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PEW CARD TEXTS

Effective November 27, 2011 the Mass of the Roman Rite will be celebrated according to the newly-translated Roman Missal, third edition.  To access a "pew card" of the peoples texts, click here.  These can be copied and placed in the pews in preparation for November 27th.
Liturgical Institute Pew Card (No charge)   Click here.

 

 

DIOCESAN LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR 2012

This calendar contains the more significant liturgical celebrations for the Diocese of La Crosse for the Liturgical Year 2012.  Click here for calendar.

 

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HOLY SEE approves English translation of the Roman Missal
The following is from the May-June 201 issue of the Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter

The third edition of the Roman Missal has been approved by the Holy See, beginning a new stage of liturgical renewal following the Second Vatican Council. The translation was confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDWDS) and announced at the start of the Vox Clara Committee meeting in Rome on April 28, 2010.

     A decree, dated March 26, 2010 (Prot. n. 1464/06/L), was presented to Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., USCCB President, during his attendance at the Vox Clara Committee meeting. In a cover letter accompanying the decree, Antonio Cardinal Caņizares Llovera, CDWDS Prefect, wrote that the complete text of the Missal would follow “in short order,” after final editing by Congregation officials. It was hoped that the text might have been completed in time that this edition of the Newsletter could have contained a detailed overview. As of the end of June 2010, however, work is still proceeding at the Congregation. When the final text is received, expected before the end of this summer, an expanded issue of the Newsletter will be devoted to the approved text of the Roman Missal and its implementation.

 

For more information on the revised translations, see the USCCB's Committee on Divine Liturgy website.

 

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CATECHETICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORDS OF THE ROMAN MISSAL

More than simply knowing what the newly-translated words are, knowing their meaning--where they come from, how they direct us to Christ, and why they can have a transformative effect in our lives--is the greatest challenge before us.  The following articles on the Missal, published regularly in the Catholic Times of the Diocese of La Crosse, can help uncover the great treasure--that is, Jesus, the Word of the Trinity--of the words of the Mass.

    Other entries are available at the Revised Roman Missal site sponsored by Liturgy Training Publications.

 

  1. The New Roman Missal

  2. What's New About the Roman Missal?

  3. The Roman Missal of Pope Paul VI

  4. Guides for Translation

  5. Singing with the Saints and Angels

  6. "My Sacrifice and Yours"

  7. The Virgin Mary and the Roman Missal

 

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