TRAINING FOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION: required for all those who are beginning as Ministers. Session “A” is required of all Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. There will be a special section for high school juniors, seniors and other young people. In your letter to the bishop, you must mention that you are sending young people so that we may provide this special section. Those who minister in hospitals, nursing homes and to homebound persons are also required to attend Session “B”.
To Register for Extraordinary Minister Training:the pastor of the parish must send a letter to Bishop Murphy at least 10 days in advance requesting the training for each person attending. This letter must mention the date and place of the training the person will attend and if there are young people attending.
TRAINING FOR LECTORS An opportunity for new and continuing lectors to fine-tune their skills in proclaiming the Word of God. Please use the tear-off below for lector training only.
TRAINING FOR MINISTERS OF HOSPITALITY/USHERS This training takes place by request in the parish. Call the Office of Worship to make arrangements.
Washington, D.C. At the present time, we are still awaiting the recognitio from Rome, the approval of the translations of the last sections of the Roman Missal. Once that confirmation is received, training and preparation will begin in earnest.
The main source of information continues to be the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Office of Divine Worship website:www.USCCB.org/romanmissal.
Pastors are urged to advise parishioners to look at this website for information concerning the changes in the translations of some of the prayers of the people. Priests can take advantage of this website to better familiarize themselves with the updated priest’s parts of the Mass, especially the Eucharistic Prayers. By reading out loud these prayers and other parts of the Mass to get a sense of their vocabulary, style and cadence, priests will be well-prepared to prayerfully proclaim the new translation when it is implemented. The Frequently Asked Questions section can be used to help answer parishioners’ questions concerning the forthcoming Missal. Finally, in parishes that have a sizeable Hispanic population, especially those who attend Masses in English from time to time, the Español section of the website can assist pastors in catechizing Spanish-speaking parishioners in the coming translation changes and how that might impact them.
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required for all those who are beginning as Ministers. Session “A” is required of all Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. There will be a special section for high school juniors, seniors and other young people. In your letter to the bishop, you must mention that you are sending young people so that we may provide this special section. Those who minister in hospitals, nursing homes and to homebound persons are also required to attend Session “B”.