The Canadian bishops' conference announced the launch of a new
website aimed at educating the country's faithful on changes to the
Roman Missal.
The National Liturgy Office for the Canadian bishops said organizers are “pleased” to announce the online resource, www.romanmissal.ca, to “help parishes, missions and institutions across Canada in understanding the contents of this new book.”
Copies
of the new missal are scheduled to be shipped to Canadian parishes on
Nov. 10, with the official implementation date to be held on Nov. 27,
the first day of Advent this year.
Organizers said local Church
leaders have been working around the clock to prepare the clergy of the
country for the new edition of the Roman Missal by holding seminars from
coast to coast.
“It is our hope that the local clergy and
diocesan offices will take a prominent role in the implementation
process in our churches and schools,” the website reads.
The new
site includes materials for parish bulletins and workshops as well as
links to Roman Missal-related materials from the Publications Service of
the Canadian bishops' conference, which is helping produce the book.
Viewers
can also find links to Roman Missal implementation sites from the
numerous English-speaking bishops’ conferences including, the U.S.,
Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Organizers
announced that the prefaces and other prayers for the Sundays of Advent
edition will soon be posted “to facilitate the efforts of Priests in
preparing to proclaim these new translations.”
The site also has
resources for musicians, such as links to recordings of the three
settings for the Ordinary of the Mass that were composed specifically
for Canada.
The latest version of the Roman Missal incorporates
the most significant changes in the liturgy since 1974. While the
essentials of the Mass have not changed, the new translation is
considered a richer way to explain and proclaim the Catholic faith.