Liturgy Resource
Sample Liturgies for Atonement and Healing (2013)
Keeping our Promise to Protect: Sample Liturgies for Atonement and Healing from the Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Diocese of Las Cruces, and the Archdiocese of Chicago, April 2013.
As we continue to move through this tenth year of implementing the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, we pause to reflect on how far we, as Church, have come and how far we have yet to travel. The bishops of the USCCB and their dioceses and eparchies have come a long way in dealing with the victims and survivors of clergy sexual abuse. In the past ten years over 16,000 people have come forward to tell their stories. After learning that the unthinkable did indeed happen, victim assistance resources were put into place and the journey of providing healing was begun.
This collection of Masses, prayer services, prayers and songs is to help bishops reach out to the faithful in their own dioceses/eparchies and to show atonement and offer healing.