Liturgy Resources

Like its predecessor, this revised edition of The Ministry of Music explores liturgical singing in terms of how it enables the gathered assembly to enter more fully into ritual enactment of the paschal mystery. The "whats" and "how-tos" of music ministry are developed from this perspective. How does communal liturgical singing enable us to participate in and surrender to the paschal mystery? What musical and pastoral choices best enable the singing to fulfill this role? And how does the singing form us in a paschal mystery spirituality that shapes daily Christian living and makes the relationship between liturgy and life more evident?

This edition incorporates new understandings of the ministry of liturgical music generated by Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (STL). New material addresses the underlying theology shaping STL, provides schemas for using both the Proper chants and vernacular songs at the Entrance and Communion, discusses the value of singing the dialogues, and explores silence as a necessary component of music-making and liturgical prayer.

Author: Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN

104 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Paperback

Publication Date: 01/19/2016

What are we doing when we confirm teenagers? Why is the religious education of teenagers so perplexing? Why is confirmation often a moment of "graduation" out of parish life?

Confirmation: How a Sacrament of God's Grace Became All about Us tells the story of how confirmation, more than any other sacrament, has interacted with secular culture to give rise to these kinds of pastoral challenges. At the same time, confirmation has, over the course of the twentieth century, become a sacramental stamp of approval for various Catholic renewal movements.

The cultural shifts of the last century have led to various theological themes for confirmation, creating a crisis of meaning today. Is confirmation a personal choice for faith, or is it the deepening of an ongoing relationship with the Divine? Timothy Gabrielli gives us a fresh approach for addressing these pressing questions.

Author: Timothy Gabrielli

Details:132 pgs, 6 x 9 

Publication Date: 09/24/2013

As the summit of the church's liturgical year, the Paschal Triduum requires the energy, time, and talents of many people within the parish community. In Three Great Days, Jeremy Helmes draws on rubrics, liturgical theology, the church's tradition, and plenty of lived experience to offer a sound guide to planning and preparing. He draws attention to rituals requiring special attention and helps you determine liturgical roles and responsibilities. He also offers templates, worksheets, planning forms, and other ready-to-use resources that any parish can use to make their liturgical preparation and evaluation easier and more effective.

Whether it's your first time preparing these liturgies, you're looking for fresh ideas, or you just want to make sure you're covering everything, this book will help your parish make this year's Triduum three truly great days.

Author: Jeremy Helmes 

Details: 106 pgs, 7 x 10 Paperback

Publication Date: 12/07/2016

The Collegeville Psalter is a brand new responsorial psalm collection for Catholic worship, composed by one of today's most accomplished and inspiring composers. It faithfully follows the U.S. Lectionary text of the psalms and responses for the complete three-year cycle of Sundays and major feast days. It also includes settings of the "Common Texts" responsorial psalms.

The music is fresh and singable, with memorable responses for the assembly, fresh tones for the cantor, and engaging accompaniments for organ or keyboard. Psalms with different refrains or sets of verses use the same or related musical material for ease of learning. An important new resource, The Collegeville Psalter serves well either as a stand-alone parish psalter or as a fine addition to any existing liturgical music program.

Author: Paul Inwood

Coil bound 166 pages 8 1/2 "x 10 7/8"

9781568540351 | Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 176 pages | Language: English

This third volume of a three volume series, includes liturgical images for Year C that will enliven your bulletins, handouts, programs, and orders of service. Original art is drawn from the Sunday readings of each year of the Lectionary, from the great feasts and seasons. There is also a handy subject index and pieces for the national holidays. Suggestions for using the art are given in the introduction. Secretaries, parish staffs, musicians, worship coordinators, principals, and teachers will find top-quality illustrations for many different projects.

After Jesus died and rose, his disciples continued to preach: proclaiming Christ's resurrection, spreading his teachings, and recalling many facts about the life of Jesus on earth. This is how the Gospels came to be written.

This edition of The Gospels is specifically designed for children to encourage them to come to know Jesus and to foster their love of Scripture. Included are the first four books of the New Testament, written by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and selected verses from the Psalms, Isaiah, the Acts of the Apostles, and Revelation. With The Gospels, children will continue their study and meditation of God's Word.

This book is an ideal gift for children preparing for or have celebrated first Communion or confirmation, or those who are on a journey towards Christian Initiation. It includes:

• Easy-to-read text and full-page layouts to help children hone their reading skills
• Full color design to engage the reader with the text
• Embellished initial caps and numerals to help children identify the beginnings of each chapter
• Images of the evangelists and visual representations of the land and places of Jesus' time
• Scripture text from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition

Printed on durable card stock with larger type, this confession aid includes the full order of service for individual confession from the new translation of the Order of Penance. Its easy-to-use, tri-folded-format is designed to help penitents participate more fully in individual reconciliation and know the appropriate prayers and responses. This confession aid also includes a Prayer of Preparation, an Examination of Conscience, and a Prayer of Thanksgiving.

