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Liturgical Catechesis

Office for Worship & Liturgy

Deepen your faith through the rich tapestry of the Church’s liturgical life, centering on the Mass and sacraments. Explore the meaning behind rituals, symbols, and prayers, and connect worship to Scripture and doctrine, fostering a profound understanding of the faith.

Liturgical Documents Online

Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)

Spiritus et Sponsa (JPII on the 40th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium)

Liturgiam Authenticam (Use of Vernacular)

Summorum Pontificum (Motu Proprio Letter on the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970)

Letter on the Occasion of the Publication of Summorum Pontificum 

Address of JP II to the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of the Northwestern US on Liturgy (1998)

Address of JPII to the Bishops of France on the Liturgy (1997)

Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (2001 – Principles and Guidelines from the Cong. for Divine Worship)

Co-Workers in the Vineyard: A Resource Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry (USCCB 2005)

Mediator Dei (Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy, Pope Piux XII, 1947)

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Part Two)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Part Two)

Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches, 1964)

Documents on the Eucharist and the Mass 

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

Redemptionis Sacramentum (On Certain Matters to be Observed or Avoided Regarding the Most Holy Eucharist)

Mane Nobiscum Domine (JP II Letter for the Year of the Eucharist)

Sacramentum Caritatis (The Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission)

Documents on Art and Music

Musicam Sacram (Vatican II, Instruction on Music in the Liturgy, 1967)

Musicae Sacrae (Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on Music, 1955)

Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (USCCB 2007)

Tra Le Sollecitduini (JPII Chirograph on Sacred Music, 2003)

Letter of JP II to Artists (1999)

Divini Cultus (1928, Pope Pius XI)

Scripture Resources 

Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1965)

USCCB Bible

Liturgy of the Hours

Overview of the Progress of the Translation and Publishing of the LOTH 

Lay Vesture during LotH

General Instruction of the LotH

Seasonal Resources – Office of Worship Publications

Liturgical CelebrationDatePublication
Advent and Christmas11/29/20O Come Divine Messiah (flipbook)  English Edition   Spanish Edition
Candlemas2/2/2021Candlemas Resource for Parishioners  English
St. Blaise2/3/2021St. Blaise Resource for Parishioners  English
Ash Wednesday2/17/2021Burying the Alleluia – Activity Pages for Families  English
Ash Wednesday2/17/20212021 Ash Wednesday Resource for Parishioners  English
St. Joseph3/19/2021Year of St. Joseph Prayer Cards   English   Spanish
St. Joseph3/19/2021Year of St. Joseph – Short Resource for Parishioners  English  Spanish
Holy Week3/19/2021What Wondrous Love – Holy Week Flipbook for Families English  Spanish

Publications from Major Events and Liturgies

Priest EventsDateResource
Vespers for the Installation of a Bishop8/1/2022Worship Aid
Installation of a Bishop8/2/2022Worship Aid
Consecration of a Virgin – Miara Cash8/26/2023Worship Aid
Consecration of a Virgin – Claire Halbur and Kimberly Zeeman8/22/2020Worship Aid
Consecration of a Hermit – Fr. Eugene Mary of the Trinity11/20/2021Worship Aid
Priest Ordination – Marvin Soto, Anthony Dang, Harold Escarcega, Marvin Soto6/4/2022Worship Aid
Funeral Mass – Bishop Thomas O’Brien8/31/2018Worship Aid
Corpus Christi Procession Booklet6/3/2021Worship Aid
50th Anniversary Mass12/2/2019Worship Aid