Clifton Podcasts

Clifton Podcasts

The Clifton Diocese has produced a series of short podcasts in which Christopher Walker and Richard Jeffrey-Gray talk about  ways to introduce singing of the parts of the Mass from the simplest Alleluia to more accomplished settings.  There also links to recommended musical settings.  The topics of the podcasts . . .

New Lectionary

New Lectionary

Fr Paul Denney speaks about the process of preparing the new Lectionary, to be introduced across England & Wales and Scotland from First Sunday of Advent 2024.  Fr Denney was closely involved in the preparation of the new Lectionary on behalf of the Bishops’...
The pattern of scripture

The pattern of scripture

Ordinary Time – Week 29 “The Word of God unceasingly calls to mind and extends the plan of salvation, which achieves its fullest expression in the liturgy.  The liturgical celebration becomes therefore the continuing, complete, and effective presentation...
New lectionary

New lectionary

Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Scottish Bishops’ Conference and a member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, speaks on the new translation of the scriptures, the English Standard Version (Catholic Edition 2017), which will be used in the new Lectionary. ...
Happy feast day!

Happy feast day!

A happy feast day and every blessing on this patronal feast of St Gregory the Great to all SSG members and followers of our website. “For, as on the festival of Saint Gregory, you bid your Church rejoice, so, too, you strengthen her by the example of his holy...
Season of creation

Season of creation

Sunday 1 September is the beginning of the Season of Creation which continues until the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October. In a joint statement, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Justin Welby, write, “Future generations will...