This aid can be kept on hand in confessionals and reconciliation chapels or in church vestibules.

Each pack includes 50 cards.

Order additional packs of 25 participant booklets to supplement the 25 booklets included in your mission kit when you purchased Water, Light, and Life: A Lenten Parish Mission.

Comes in pack of 25. Not sold seperately

A Lenten parish mission by Paul Radkowski and Rodica Stoicoiu

Water, Light, and Life: A Lenten Parish Mission provides a reasonably priced (and reusable) option that will highlight the talent and knowledge of your staff and other parishioners as retreat mission leaders.

This multi-generational prepackaged mission is practical, adaptable, and easy for any parish staff to organize and implement. During this four-session mission, participants of all ages will reflect on the stories of the Samaritan woman at the well, the curing of the man born blind, and the raising of Lazarus from John's Gospel. It is the perfect way for parish staff to animate parishioners during the Lenten season as the community journeys to Easter and prepares to celebrate baptism and renew baptismal promises.

Taking its cue from the Period of Purification and Enlightenment of the RCIA, this mission invites participants to reflect on sin and the need for conversion and renewal just like the three characters who accompany them through the mission. The mission kit includes all the materials the parish staff needs to successfully put on this parish mission.

Included in each mission kit is a Director's Guide, 25 participant booklets, a flash drive with all the mission materials, and access to an online landing page with PowerPoint presentations, reproducible handouts, a promotional video, and marketing materials to promote your mission.

978-1-61671-639-4 | Package Item | 8 1/2 x 11 | 160 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2022

By the liturgical institute and Douglas Martis

The Mundelein Psalter is the first complete one-volume edition containing the approved English-language texts of the Liturgy of the Hours with psalms that are pointed for the chanting of the Divine Office. The music consists of simple yet beautiful Gregorian-based modes composed for this Psalter. The Psalter is designed for use by priests, deacons, religious, and laity, making singing the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours easier for all.

Features of The Mundelein Psalter:

• Translations of hymns proper to each ferial day and a selection of hymns for feasts and solemnities (taken from the editio typica).
• Music with the ancient modal settings is provided for each hymn. Hymns are also arranged to be sung with any long meter (L.M.) tune.
• A collection of 14 optional modes that can be used as needed.

It uses the Grail Psalms and contains Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer. It also includes the Sanctoral cycle and the Office for the Dead. "A Pastoral Implementation Guide for the progressive implementation of the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting. Hospitable. Durable. Faithful. Flexible: In its beautiful, clear layout of the canonical Office text, pointed and coupled with elemental chant tones, The Mundelein Psalter allows newcomers to the Liturgy of the Hours to participate with ease. These same features, grounded to the bedrock of liturgical and musical tradition, wear well even with those who sing the Divine Office daily.

978-1-59525-019-3 | Hardcover | 6 x 9 | 1344 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2007

Instructions for my medical treatment, finances, and funeral by various authors.

Preparing for your own death removes a great burden from your loved ones who will be suffering deep sadness upon your death.

Preparing ahead of time will let them grieve without worrying whether they are fulfilling your wishes, and it may prevent conflict among family members. This booklet is a hopeful, prayerful, and practical guide that will help you record your wishes for the end of your life and funeral. It provides space for recording information regarding DNRs, living wills, and finances. It will guide you through the consumer information for funerals, while also providing theological reflections on the Catholic funeral liturgy, so you can select the Scripture readings and music you would like to be offered at your own funeral. This booklet is grounded in Catholic teaching and will help you make arrangements that reflect your faith in Christ.

978-1-61671-679-0 | Saddlestitched | 7 x 10 | 80 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2022

Available in Spanish!

Ministers of care are commissioned by the Church to bring the compassion and communion of Christ to the sick and the homebound and to bear witness to the suffering of the members of the parish. The third edition of this award-winning resource provides lay ministers of care with a formational and training tool as they prepare to serve those who are sick and homebound. In these pages, lay ministers will learn a theology of sickness and suffering, how to preside over the rituals of the Church, how best to make pastoral visits, and how to take care of their own spiritual needs while caring for others.

Available in Spanish!

Available 9/15/2021

The dedication of a new church or altar is a rare event that too few Catholic faithful and clergy are privileged to experience. When it happens, people have questions about the history, spirituality, and practical aspects of this amazing liturgy. This book by pastor and liturgical scholar, Fr. Paul Turner, will especially aid parish leadership in celebrating this rite with greater understanding.

