Resources
The Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation also provides recommendations on a wide range of resources pertaining to Evangelisation, Liturgy, Ministry, RCIA and Music. Liturgical resources are also available for purchase at the two liturgical ministry formation days that are run each year in February and October.
New Liturgical Resources
Here are some resources recently launched by the Liturgical Commission:
- Reborn in Christ: The Rite of Baptism for Children
- Lay Leaders of Liturgy: Sunday Celebration of the Word and Communion
- Communion of the Sick
- Powerful Points - new edition
- Workbook for Preparing a Catholic Funeral
For more information on these titles, download flyer or contact:
THE LITURGICAL COMMISSION
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Other resources
Listed under the headings below are a number of resources recommended by the AOFE. Click on the resource that applies to you:
If you would like further information about any of the titles or would like to place an order, please contact the Central Catholic Bookshop.
Prayer Resources
| Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1989) Contains prayers that have marked the joys, sorrows, and daily routines of many generations. This beautifully illustrated book includes prayers and blessings for daily use, specific days and seasons, and various times and places, as well as common prayers. The comprehensive resource also includes an overview of the Church's calendar and may be used as a teaching tool by clergy and laity. |
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| The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK, 1995) Bringing together over 1,200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this book will prove an inspiring and practical resource for Christians of all denominations. This prestigious collection encompasses a wider and more varied range of Christian prayers than any other anthology of its kind, making it an essential handbook for all who want to deepen and enhance their prayer life, as well as for those involved in leading others in worship - whether in church, in school or in the home. |
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| 150 Opening and Closing Prayers Koch (St Mary's Press, 1990) This abundant collection of prayers will be helpful to anyone who wants to begin or end a meeting, a school day, or a class with a prayer but does not have time to compose one. The prayers cover many themes central to Christian life, and each prayer may be adapted to varying situations. Topics include crating community, hope, peace and reconciliation, leaders, celebration and thanksgiving, creation, compassion, wisdom and understanding, and courage in hard times. |
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| Children's Daily Prayer - Under the Southern Cross Margaret Smith SGS (SGS Publishing, 2007) A liturgical book of prayer for catholic students - Years 3 to 8 - helping them pray their way through the church's years. It contains: • daily classroom prayer for each school day plus meal and end of the day prayers • Weekly Prayer for groups that meet only once a week • prayers and blessings for special occasions • celebrations of significance for Australia and New Zealand, as well as important world celebrations and days • rich background material for each of the liturgical seasons. |
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Disciples in Prayer - A Resource for Faith Sharing Yr C |
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| Catholic Prayers (LTP, 2003) This book reminds us that our tradition gives us powerful and lovely words with which to give God thanks and praise, to plead when in need and cry out in lament, at morning, noon and night, in sickness and at the dinner table. And remember that prayer is more than words: It is also singing and keeping still, standing, kneeling, prostrating, bowing, stretching out your hands, lifting up your arms, raising your eyes, intending firmly, seeking sincerely, and ultimately loving deeply. Pray all ways! Pray always! |
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| Basic Prayers for Children Werthmann (Liguori Publications, 2004) Here is a handy and inexpensive pamphlet containing traditional Catholic prayers all school-aged children need to know. The pamphlet starts with the most basic prayers like the Sign of the Cross, the Hail Mary, and the Lord's Prayer. It also includes the Apostles Creed, the twenty Mysteries of the Rosary, morning and evening prayers, mealtime prayers, prayers for receiving the sacraments, and many others. |
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| Preparing Morning and Evening Prayer James Richards (Novalis, 1997) The church's tradition of communal praise and petition in the morning and evening is enjoying a revival today as scholars and practitioners alike discover the riches of the cathedral-style office of the parish community. Simplicity, repetition and rich use of symbol characterize this liturgy. Readers will understand how cathedral-style morning and evening prayer work, and how to help their parishes learn to celebrate and love this ancient form of common prayer. |
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Liturgy Music
| Christ Be Our Light Bernadette Farrell (OCP Publications, 1994) CD and Music Book Contains several psalm settings, two alleluias, setting of the creed, Lamb of God and more. |
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| Restless is the Heart Bernadette Farrell (OCP Publications, 2000) CD and Music Book A blend of new music and some of Bernadette's best loved songs from her days in the St Thomas More Centre. Her music reflects the richness and variety of God's kingdom, from African drumming and chants to beautiful simple hymns and songs. Many of the songs celebrate themes of Jubilee and complement messages of discipleship, justice and ministry. |
