Frequently Asked Questions and Other Resources

Resources from the Holy See

• Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium
• Venerable Pius XII, Encyclical Mediator Dei
• Saint Paul VI, Encyclical Mysterium Fidei
• Saint John Paul II, Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia
• Saint John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Dies Domini
• Pope Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis
• Pope Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini
• Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum
• Music of the Roman Missal, Third Edition (International Commission on English in the Liturgy)

Resources from the USCCB

• Ars Celebrandi
• Art of Pastoral Translation
• Deacons at Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest
• Guidelines for a Multilingual Celebration of Mass
• Guidelines for Altar Servers
• Guidelines for Televising the Liturgy
• Letter on the Name of God
• Multicultural Liturgies
• Proper Formularies for the United States in their Original Languages
• Redemptionis Sacramentum and the Authority of the Diocesan Bishop
• The Name of God in the Liturgy
• Thirty Questions on the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum
• Weekday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest