Public Resources

ADVENT-CHRISTMAS SEASONAL PREPARATION AID 2020 (YEAR B): ENGLISH | SPANISH

This resource includes:

Information regarding preparing liturgies during the pandemic
Handouts which you might provide for families and the homebound (about the Advent Season, the Advent Wreath, and the Jesse Tree)
Full text for a Rite of Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution (to be used in regions where permissible) including Readings, Alternative Readings, Sample Penances, & Music Suggestions
The Liturgical Year Calendar Advisory
Lectionary Readings for Sundays and Solemnities (Year B)
The Proclamation of the Birth of Christ (to be sung before Mass)
Proclamation of the Date of Easter (to be sung on the Solemnity of the Epiphany)
The O Antiphons (December 17-24)
Information about the FDLC

'KEEP IN MIND': Prayers & Practices for Remembering the Dead During the Month of November (2020)

This resource includes:

An introduction
About the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Lectionary citations for the Masses for the Dead
Announcement from the Vatican regarding the Extension of November indulgences for the Dead
A Reminder about the Mass in a Time of Pandemic
Praying the psalms
Select Prayers from the Order of Christian Funerals
Best Practices for Parishes – Remembering the Dead in a time of Covid
Music Suggestions
A prayer for those who have died from Covid-19

You have permission to share this resource with your parishes and constituent groups (including the prayer on page 11).

Toward an End to Racism Resources

Sunday of the Word of God Resource

Past Liturgical Planning Aids

LITURGY PLANNING AID FOR THE GREAT NINETY DAYS (2020): ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL

Once again, the FDLC offers a liturgical preparation aid for Lent, the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and the Easter Season.

The document contains:

A full presider’s text for the “Rite of Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution”
Sample Music Suggestions
Sample Penances
A Liturgical Year Calendar Advisory
Frequently-asked Questions and Their Answers
A summary of the Lectionary readings for Sundays and Solemnities
Preparation sheets for the Rites belonging to the Period of Purification and Enlightenment
Preparation sheet for Palm Sunday
Preparation sheets for the Sacred Paschal Triduum
An Order of Service for Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday evening

Many thanks to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (USCCB-CCD) and to the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) for their kind permission to share copyrighted material.