The introduction of the new English translation of the Latin Missal edged another step closer, with a secret ballot by the bishops giving the required canonical approval to a number of liturgical texts.
The Bishops approved the text of the “Grey Books”, or the final translation from the International Commission for English in the Liturgy (ICEL) on the Votive Mass, Masses for the Dead, The Commons, the Proper of Saints, the Introductory Documents, Antiphons and Appendices.
Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, said that while it was impossible to predict exactly when the new Missal would be published, current indications were that it might be towards the end of 2010.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Coleridge said that the Missal Implementation Team for Australia continued its work on preparing for the publishing of the new Missal. The Executive Secretary of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy, Fr Peter Williams will coordinate and manage the international group charged with preparing the material.
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