Paperback missalettes or hardcover?

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Which does your parish use? Why do you prefer one style over another? How long do hardcovers last? Thank you in advance.
 
My Parish uses paperbacks that are in plastic coverings. That way it’s cheaper on the parish finances and is much harder for kids to tear the covers on the books. I have yet to find any of them that are torn.

As to which I prefer:
I personally don’t mind either or. My inner business student appreciates the pragmatism of using paperbacks with plastic coverings.
 
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Paperbacks that are changed out 3 or 4 times per year.

This makes the most sense for our larger, bilingual parish.
 
We don’t use them. Parish brings in an order of these annual Sunday Missals each year to sell to the parishioners but we don’t provide them in the pews.

Most parishes I’ve been to in recent years have these or these in a weekly format, sometimes for free, sometimes for sale.
 
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We used the paperback for many years and switched to the hardback the beginning of this liturgical year because, in the long run, they will save the parish money. One of the drawbacks we have found is the lack of seasonal music that we would get in the paperback.
 
The parish uses paperbacks, but I have my own personal hardcover Missal.
 
Some parishes here when the updates came in 2011 did a “sponsorship” option for the hardcover books. For the unit cost of one, you had a nice printed label inside the front cover with a message to the effect “This book purchased in memory of ___.” Nearly our entire parish set was covered this way.
 
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Our Parish currently has paperback Breaking Bread which is good for a year and has to be replaced every year. Our new pastor does not like that so we are changing as of Advent to the St Augustine hard cover 3 year missal/hymnal. According to Fr O, these books last 10-15 years or more. My wife did the cost analysis on this and they will pay for themselves within 2-3 years. We are also planning a campaign to put "In Remembrance of: " labels in the books to off set the price.

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As I have not actually seen it, I do not know.As soon as I find out, hopefully within the next couple weeks, I will update you.

Patrick
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I would be interested in a missal book with antiphons, etc. (similar to what missalettes offer, that would be used long-term and not thrown away, but one that is easy to use/user-friendly. Any suggestions?
 
If it’s for personal use (not buying in bulk for the parish), I recommend the Daily Roman Missal from Midwest Theological Forum. That’s what I own and use. It’s very complete and easy to use once you get acquainted with their layout, and the order of Mass is in both English and Latin.
 
Yes - those antiphons and collects tend to repeat anyway, but it’s actually about as close as you can get to the altar Missal + lectionary the priest is using without going so far as to purchase those (hence the price of about $60-70, iirc). I think I’ve even heard of priests using this in a pinch when they were traveling, etc.
 
Same here. It is, after all, the Midwest Theological Forum (which is my general area), but I don’t think Cajun Country is that different! 😁
 
Our small parish went to the hardcovers, and lived to regret it. The version we got lacks anything for the daily Masses, and as we have an active daily Mass contingent, we still have to buy some quantity of the three times a year seasonal missalettes. Most of the weekend Mass attendees ignore the hardcover missals as they seem to find it a bother to find the proper readings even though at the beginning of Mass the lector announces the Cycle and Sunday. The music ministry hates being confined to the hymns in the hardcover rather than the rotating seasonal hymns in the paperback version that changed three times a year or so. All in all, a big mistake for us. Maybe would work better in a larger parish.
 
We get an annual softcover that is then put into a plastic hardcover.
The parish I grew up in has permanent hardcover books.
My in-laws’ parish got some kind permanent hardcover that I think are St. Augustine. It was really confusing because of how they were organized and how they leave out so much. In the end the parish had to also buy the regular annual missalettes because that’s what the people wanted. No one was using the St. Augustine books.
 
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I’ve been to several parishes that don’t offer anything in the pew or only a hymnal, no readings.
 
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Same here. Parish uses paperback Missals but I have my own personal St. Joseph Missal.
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Ditto Here.

The Parishs’ last well, so well our stock is deleted - (we think people take them home by mistake as it’s just one more thing in their hand along with the newsletter etc), so we will be buying more.

I used the paperback until I bought my own. I have a Saint Joseph Daily Missal from 1950 still in good condition (and still have the small printed 4 page “help” when the New Mass was introduced - so they last well.

ETA - the above is for the EF Mass.

For the OF - I also have the hardcover of both the Sunday and Daily Missals which I bought in 2011 and they are still in very good condition. The Churches in my parish have the newsletter for the readings etc, pew cards for various standard prayers e.g. I Believe, Creed etc. The small Chapel does have about 6 of the paperback missals in addition to the newsletters and pew cards.
 
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