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...
Hodder Sunday Missal
Hodder & Stoughton are publishing a people’s Sunday Missal with the new ESV-CE translation of scripture and the Abbey psalms. Hardback versions are available in blue or red covers at £18.99 or bulk discount ten copies for £130. This is an alternative to...
Alternative psalm versions
The Australian Bishops’ Conference has decided that musical settings of the psalms which use translations other than those approved for the Lectionary may be used. At their May 2024 meeting, the bishops confirmed that “scripture texts set to music, by...
Universalis
The Universalis app, which provides the full texts of readings and prayers for Mass and the Divine Office on each day of the year, has now made available the new lectionary translation (from the English Standard Version Catholic Edition [ESV-CE] with the Abbey...
New feast day
The Holy See has granted permission for Our Lady of Walsingham to be celebrated as a new Feast in the dioceses of England, starting this year on 24 September. Cardinal…