Yesterday started the annual meeting of the representatives of Liturgical Commissions from the Dioceses of Region III: Pennsylvania and New Jersey (FDLC: Federation of Liturgical Commissions). We're meeting at the Marriot hotel in nearby Wall township. We began our meeting with Evening Prayer, in which Bishop John M. Smith, the bishop of Trenton, joined us for prayer and then a great dinner.
Our first session was a report on the FDLC Board meeting in January, and other reports on the state of the Federation: financial, projects we're working on, and our publications currently available.
We have representatives from the following dioceses joining us for our discussion in these days: Erie, PA, Scranton, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Camden, NJ, Metuchen, NJ, Newark, NJ, and of course, Trenton, NJ. Pray for us, as we struggle with the huge issue of how best to catechize people for the upcoming edition of the new Missale Romanum. There are many different positions: some people are Cheerleaders, and think that this is the greatest thing from heaven. Some have serious questions about this new Missale...and struggle to try to make sense of it, and where to go with it. All positions are represented at a Regional meeting like this. Pray that the Lord will lead us to where He wants us to go!
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