I received SO MANY excellent questions from folks during the Roman Missal Webinars I hosted last week. Here is the 3rd installment!
Roman Missal Changes
A Catechist’s Guide to the New Translation – from the Diocese of Lansing
Thanks to my colleague Denise, here’s a resource for catechists to use to implement the new translation of the Roman Missal. It’s from the Diocese of Lansing, MI, and it is quite thorough. http://www.dioceseoflansing.org/catechesis_k12/Roman_Missal_Children_Adolescents.pdf It basically constitutes a mini-curriculum on the Mass that would require 8 sessions. What I’m hearing from a lot of catechetical leaders, however, is that they are not planning on setting aside such large chunks of time from their regular curriculum (for […]
Catechists in Action
Catechists in Action #4 – Dan Ward Explains Roman Missal Changes
In this segment of Catechists in Action, we see 7th grade catechist Dan Ward talking to his class about Advent and the introduction of the Roman Missal changes. Watch for the following as Dan… directs the young people to open their text books and look at the liturgical calendar talks about Advent as the beginning of the Church’s new year asks the young people about their experience of the changes in the Mass invites a […]
Roman Missal Changes
Roman Missal Webinar – Recording Now Available!
As promised, here is the recording of the Webinar I hosted last week on the changes in the Roman Missal. Be sure to share this with anyone you think can benefit from it! Roman Missal Webinar Recording Print Friendly
I have only discovered this treasure trove that you call a blog today, but have been engrossed in reading it. Thank you for what you are offering to those of that are called to protect and defend our beautiful faith. I just finished watching your webinar on New Translation of the Roman Missal, and am wondering where I can find the pdf file you spoke of? Thanks, again, for all you do and share!
Thanks so much Jennifer. Here’s the link to the post with the pdf you asked about.
https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2011/02/14/roman-missal-changes-updated-resource-list/
Hey Joe,
I’m doing a Lent project and I have some questions. Like…. Why do we have a season of Lent?
Hi Aspen, good question. Lent began in the early church as the final intense preparation period for catechumens before baptism at the Easter Vigil. It made sense for the rest of the Christian community to walk this journey with the catechumens and renew their baptism at Easter as well. Thus, Lent has come down to us as a period during which we focus on what it takes to follow Christ and to practice the 3 disciplines that help us to live out our baptism: prayer, fasting, and giving alms. Suffice to say, Lent has no meaning apart from baptism!