-month planning calendar for youth ministers to plan their implementation is also available on the site as well. This resource will give you concrete ideas of how to begin implementing the new changes in our parish and a step-by-step guide and timeline. (CatholicYouthMinistry.com/roman-missal)
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Congregation of Diving Worship has a website for the Roman Missal with sample texts, bulletin inserts, timelines, background information, and PowerPoint presentations (http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal)
• Fr. Paul Turner’s website provides links to many articles he has written on liturgy (www.paulturner.org)
• Notre Dame Center for Liturgy has several videotaped lectures about the new translation that are available for purchase (http://liturgy.nd.edu/webcatechesis )
• Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions is collaborating with the US Bishops to provide catechesis and educational resources, including a scholarly work of background papers: With One Voice (http://fdlc.org)
• Loyola Press has a series of articles (and a webinar) to help prepare for the changes (www.loyolapress.com/roman-missal-changes.htm)

Educational Materials

• Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ is an interactive DVD designed to enrich understanding and deepen our appreciation of the Eucharist (http://www.becomeonebodyonespiritinchrist.org)
• Understanding the Revised Mass Texts– Second Edition by Fr. Paul Turner, these booklets provide a brief yet deep explanation of how and why the prayers of the Mass are changing; a Leader’s Guide is also available (www.ltp.org)
• Parish Guide to Implementation of the Roman Missal includes a Workshop Kit for Priests, pamphlets for parishioners, and more (http://fdlc.org)
• Faith Catholic Publishing provides pew cards: http://www.faithpublishingservice.com/images/PewCards.pdf

For Music Ministers

Many musicians have already begun searching for new Mass settings to use in November. Several publishers have made both new and revised Mass settings available on their websites. Here are a few websites that you may find helpful to preview these settings:

• OCP: http://www.ocp.org/newmasssettings
• World Library Publications: http://www.singthenewmass.com/
• GIA: http://www.giamusic.com/sacred_music/new_mass_settings.cfm

We will do our best to keep you posted as time goes on and new resources are made available. This is an unprecedented opportunity for us as a Church to more fully embrace the liturgy and the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of our faith from which all blessings flow. Let’s all do our best to educate ourselves so that we can do the best job possible in helping our communities and our youth embrace the New Missal.