In addition to the dedication of a new parish church, this book covers all of the other instances from this part of the Roman Pontifical: Laying the foundation stone, dedicating a church already in use, dedicating a new altar inside an older church, blessing a church to be used as a chapel or oratory, blessing an altar for a similar purpose, and the blessing of a chalice and paten. Essential for any serious student of the liturgy and helpful to those planning any of these celebrations, New Church, New Altar will expand the reader appreciation of these unusual liturgies so beautifully reformed after the Second Vatican Council.

Paul Turner is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri and director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology from Sant' Anselmo in Rome. His publications include Glory in the Cross, Let Us Pray, Inseparable Love, One Love, Whose Mass Is It? Light in the Darkness, When Other Christians Become Catholic, and The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All, published by Liturgical Press. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day.

192 pgs, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4

Publication Date: 09/15/2021

The Catholic Church uses three different sacred oils in some of its most solemn ceremonies: the baptism of children, confirmation, the anointing of the sick, the ordination of a priest, the ordination of a bishop, and the dedication of a church and altar. Many churches place the three oils on display for the view of the faithful and for the convenience of the clergy. Sacred Oils explores the blessing and consecration of the oils at the annual Chrism Mass, as well as the guidelines for their usage. Inspirational and educational, this book will delight everyone interested in the ceremonies of the Catholic Church.

Paul Turner is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri and director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology from Sant' Anselmo in Rome. His publications include Glory in the Cross, Let Us Pray, Inseparable Love, One Love, Whose Mass Is It? Light in the Darkness, When Other Christians Become Catholic, and The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All, published by Liturgical Press. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day.

160 pgs, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4

Publication Date: 08/15/2021

978-1-56854-009-2 | Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 176 pages | Language: English

This second volume of a three volume series, includes liturgical images for Year B that will enliven your bulletins, handouts, programs, and orders of service. Original art is drawn from the Sunday readings of each year of the Lectionary, from the great feasts and seasons. There is also a handy subject index and pieces for the national holidays. Suggestions for using the art are given in the introduction. Secretaries, parish staffs, musicians, worship coordinators, principals, and teachers will find top-quality illustrations for many different projects.

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life Leader's Guide by Trish Sullivan Vanni

Participating at Sunday Mass is the most important action of the week for Catholic Christians. From Mass to Mission deepens our understanding of the Mass and how it shapes us to live as Christ's disciples in the world. Developed for three different age groups (adults, teens, and children), the From Mass to Mission series includes booklets and Leader's Guides that offer the entire parish the opportunity to grow deeper in their understanding and participation in the liturgy.

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Children, Leader's Guide provides parish catechists and Catholic school teachers with the tools for teaching children about the Mass. A companion DVD-ROM provides a variety of downloadable materials that will enhance your lessons and assist with advertising and connecting with parents and guardians.

This Leader's Guide will help you:

• Catechize children about the Mass
• Lead lessons on the liturgy
• Use creative methods and ideas to teach
• Adapt material for intergenerational sessions

Inside you will find:

• Five videos on the parts of the Mass
• Session outlines
• Activities and games
• Materials for children, parents, and guardians
• Promotional ideas and supplemental resources

978-1-61671-301-0 | Book with disk | 8 1/2 x 11 | 32 pages | Language: English

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life by Trish Sullivan Vanni and Paul Turner

Every Sunday, Catholics gather together to attend Mass in memory of Christ, worshipping God by giving him thanks and praise. We hear his Word, receive the Body and Blood of Christ in Communion, and are charged with an important mission to be like Christ in the world.

This resource is an insightful exploration of the Mass and its importance for our life of faith and Christian discipleship. Each chapter explores the parts of the Mass, helping you understand the meaning of the prayers, responses, acclamations, gestures, signs, and symbols. From Mass to Mission will inspire you to participate more fully in the Mass and to carry out your mission as Christ's disciple, bringing forth his light to a world in need.

978-1-61671-300-3 | Saddlestitched | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 48 pages | Language: English

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Teens Leader's Guide by Trish Sullivan Vanni

Participating at Sunday Mass is the most important action of the week for Catholic Christians. From Mass to Mission deepens our understanding of the Mass and how it shapes us to live as Christ's disciples in the world. Developed for three different age groups (adults, teens, and children), the From Mass to Mission series includes booklets and Leader's Guides that offer the entire parish the opportunity to grow deeper in their understanding and participation in the liturgy.

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Children, Leader's Guide provides parish catechists and Catholic school teachers with the tools for teaching children about the Mass. A companion DVD-ROM provides a variety of downloadable materials that will enhance your lessons and assist with advertising and connecting with parents and guardians.

This Leader's Guide will help you:

Inside you will find:

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Teens by Trish Sullivan Vanni

Every Sunday, Catholics gather together to attend Mass in memory of Jesus Christ. At Mass we give God our thanksgiving, praise, and worship. We hear his Word, receive the Body and Blood of Christ, and are charged with an important mission to be like Christ in the world.

