Liturgy Office
Liturgy Office:
The Diocesan Liturgy Office, working with the Department of Evangelisation and Discipleship, is charged with the task of implementing the Second Vatican Councils' Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. It provides formation, support and development of the liturgical life of our parishes, schools and communities. Formation for liturgical ministry as well as support to parishes in the area of Art and Architecture is also provided.
Email: liturgy@cliftondiocese.com
Postal Address:
Alexander House,
160 Pennywell Road,
Bristol
BS5 0TX
Click on a link below for Liturgical information and resources:
Ministries:
Prayer of the Faithful worksheet
Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Ministers-of-Holy-Communion-trifold
Guide for taking Holy Communion to the sick and housebound
Communion of the sick – Liturgy (trifold)
Guidelines for Lay Ministers of the Word
Saint Teresa of CalcuttaSaint Teresa of CalcuttaThe Liturgical Year
Feasts, Saints and Seasons:
Fasting and Abstinence Guidelines
Sacrament of Reconciliation – a simple guide
Easter Triduum:
The Liturgy of the Easter Triduum
The Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday
The Easter Vigil - Blessing the Fire
Triduum, Morning & Evening Prayer:
Morning Prayer Maundy Thursday
Evening Prayer Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday - Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
Good Friday - Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
Holy Saturday - Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
Readings for Easter Triduum Office of Readings
Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest
Our Lady of Walsingham - 24 September
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- Further Resources
- Prayer of the Faithful Year A
- Prayer of the Faithful Year B
- Prayer of the Faithful Year C
- Art & Architecture
- Useful Links
Resources:
Rites and Blessings
Advent
- Advent Readers Guide (A)
- Advent Readers Guide (B)
- Advent Readers Guide (C)
- Advent Carol Liturgy
- Advent O Antiphon Liturgy
- Advent O Antiphon Liturgy - Booklet
- Bambinelli Sunday
- Christingle
- Los Posadas
- Order of the blessing of an Advent Wreath
- Suggested Hymns and Readings before Midnight Mass
Christmas
Epiphany
- The Epiphany Proclamation
- Easter Announcement Music File
- Blessing of Homes on the Epiphany
- Epiphany Carol Liturgy
Lent and Easter
More Resources
Prayer of Blessing of Married Couples
A Liturgy of the Word for Sundays
A Liturgy of the Word, with Holy Communion, for Sundays
Children's Liturgy of the Word
Liturgy of Reconciliation Tri-fold
Time before the Blessed Sacrament
Year A Advent/Christmastide
Immaculate Conception of the BVM
Year A Lent / Eastertide
2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Year A Ordinary Time
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Other Solemnities and Feasts
Year B – Advent/Christmastide
Immaculate Conception of the BVM
Year B Lent / Eastertide
2nd Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy
Year B Ordinary Time
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Other Solemnities and Feasts
Prayer of the Faithful worksheet
Prayer of the Faithful - Arundel & Brighton guidelines
Cycle of Prayer - Model Intercessions
Year C
Prayer of the Faithful worksheet
Prayer of the Faithful - Arundel & Brighton guidelines
Cycle of Prayer - Model Intercessions
Year C Advent/Christmastide
Immaculate Conception of the BVM
Year C Lent / Eastertide
2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
Year C Ordinary Time
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Other Solemnities and Feasts
The following links are offered as a resource to all who are involved in liturgical ministry. The links given below were accurate at the time of going to print.
GENERAL LITURGY RESOURCES
www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/index.htm
Congregation for Divine Worship and the discipline of the Sacraments (Vatican).
The Department for Christian Life and Worship
of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
Offers a number of free to use hymns, prayers, pictures etc
LITURGY MAGAZINES
The Pastoral Liturgy Magazine
Worship is an ecumenical journal devoted to the study of liturgical theology and practice.
www.musicasacra.com/journal/sacred-music/
Sacred Music is the official journal of the Church Music Association of America
LITURGY SOCIETIES
The Society of Saint Gregory. Music and Liturgy Journal is produced by the society. A useful
resource for music planning.
The Society for Catholic Liturgy is committed to promoting scholarly study and practical
renewal of the Church’s liturgy.
Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy.
LITURGICAL FORMATION
This website contains a variety of materials, mostly related to biblical and liturgical studies.
LITURGICAL PLANNING & MUSIC
This website features free, downloadable communion antiphons for all liturgical year cycles
to be used at Sunday and Holy Day Masses.
Centre for Liturgy at St Louis University. Excellent weekly resources including good
Universal Prayers (Prayer of the Faithful)
National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Music for the Liturgy.
Responsorial Psalm settings for the liturgical year. The site includes free printable music for
organ and cantor and audio files. A Very useful for new cantors.
www.canticanova.com/index.html
Traditional music for the Contemporary Church. Planning, resources and hymns.
www.wellsprings.org.uk/wellsprings.htm
A good resource for the liturgical year: prayers, meditations. Good non-Eucharistic material.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Help for those who proclaim the Word at Mass
Liturgy Alive. Good resources for the Mass including Prayer of the Faithful for each Sunday.
Online study Bible with different translations and search
An excellent resource from Salford Diocese including notes for readers for each Sunday of the year.
A useful resource for helping people with intellectual challenges – includes downloadable files and resource guides
www.kairosforum.org/space/weekly-gospel/
A useful resource making the Sunday Gospel more accessible for people with intellectual challenges
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/LOWC/index.shtml
Guidelines and ministry leaflets for Masses and Liturgy of the Word with children
www.ocp.org/en-us/products/9595
Music for CLOW
LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Mass Readings / Calendar/ Liturgy of the Hours -also phone app for hours. Grail translation
of psalms available together with some English diocesan calendars.
LATIN LITURGY
Association for Latin liturgy
Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form)
Our Diocesan Liturgy Office has now produced a series of videos, entitled A Call to Love to remind and encourage us of the importance of the Mass in our lives as Catholic Christians