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| Come to the Table: Music for First Communion (GIA Publications, 2003) Book & CD With this expanded and updated collection, GIA offers their very best music for the blessed occasion of First Communion in one convenient volume. Carefully chosen, the music is assembly-friendly and easy to sing for both children and adults. With over thirty hymns and songs, Taizé and Iona chants, bilingual songs, call-and-response songs, and psalm settings, this is sure to become an indispensable resource for catechists and musicians as they plan First Communion celebrations. |
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| Glory in the Cross Dan Schutte (OCP Publications, 2001) 2 CD Set and Music Book A collection of music for all the ceremonies of the Easter Triduum. |
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| The End and the Beginning Matt Maher (OCP Publications, 2003) CD and Music Book Mixing thunderous praise, electric energy and simple humility, the songs in The End and the Beginning focus our vision as a liturgical people on our common goal: salvation. This message of resounding joy rings throughout: from the triumphant cry proclaiming "Jesus Christ is Lord!" through the mystical simplicity of the Kyrie, Litany and Lamb of God, to the high energy rock that radiates a burning thanksgiving for the Eucharist in the title song. |
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| Music for Liturgy CD Richard Proulx (GIA Publications, 1992) This collection features The Community Mass; the Gloria, Sanctus, Christ Our Passover, & Lamb of God: Festival Eucharist; Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Lord's Prayer and Doxology, & Agnus Dei: Mass of the Redeemer: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Christ Our Passover & Lamb of God. Includes Ubi Caritas, and four seasonal carols for Easter, Pentecost, Corpus Christi and All Saints. |
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| Proulx Conducts Proulx CD Richard Proulx (GIA Publications, 1991) This collection features the German Mass; Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation I, Memorial Acclamation II, Amen, Lord's Prayer, Doxology, Agnus Dei: Missa Emmanuel; Kyrie, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Agnus Dei: and Mass for the City; Litany I (Penitential Rite), Gloria, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Litany II (Breaking of Bread). |
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| Mass of Creation CD Marty Haugen (GIA Publications, 1984, 1996) Newly remastered CD including the "Kyrie" and "Glory to God". This CD includes: Tree of Life, Adoramus te Christe, Song of Fire and Water, Ephpheta, Let All the Earth Cry Out, Word of Truth and Life, As a Tree by Springs of Water, Eucharistic Prayer III, Holy/Christ Has Died/Amen, Lord's Prayer, Jesus - Lamb of God, Show Us the Path of Life, We Walk by Faith. |
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| Bless the Lord CD (Pilgrim Tapes, 1994) A selection of Taizé chants with English verses. |
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| Catholic Classics CDs Vol. 1 - Vol. 6 (GIA Publications) These CDs contain a collection of hymns suitable for worship. |
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Liturgy Ministry Formation
| The Summit: Quarterly Journal of the Liturgical Commission (Office for Worship) Contains articles on the theology and pastoral celebration of sacraments and a lectionary-based resource for liturgy, RCIA and music groups. |
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| Communion of the Sick ed. by Fr Frank O’Loughlin (Office for Worship 1995) Part 1 provides introductory notes for the ministry, Part 2 includes ritual texts for use in hospitals, nursing homes, etc. and Part 3 contains biblical readings and prayers. |
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| One Bread. One Cup: The Complete Handbook for Special Ministers of Communion (The Liturgical Commission 1996) Includes guidelines and ritual texts for Special Ministers of Communion at Mass and Ministers of Communion to the Sick, including personal testimonies from parishioners. |
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| The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource (LTP 1991 & 1999) 4th ed. Vol 1 Contains many of the primary liturgical documents published since Vatican II. Essential for clergy, liturgy commissions, musicians, sacristans and teachers. |
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| Handbook for Cantors rev. ed. Diana Kodner (LTP, 1997) Here are both the spirit and the detail for the cantor. What should a cantor know about gestures, eye contact, the liturgy itself? What should a cantor do with the raw materials of singing: breathing, posture, projection, articulation, interpretation? |
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| The Sacristy Manual by G. Thomas Ryan (LTP 1993) A comprehensive guide for preparing the church interior with dignity. |
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I Like Being in Parish Ministry: Eucharistic Minister |
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| The Lay Eucharistic Minister's Handbook Ann Tomalak (Canberbury Press, 2003) This book offers a complete guide about what a lay minister of communion does, and the understandings that underpin the actions of this privileged service within the parish community. |
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| Handbook for Ministers of Care Glen, Kofler, O'Connor (LTP, 1997) This is a manual for those already involved in the ministry of care, and for those preparing to undertake this vital work. Here you will learn: • a theology of sickness and suffering • how the communion ritual works • practical advice on making pastoral visits • how to take care of yourself while caring for others • where to find further information about illnesses affecting those you visit. |
