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2024 Advent & Christmas Liturgical Preparation Aid
Download our free Liturgical Preparation Aid for the Seasons of Advent and Christmas, now available for 2024-2025 (Year C)!
Liturgical Preparation Aid: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
This booklet, in preparation for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on June 2, 2024, is one of several resources and formation opportunities which the Federation is providing during the Eucharistic Revival.
Eucharistic Adoration Webinar Series (2024)
In preparation for the new translation of Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass (2024), the FDLC was pleased to offer a free webinar series on Eucharistic Adoration and Exposition.
Sunday of the Word of God 2024 Resources
In 2019, Pope Francis announced that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time would be celebrated as the Sunday of the Word of God. This year it will fall on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
Sacrosanctum Concilium 60th Anniversary Prayer Service
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (December 4, 1963 to 2023), the FDLC has prepared a prayer service. It quotes heavily from the Constitution itself, even the intercessory prayers draw from the language of the Sacrosanctum Concilium.
FDLC Annual Appeal 2023-2024
“With Zeal and Patience” SC 19 Dear FDLC Members and Friends, This Federation was founded in 1969 during a momentous period in our Church’s history. Those early years were marked by remarkable scholarship, legendary leadership, and bold change. The liturgical renewal continues to be inspired by the Holy Spirit. The wisdom of the Council FathersContinue reading “FDLC Annual Appeal 2023-2024”
2023 Advent & Christmas Liturgical Preparation Aid
Download our free Liturgical Preparation Aid for the Seasons of Advent and Christmas, now available for 2023-2024 (Year B).
Prayers for the Synod
On September 14, the Holy See released prayers for the opening of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 4, 2023).
The Divine Office Hymnal Webinars
The Secretariat of Divine Worship and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions will co-sponsor two, 75-minute webinars on The Divine Office Hymnal on Thursdays, October 19 and 26 at 1:00PM ET.