This is an important weekend. Yes, we are celebrating the feast of the Epiphany (on the earliest date possible in the liturgical calendar). It is also the first weekend of the New Year, 2011. This means that in Australia, we can begin to take the first steps towards implementing the new English translation of the … Continue reading 2/1/11 – New Mass Settings
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Fr Peter Williams is a man with many responsibilities. He is the Executive Secretary of the National Liturgical Council of the Australian Bishops and the Bishops Commission for Liturgy. He has also been heavily involved in the creation of the resource Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ, which has been prepared to support liturgical … Continue reading Our Diocesan Director of Liturgy Interviewed on the New Translation of the Missal
Further to the recent article giving some explanation on the move to Formal Equivalence in translation (or an "as close as possible" match between the English and Latin), one matter I did not go into was how the texts of the prayers we hear and use at Mass form us in faith. If you lose … Continue reading Why Does the English Translation Have to be Closer to the Latin? A Further Comment
As we mentioned before, a new English translation of the Roman Missal is being prepared. This will be used in English speaking countries throughout the Catholic Church. To help us learn more about this new translation, we’re trying to answer some of the key questions here. Is what we say at Mass going to change? … Continue reading 12/9/10 – Is What We Say at Mass Going to Change?
Yesterday I finally received my copy of the DVD catechetical resource Become One Body One Spirit in Christ from the supplier I ordered it from months ago - but it's not their fault (I'll get to that later)! I've had a quick look so far, following from a brief partial preview back in February. I … Continue reading Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ – It’s Arrived!
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