Theology & Spirituality
Selected readings to provide background and insight into the Revised Roman Missal
Welcoming
the Roman Missal
The full text of Bishop Serratelli's essay on the work of translation and where we go from here
At the meeting, co-sponsored by the USCCB committee on Divine Worship and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, the members heard an address by Bishop Arthur Serratelli, Chairman on the Committee on Divine Worship.
Just before the US bishops began their debate and vote on the English translation of the Roman Missal produced by ICEL (International Commission on English in the Liturgy), Bishop Arthur Roche, of Leeds, England, president of ICEL, presented an address to the assembled bishops.
In order to understand the recent revision of the Roman Missal and the reasons for certain modifications and changes in the General Instruction of the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia, it is necessary to take as a starting point the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council Sacrosanctum Concilium
On November 7, 2008, then-Bishop Allen H. Vigneron of Oakland addressed the Gateway Liturgical Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on the subject of Liturgiam authenticam and the art of pastoral translation.
