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Minutes
of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission
September
19, 2005
6-9
p.m.
Creagh
Library, Brighton
Present:
Rev.
Brian Bachand, Mr. Charles Carmody, Sr. Nancy Charlesworth, Ms. Nancy
Dome, Rev.
Austin Fleming, Deacon Mario Fonseca, Ms. Andrea Goodrich, Mr.
William Grzybowski, Rev. Brian Mahoney, Mr. Victor Melo, Msgr.
Timothy Moran, Ms. Amy Strickland
- The business meeting followed dinner.
- Discussion on issues and concerns the Commission might address
included the following:
- Rites of Christian initiation for children: what’s happening
and what needs to
happen?
- Guidelines for bi/multi-lingual celebrations of the Triduum: possibly
in place for
Triduum 2006?
- Significant changes in parish life/pastoral staffing and the tendency
of parishioners
to want/expect structures of the past: how manage people’s expectations
and priest’s capacities with regard to weddings, funerals,
daily masses,
Sunday schedules? What guidelines might help take the heat off of the
local pastor?
- In developing policy recommendations, the Commission would submit its recommendations
to the Archbishop.
- Opportunities for developing/evaluating understanding of liturgical
presidency
- A general raising of excellence in liturgical life of parishes of the
Archdiocese.
- How
might the Commission interact with other Archdiocesan
agencies/ministries to
engage in this effort?
- Training for lay presiders who minister at wake services, committal
rites; training
parish ministers in leading prayer, in writing prayers
- Evenings of instruction, guidelines for training parish ministers
- Helping multi-cultural parishes blend traditions and customs without
doing violence
to the rites or the customs themselves
- Brian Mahoney spoke of the need to create Committees for the
Commission: Executive; Liturgical Music; Art and Environment; RCIA;
Liturgy and Sacraments. At the next meeting we need to name persons
to chair the Committees and members of the Committees.
- Those interested in the FDLC listserve should email Brian Mahoney at ReverendBrian_Mahoney@rcab.org
- At the Commission’s next meeting we will elect officers:
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary. To assist Commission
members in electing officers, members
are asked to submit a short biography to Brian at OfficeForWorship@RCAB.org within two weeks. Brian will send out terms of office
so that we can elect accordingly.
- There was discussion about the members’ willingness to move the
location of the meeting to other sites. Future meetings are planned
for November, January, March, May.
- Other issues raised in discussion:
- Difference in stipends/fees from parish to parish: how to
standardize?
- Need to update Archdiocesan guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of the
Eucharist
- Need for Archdiocesan guidelines for lectors: none in existence at
the moment
- Need to clarify giving Communion to those in hospital settings (esp.
the question of non-Catholics (Brian may seek permission to reprint a
relevant article
in the current issue of Worship)
- Booklets for guidelines on weddings and funerals (to hand out to
wedding couples and families)
- Need for workshops for Ext. Mins. Of Eucharist; liturgical music;
Triduum; lectors;
weddings; foundations of liturgical ministries. Possibility of
taping these
so that they could be used more frequently
- Next meeting:
Monday,
November 28, 6:30-8:30
(includes
light dinner) at
Holy Family Parish Center in West Concord
Directions:
•From
Route 95 take Route 2 West, to Route 62 West
•In
West Concord Center, Route 62 veers left at the 99 Restaurant
•At
the next set of lights make a right on Church Street
•Just
ahead on the right is the former Our Lady Help of Christians Church
•Make
a right into the driveway
•Holy
Family Parish Center is directly behind the Church.
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