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| The Liturgical Environment: What the Documents Say Mark G Boyer (Liturgical Press, 2004) This book is a useful compendium of present liturgical law on the liturgical environment. Calling to mind the norm of active participation as the guiding principle for all liturgical celebration, each chapter considers the ecclesial documents that pertain to the particular object under discussion, the theology found in the documents, and the praxis that flows from the theology. This book is for all persons who are involved in planning, building, decorating, and worshiping in a sacred environment. |
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| Ministry Series (Liturgical Press) This series of books offer practical and theological advise for those involved in the following ministries: Hospitality, Music, Cantors, Servers, Liturgical Environment, Communion, Consolers. |
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Liturgy of the Word
| Lector in the Celebration of the Eucharist brochure (Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation, 2005) This brochure is a new resource for parishes. It has been designed as an encouragement for lectors to become more effective in their proclamation of the word during the celebration of the Eucharist. |
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New Sunday & Holy Day Liturgies Year C |
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| The Cultural World of Jesus Cycle C John J Pilch (Liturgical Press, 1997) The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel assigned for each Sunday in Cycle C of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean, cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary western culture. With this information, readers can make fitting applications of Scripture to modern life. |
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| The Bible Documents: A Parish Resource (LTP 2001) Includes Divino afflante spiritu (1943), Lectionary for Mass: Introduction (1981), The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1993) and Catechism of the Catholic Church – excerpts (1994) and helpful individual commentaries. Important background for readers. |
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| Break Open the Word: The Book for Readers (The Liturgical Commission, published annually) An invaluable preparation guide for readers. Both the Jerusalem Bible translation [used in the Australian Lectionary (1981)] and the NRSV translation are provided, in addition to commentaries on the readings and a pronunciation guide. |
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| Training the Parish Lector by James Wallace (The Liturgical Press 1991) 47min Video An exploration of theological and pastoral principles designed to foster the effective proclamation of God’s word in the liturgy. Ideal as a catalyst for individual or group ministry development. |
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| The Ministry of Lectors James A Wallace (Liturgical Press) Emphasising both spiritual and speaking preparation, this book will help experienced and beginning lectors in the ministry of proclaiming the Word of God. |
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I Like Being in Parish Ministry: Lector |
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| Read the Way You Talk Jack Hartjes (Liturgical Press) This resource follows the principle that reading should be like talk. Readers should sound like people who are sure of what they are saying and confident of its importance. Three lessons give instructions in eighteen areas, including pronunciation and inflection. |
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| A Well Trained Tongue Aelred R Rosser (LTP) This book addresses the practical concerns of all those involved in the ministry of reader. It assists lectors in undertanding the communication skills that make for good proclamations of the word of God. It offers instruction on the structure of the liturgical year and of the lectionary itself. |
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| Preaching Basics Fr Ed Foley (LTP) This text builds upon the document Fulfilled in your Hearing. Fr Ed has constructed a workable and creative structure for the Word of God, the liturgy and the baptized assembly. This workbook opens up the homiletic process in new ways that will certainly benefit Sunday preachers and congregations for many years to come. |
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Lent, Holy Week and Easter
| The Stations of the Cross by Fr Frank O’Loughlin (Office for Worship 1987, 2000; revised edition 2007, Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation) A series of Stations of the Cross based on the version produced by the Congregation of Rites in 1975. The number of stations remains fourteen, however, those without scriptural foundation have been deleted (e.g. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus) and other important dimensions of the paschal mystery have been added, such as the Resurrection. |
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| Celebrating the Triduum Eugene Duffy (Columba Press, 1999) A practical pastoral guide on how to maximise the celebration of, and participation in, the Triduum. The theology of each of the celebrations is simply outlined and there are suggestions and ideas on how ritual, décor, music etc, can be used to best advantage. |
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| The Essential Lenten Handbook Redemptorist Pastoral Publication (Liguori Publications, 2000) This publication provides everything you need for a richer experience of the forty days before Easter. Covers a wide range of topics including A Short History of Lent, Traditional Lenten hymns, The penitential nature of Lent, Prayers of Confession and Reconciliation, Stations of the Cross, a Rule of Life for Lent and Daily meditations. |
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| Stages on the Way Wild Goose Worship Group (1998) Contains worship resources for Lent, Holy Week & Easter. Includes litanies, meditations, monologues, poems, prayers, readings, scripts and symbolic actions. |