This resource is an insightful exploration of the Mass and its importance in our life of faith. Filled with illustrations, photos, activities, and questions for reflection, this resource explores the parts of the Mass to help teens understand the meaning of the prayers, responses, acclamations, gestures, signs, and symbols. Additionally, From Mass to Mission will inspire teens to more actively participate in the Mass and carry out our mission as Christ's disciples in the world.

978-1-61671-296-9 | Saddlestitched | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 48 pages

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Children Leader's Guide by Joyce Donahue

Participating at Sunday Mass is the most important action of the week for Catholic Christians. From Mass to Mission deepens our understanding of the Mass and how it shapes us to live as Christ's disciples in the world. Developed for three different age groups (adults, teens, and children), the From Mass to Mission series includes booklets and Leader's Guides that offer the entire parish the opportunity to grow deeper in their understanding and participation in the liturgy.

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Children, Leader's Guide provides parish catechists and Catholic school teachers with the tools for teaching children about the Mass. A companion DVD-ROM provides a variety of downloadable materials that will enhance your lessons and assist with advertising and connecting with parents and guardians.

This Leader's Guide will help you:

Inside you will find:

978-1-61671-299-0 | Book with disk | 8 1/2 x 11 | 32 pages

From Mass to Mission: Understanding the Mass and Its Significance for Our Christian Life for Children by Joyce Donahue

Every Sunday, we go to Mass to pray with our family, friends, and members of our parish. Going to Mass is the most important thing we do as Catholic Christians. Mass gives us time to praise God and to thank him for all the blessings in our life, to hear his Word, and to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. Going to Mass helps us to become better people. This booklet explains the meaning of the Mass and will help you understand why going to Mass on Sunday is so important for our faith.

Children will learn:

• Why Mass is important
• What Catholics believe about Christ
• The parts of the Mass
• Why we stand, kneel, sing, and listen
• Prayers, responses, and acclamations
• Vocabulary Words
• How Mass helps us to be more like Jesus

From Mass to Mission may be used with children from grade three to six in the classroom and with parents. This booklet is filled with fun activities, illustrations, photographs, and simple explanations. An accompanying leader's guide for teachers and catechists is available.

978-1-61671-298-3 | Saddlestitched | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 48 pages

Baptismal Ecclesiology and the Order of Christian Funerals by Stephen S. Wilbricht, csc; Foreword by H. Richard Rutherford, csc

Throughout this work, Fr. Stephen S. Wilbricht, csc, emphasizes the link between Baptism and death, assisting Christians in grasping who we are called to be in this life as disciples and who we are promised to become in eternal life as saints. As the author points out the centrality of baptismal identity to the funeral liturgy, he makes apparent that the union established at Baptism continues until all reach Christ. Such an appreciation for life in the Body of Christ will help the community recognize both their responsibilities at the death of a member and the union that remains with that member as all journey to the divine. Wilbricht explores the Church's theology of Baptism and death, and provides pastoral suggestions that will encourage communities to carry out their commitment to care for the grieving and bury the dead.

978-1-61671-443-7 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 224 pages

La Vigilia por el difunto y el rito exequial Guia da oracion by Danielle Noe

The Vigil for the Deceased and the Rite of Committal Worship Aid by Danielle Noe

Vigil for the Deceased and the Rite of Committal prayer card will help those who take part in these rites of the Order of Christian Funerals. This easy-to-use worship aid guides the mourners through the liturgy and provides their responses, and it includes a few well-known hymns to encourage singing. Its simple, dignified design is suited to the solemnity of the rites it supports.

978-1-61671-440-6 | Prayercard | Language: English

The Funeral Mass Worship Aid by Danielle Noe

The Funeral Mass prayer card is designed to help those who attend the Funeral Mass, including those who are unfamiliar with Catholic worship, to follow and participate in this liturgy. This easy-to-use worship aid guides the mourners through the liturgy and provides their responses to the prayers and readings. Its simple, dignified design is suited to the solemnity of the liturgy it supports.

978-1-61671-439-0 | Prayercard | Language: English

The Liturgy: Source and Summit of Our Christian Life by Corinna Laughlin.

The Catholic Church teaches that the celebration of the liturgy is the source and summit of the Christian life" (Lumen gentium, 11). Participating in the liturgy the Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours, the sacramental rites, blessings, and other official rites is the most important act of Catholic Christians, for it is through the liturgy that the faithful give praise to God, thank him for his blessings, and go forth strengthened and challenged to life as Christ's disciples in the world.

This easy-to-read resource explores what it means to call liturgy source and summit." It will help the Catholic faithful to understand the meaning of the liturgy and its importance to our life of faith, experience Christ's four-fold presence in the various Church rites, come to a deeper relationship with God, and reflect on the transforming power of the liturgy to change the world.

978-1-61671-425-3 | Paperback | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 80 pages | Language: English