New Translation Exposure in Your Parish

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In Hungary already a new translation is in use (the previous one unfortunately was translated from the English). Some people and clergy protested, but the change within a few week was quite smooth. As far as I know in New Zealand the responses of the laity is already according to the new translation, again the change went trough without main event.

I remember from the fifties, that when in a church the dialog mass was introduced, by the third week people recited their part correctly from typed flyers.

The only problem may came if the priests protest the change.

In my territorial parish there are weekly articles in the bulletin, mostly from the USCCB site. In the conservative parish where I attend masses and where the changes certainly will be introduced there were some articles a year ago, and the acclamation was changed on that time.
 
I live in the Philippines, and it is a complete nonissue. There are more Catholics in the Philippines than in the U.S., and many masses are in English, which people know because English is the language of instruction in schools. Personally, I don’t think people in the Philippines are missing anything when no one here protests about it.
 
the changes for what the people say are not all that dramatic, and publishers have all kinds of resources out there for bulk parish purchase for catechesis. The bishop’s have an interactive dvd that is available to all parishes and dioceses. We are using parts of it during some Masses in the spring and fall to educate our parishioners, and will use the entire thing to educate catechists, teachers, anyone involved in liturgy and any parishioners who wish to participate. In addition we have already given those in parent-sponsor and confirmation classes a heads up on what to expect and will incorporate more formal explanations in the relevant classes on the Mass during the summer and Fall. Fr. Paul Turner who is an expert on liturgy has been to the diocese to do a training for priests, staff, catechetical leaders and anyone else who is interested, and will return in April for part II of a very informative talk.

The priests and deacons of course also have their own trainings since the changes affect the priest’s part of the Mass more than that of the people. The biggest problem for parishes here is going to be the expense of new missals for altar use. It is no longer going to be called a sacramentary btw, but the Roman Missal, according to the video.

I did learn one interesting thing from the video. Since it is rare in most places such as Africa, India or the Pacific Rim for native speakers to also be fluent in Latin, most Mass translations in those places are based on the English, so it is even more important that the English be well done and faithful to the Latin, which is the aim of the new translation.

If you have not heard anything my guess is parishes will wait until early fall, right before the changes are implemented in Advent, to do parish catechesis.
 
mdgspencer said:
I live in the Philippines, and it is a complete nonissue. There are more Catholics in the Philippines than in the U.S., and many masses are in English, which people know because English is the language of instruction in schools. Personally, I don’t think people in the Philippines are missing anything when no one here protests about it.
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Maybe, but I still think it would indeed bother those who have committed the older translations to memory.
 
Nothing yet in my Parish. And if my memory serves, only a couple of small articles in the Diocesan Paper back when the approval was first given for the roll out in Advent. I am in the Diocese of Charleston, SC.
 
My parish has been running articles in the bulletin on a fairly regular basis and has also encouraged parishioners to look up the website on the new Roman Missal.
 
Monte_RCMS said:
Once upon a time, when I complained to my pastor that they don’t TEACH from the pulpit, he said they are not ALLOWED to teach; they are only allowed to preach.
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Can anyone tells me what this means?

Are there specific laws for homilies?
 
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