Introducing the New Missal

For information about what is happening in our diocese click here for the Newsletter from the Diocesan Liturgy Council and here for Bishop Michael's accompanying letter.

The PowerPoints from Carmel Pilcher's presentations The Eucharist in our Tradition can be viewed below:

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Click here to proceed to the website for the New Missal established by the Australian Catholic Bishops. It contains many resources to assist parishes. The new Order for Mass is found on this site.

Click here to view an enlarged version of the PowerPoint presentation found on the Roman Missal website. It contains all the changes to the people's parts of the Mass.

Click here for a copy of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal.

There is one new resource from Renew International for small groups on the new translation of the Mass. It is called ‘Lifting up our Hearts and is available from the ‘Faith and Life’ vicariate of the Brisbane Archdiocese. For further information click here.

Missal Updates

1. At the recent Clergy Conference on the New Missal, the clergy decided that all parishes across the diocese would begin using the new people’s parts from the Revised Missal on the first Sunday in September – i.e., the 3rd / 4th of September 2011. The Laminated pew cards will be used then.

2. The March edition of Liturgy News includes in its Editorial on pg 2, a suggested preaching plan to support the introduction of the New Missal. There are other articles on the Missal on pg.12-14

3. The May edition of The Summit has good articles on the New Missal; on pg 4-5, 34-38, the last one suggesting sections from the DVD Become one Body One Spirit in Christ.

4. The New Zealand National Catholic website includes a Word document template for the new Missal which may assist parishes in reformatting all their booklet templates. Click here to access this document.

5. Recently Redemptorist Fr Paul Bird composed a Mass setting for the new Missal entitled Mass of St. Alphonsus. Click here to access the Mass or purchase sheet music or on the icon below for further information.



If you have any further questions please contact the Diocesan Liturgy Council via:

Brian Mascord - brian.mascord@mn.catholic.org.au

Cathy White - tcwhite2323@yahoo.com.au

Louise Gannon - louise.gannon@ssjl.org.au