The New Roman Missal

Today, I had the chance to chat with a couple of our neighboring pastors, and I was really surprised that they hadn't heard about an important workshop coming to our diocese, indeed to our own backyard, at Monmouth University in August. It's a workshop sponsored by FDLC and the BCDW (Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship) on the implementation of the new Roman Missal. It's going to be one of 20 workshops like this to be offered all over the country.

I think that it's really important for all of the priests of the Trenton Diocese, and of New Jersey to take advantage of this workshop. We will have top-notch presenters and leaders of the FDLC present at this event, including Bishop John M. Smith of the Trenton Diocese, Archbishop Donald Reece from Jamaica, Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, NJ and the chair of the BCDW, and Msgr. John Burton, the Executive Director of the FDLC will be present at this workshop. All should be able to share some valuable insights into the new Missal, as well as insights into effective preparation techniques to help with the much-needed catechesis that we'll need to do as pastors and church leaders.


Here's a link to the info about the workshop here in Trenton in August:

http://www.fdlc.org/Roman_Missal/RM_13.htm