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| Liturgies for Weekdays: Lent Flor McCarthy (Dominican Publications, 2007) Liturgies for Weekdays: Lent is designed to help towards celebrating Lent fruitfully. Its reflections and prayers enter into the baptismal and penitential character of the season. They provide pathways to a deeper appreciation of the mystery of Christ's passion. It provides for each weekday Mass of Lent • an introduction, • a Scripture note, • reflections which can be the foundation for a homily, • prayer of the faithful, • a brief concluding prayer/reflection. |
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| What Am I Doing For Lent This Year & What Am I Doing for Triduum This Year Both by Fr Paul Turner (LTP 2000). Two workbooks that foster personal reflection and greater understanding of ourparticipation in the seasons and feasts centred on the paschal mystery. |
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The Three Days: Parish Prayer in the Paschal Triduum |
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| Glory in the Cross: Music for the Easter Triduum by Dan Schutte (OCP 2001) Includes Glory in the Cross with corresponding verses for the three days, a new setting of Where Love is Found (Ubi caritas) and We Sing the Saviour’s Glory, an acclamation for use during the Passion. |
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| Easter Praises: Eight Settings of the Exsultet (OCP 1999). approx. CD recording includes the chant version from the Sacramentary and A Song of Easter Praise by Christopher Willcock SJ. A recording can be a useful guide in the learning process. Music also available - $18. |
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Holy Week in the Parish |
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| The Lent Book L C Pratt editor (Resource Publications, 1999) This comprehensive publication includes commentaries and planning guides, preparation tips, environmental suggestions, lenten stories and dramas, musical suggestions and reconciliation and initiation commentaries. |
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Intercessory Prayer
| Preparing the General Intercessions by Michael Kwatera OSB PhD (The Liturgical Press 1996) A guide to preparing intercessory prayers, which includes samples for guidance. Historical, theological and pastoral perspectives included. |
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| Intercessions for the Christian People ed. by Gail Ramshaw (The Liturgical Press 1990) Prayers of the People for Cycles A, B, and C of the Roman, Episcopal and Lutheran Lectionaries. Authors include Kathleen Hughes RSCJ, Gilbert Ostdiek OFM, Virginia Sloyan and Kevin Seasoltz OSB. |
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| Lord, Hear Our Prayer by Jay Cormier. Prayer of the Faithful for Sundays, Holy Days, and Ritual Masses, Years A, B & C. (The Liturgical Press 1995) Includes a useful introductory chapter on the structure and purpose of intercessory prayers. |
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| Prayers of the Faithful Revised edition by Hugh McGinlay (Desbooks 2003) This Australian publication contains intercessory prayers for every Sunday of the Lectionary cycle, and also includes Feast Days and others relevant to Australia, eg. Australia Day. |
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Christian Initiation
| The Parish Companion to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Rev ed, T Wade (James Goold House Publications 2005) The Parish Companion is not a substitute for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults but a way of planting signposts and beacons so that people can more easily find their way into the rite in a way that reverences both the rite itself and the people with whom we travel on the road to initiation and beyond. |
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| Come and See: Resources for the Precatechumenate Dr Elio Capra SDB (Desbooks 2004) This book is designed to help the enquirer in exploring the four basic areas of the community's life. Come and see what our community believes, how our community lives, how the community prays and how the community serves and ministers to others. |
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| Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Forming Your Parish Team ed Elio Capra SDB (Office for Worship 2002) Covers issues such as starting up a team, taking care of the team and includes sample meetings for team formation. |
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| RCIA Spirituality: Formation for the Catechumenate Team Barbara Hixon (Resource Publications 1997) As a member of the catechumenate team, you guide others in their formation, but what about your personal faith life? This book will inspire and challenge you to continue your spiritual journey with the catechumens. |
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| The RCIA: Transforming the Church Thomas Morris (Paulist Press 1997) This resource for pastoral implementation is an insightful and comprehensive overview of the RCIA which should serve as a basic resource in every parish liturgical library. |
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| Parish Ministry for Returning Catholics Patricia Barbernitz (Paulist Press 1993) This book focuses on an extremely important area of church life: ministering to inactive Catholics who want to return to the eucharistic table. |
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| Guide for Sponsors Ron Lewinski (LTP 1993) This book offers information, guidance and encouragement to sponsors, and it contains a collection of traditional Catholic prayers and a glossary of terms used in initiation. |
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| Finding and Forming Sponsors and Godparents ed James A Wilde (LTP 1988) For sponsor coordinators, catechumenate directors, pastoral associates, pastors and catechists, this book will prove highly profitable. |
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| Becoming a Catholic Christian Julia Upton (Pastoral Press 1993) In this book, Julia Upton introduces the "searcher" to the rites that accompany the journey of those seeking full communion with the church. She explores what happens to the "searcher" and the wider community during this time. |
