Public Resources

With input from experts in liturgy from across the country, FDLC offers publications and resources to aid in the authentic implementation and celebration of the liturgy. They can assist parish staffs and diocesan commissions in training liturgical ministers, preparing parish and diocesan liturgies, and authentically celebrating the sacramental rites.

Mystagogical Reflections

The Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions [FDLC] formed an Ad Hoc Committee for Mystagogical Reflection in 2013 for the Roman Missal, Third Edition, focused on the Collect or Opening Prayer for Sunday, Solemnity, and Holyday Masses. Work continued beyond this initial project for resources for the implications for discipleship and the Jubilee Year of Mercy.

Consecration of the USA to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (2026)

At their November 2025 Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of the United States voted to consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to mark the country’s 250th  birthday.  As reported earlier, the consecration will take place on Thursday, June 11, on the eve of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday, June 12).  

Jubilee Year 2025 Resources

Approved by the Holy See on May 13, 2024 in eight languages, the Mass for the Holy Year may be used in the liturgy for the duration of the Jubilee, celebrated in the dioceses of the United States from December 29, 2024 to December 28, 2025.

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.

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.

Revised Order of Penance (2023)

The first use for the newly revised Order of Penance will be permitted on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023.  Mandatory use will be the Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy), April 16, 2023. Resources Cards for the Confessional or Catechesis The following are available as FREE downloads and may be reproduced at the parish on card stock or paper. (Resource design compliments of Barry Mudd of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Region Five.) Other Resources (The following free resources are compliments of Rev. Christopher Seibt of the Diocese of Syracuse, Region Two.) FDLC / USCCB Webinar on the Revised Order of Penance…