Liturgy Office
England & Wales
The Liturgy Office serves the work of the Department for Christian Life and Worship of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales providing resources, information and advice.
Easter
God of everlasting mercy,
who, in the very recurrence of the paschal feast
kindle the faith of the people you have made your own
increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed,
that all may grasp and rightly understand
in what font they have been washed,
by whose Spirit they have been reborn,
by whose Blood they have been redeemed.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ ….
Roman Missal, Second Sunday of Easter
The fifty days from the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one 'great Sunday'.
These are days above all others in which the Alleluia is sung.
Universal Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, 22
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Guidance of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales can be found on its webpages.
Liturgy Office material is gathered on a resources page.
This includes material for Holy Week, Triduum and Easter.
The God who Speaks: Year of the Word
News & Events
- The New Lectionary for England and Wales
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) — Prayers during a time of 'flu and illness
- Sunday of the Word of God
- Day of Prayer for Survivors of Abuse - 12 April
- St Paul VI added to liturgical Calendar
- StudyGuide to Catholic Liturgy
- Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest & Calendar Notes
- Chrism Mass & Adoremus Resources II
- Adoremus- resources I
- Bishops' Conference November 2017 - Magnum Principium
- Cycle of Prayer - Intercessions & Bible Sunday
- Holydays of Obligation
- The place of silence
- CDF Instruction on Cremation and the Burial of Ashes
- Liturgical Calendar 2017
- Forthcoming Liturgical Translations
- Feast of St Mary Magdalene
Cycle of Prayer — Easter
- New Members of the Church
- Vocations
- especially on World Day of Prayer for Vocations (4th Sunday of Easter)
- Human Work
- Especially on St Joseph the Worker (1 May)
- Right Use of the Media
- especially on World Communications Day (The Ascension of the Lord)
- The Church
- especially at Pentecost
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales have dedicated 2020 as a year of focus on the Bible and ‘The God Who Speaks’.
- Further details about The God who Speaks.
- Resources for: Liturgy and Scripture
Confirmation & Marriage
New translations of the Order of Confirmation and the Order of Celebrating Matrimony was published in January 2016 for use from Easter 2016.
- Press Release
- Order of Confirmation — Information & Resources
- Order of Celebrating Matrimony — Information & Resources
Roman Missal
Formation material for and texts from the Roman Missal have been re-incorporated back inothe Liturgy Office website.
Resources
Contact Details
- Director Liturgy Office
& Department Assistant Secretary - Mr Martin Foster
- Department Secretary
- Fr Paul Gunter OSB
- Liturgy Office
39 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1PL - 020 7901 4850
020 7901 4821 fax - Liturgy.Office@cbcew.org.uk
Department for Christian Life and Worship
The Department for Christian Life and Worship is one of the six Departments of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. It is advised by three Committees:
- Liturgy
- Patrimony
- Spirituality