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| Up From the Waters M Haugen (GIA 1997) Music Collection For the important rites of Christian initiation, Marty Haugen has produced a timely and useful collection that will bring to life the musical moments of the rite itself, the sacred days of the Triduum, and the glorious time of mystagogia. Music for the rite of acceptance, the signing of the senses, the dismissal for candidates, and the celebration of the scrutinies is all included. |
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| Who Calls You By Name Vol.1 Haas (GIA 1988) Music Collection Since the introduction of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), no parish can do without a copy of this timely and extensive publication. Music for every step of the journey is provided. This includes many ritual moments that have never before been set to music. A "mini-course" in the RCIA by Thomas H. Morris entitled "Walk as Children of the Light" provides a concise and useful explanation of each step of the rite. An introduction by James B. Dunning and complete explanatory and performance notes by David Haas supply all necessary information to put this music into practical use. The music collection includes the full music arrangement for every song as well as the introductory materials. Reprint boxes are also provided for all assembly parts. The choir book containing all cantor and choir parts provides an economical way to purchase books for the entire choir. The Presider edition includes all necessary parts for the presider. A beautiful recording includes most selections. |
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| Who Calls You By Name Vol. 2 Haas (GIA 1991) Music Collection Like the first collection, this volume from David Haas provides hymns, songs, psalms, acclamations, and litanies for the seasons and rites of the RCIA. Contains music for the rite of aceptance, election/sending, the scrutinies, the Easter Vigil, and the period of mystagogia. Unique to Volume II are some models of how music can help amplify the Liturgy of the Word, especially during the period of purification and enlightenment (Lent), with the powerful scrutiny gospels. Also includes acclamations to accompany the catechumens and candidates as they go forth to break open the word, music for catechetical sessions, and music for the great period of mystagogia. Also unique to this collection is a third edition for readers and musicians, containing the three gospel dramatisations of the scrutiny gospels. |
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Christ We Proclaim Vol 3 Good Friday through Mystagogy |
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Individual Certificates for the Sacraments of Christian Initiation are also available
Children's Liturgy
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Sunday Weekly Leader Guide Year A, B or C |
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| Sunday - Book of Readings Adapted for Children Year A, B or C (Treehaus Communications, 1990) Lectionary for each Sunday of the lectionary cycle with readings that have been adapted for children. |
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| Music for Children's Liturgy of the Word Year A, B or C Christopher Walker (OCP Publications) To be used with Sunday Weekly Leader Guide. These collections contain Responses and Gospel Acclamations for every Sunday of the lectionary cycle. |
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The Complete Children's Liturgy Book |
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| Step by Step Katie Thompson (Twenty Third Publications, 1999) Take-home leaflets for every Sunday of the Catholic Lectionary for ages 3 - 6. Introduce children to God's Word with this wonderfully illustrated and fun-to-use resource that follows the gospels for every Sunday of the three-year Lectionary, as well as for the major feasts of the liturgical year. These pages will enable young children to learn about Jesus in an imaginative and enjoyable way. |
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Share the Light This collection encourages children to sing in the classroom or at liturgy. |
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| A Child Shall Lead Them Pottebaum, Freeburg, Kelleher (Treehaus Communications, first published 1992, this edition 2002) This guide comes at a critical time. Parish leaders throughout the country are rediscovering the formative character of liturgical rites - as related to, though distinct from, catechetical formation. Celebrating the Word with children on Sundays when the parish assembles is a significant development in the liturgical and Christian initiation movements. It represents another realisation of the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults adapted for children, as well as the Directory for Masses With Children, a pastorally sensitive document issued by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship. More than a how-to book, this guide reflects a profound respect for the spiritual life of children. |
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| The Good Shepherd & the Child Cavalletti, Coulter, Gobbi, Monanaro (LTP, 2003) This book offers parents and educators a gentle way to enter into and honor the genuine spiritual life of children. The constant message of this book is that children's natural openness to and wonder of God's presence can be nurtured by caring adults who listen, pray, and journey with them in the faith. It is through hearing and learning with the heart about the story and the image of the Good Shepherd that children can be led to the joy of the Good News. From this simple parable and its message of Jesus' unfailing love for them, children learn how God's unconditional love is part of their world - in the family, in school, and in church. |
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