Worship
The Office of Worship serves as a liturgical and educational resource for the bishop and parishes of the Diocese of Kansas City~St. Joseph.
Deacon Ralph WehnerDirector, Master of Ceremony816-756-1858, ext. 257Sister Claudette Schiratti, RSM, Associate DirectorMM, Catholic University (Piano Performance)MM, University of Kansas (Sacred Music, Organ)816-756-1858, ext. 255Administrative Assisstant816-756-1858, ext. 242
In the liturgical celebrations each person, minister or layman, who has an office to perform, should do all of, but only, those parts which pertain to his office by the nature of the rite and the principles of liturgy. Servers, lectors, (musicians) and members of the choir also exercise a genuine liturgical function. They ought, therefore, to discharge their office with the sincere piety and decorum demanded by so exalted a ministry and rightly expected of them by God's people. Consequently they must all be deeply imbued with the spirit of the liturgy, each in his own measure, and they must be trained to perform their functions in a correct and orderly manner.
Sacrosanctum Concilium - The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium - The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Staff Responsibilities <click to view
The English translation of the New Roman Missal. After years in the making the English translation of the New Roman Missal is now awaiting the final approval of the bishops and the Vatican. To begin educating the faithful and clergy on the new translation, the U.S. bishops have launched a website.
The website dedicated to the new translation can be found at:
"We have a great opportunity during this period not only to learn about the changes, not only to learn about the revised texts, but also to deepen our own understanding of the Liturgy itself," he says. "We encourage priests, deacons, religious, liturgical ministers, all the faithful to avail themselves of the information that we are making available." Bishop Arthur Serratelli, Chair, Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship
Year of the Priest, June 19,2009 - June 19, 2010 <click for more information
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a year of the priest in an effort to encourage "spiritual perfection" in priest.
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a year of the priest in an effort to encourage "spiritual perfection" in priest.
Last Friday, the US Bishops received a communique from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, this one dated 29 June.
The message: the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) -- the Hebrew notation for the name of God -- is now forbidden to be "used or pronounced" in worship.
The letter, which has not yet been published on either the Vatican or the USCCB Websites offers the following specific directives. <click here for directives
Holy Days of Obligation <click to viewDiocesan Directives (click on document to view)
Prayers for: