Guiding Liturgical Principles

UNIVERSAL CHURCH & CHURCH FATHERS’ DOCUMENTS

Catechism of the Catholic Church
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
http://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html

Code of Canon Law
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM

Documents of Vatican II
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm

– Constitutions

* Dei Verbum – Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation

* Lumen Gentium – Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

* Sacrosanctum Concilium – The Sacred Liturgy

* Gaudium et Spes – The Church in the Modern World

– Declarations

* Gravissi Mum Educationis – Christian Education

* Nostra Aetate – The Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions

* Dignitatis Humanae – Religious Freedom

– Decrees

* Ad Gentes – The Mission Activity of the Church

* Presbyterorum Ordinis – The Ministry and Life of Priests

* Apostolicam Actuositatem – The Apostolate of the Laity

* Optatam Totius – Priestly Training

* Perfectae Caritatis – The Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life

* Christus Dominus – The Pastoral Office of Bishop

* Unitatis Redintegratio – On Ecumenism

* Orientalium Ecclesiarium – The Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite

* Inter Mirifica – The Media of Social Communication

The Papal Archive – The Teachings and Writings of our Holy Fathers
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm

Works of the Roman Curia
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/index.htm

Conciliar and Papal Documents Compiled by Spring Hill College (Jesuit)
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm

Church Documents Compiled by the Catholic Information Network
http://www.cin.org/ftp.html

Church Documents Compiled by Adoremus
http://www.adoremus.org/ChurchDocs.html

Searchable Documents of Vatican II
http://www.stjosef.at/council/index.htm

Fathers of the Church
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/

Writings of the Early Church Fathers
http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html

The three encyclicals of Pope Benedict XVI
Deus Caritas Est
Spe Salvi
Caritas in Veritate

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS DOCUMENTS

USCCB Liturgical Calendar 2015

Proclamation of the Birth of Christ
http://www.ajdiocese.org/documents//Liturgy/Proclamation_of_the_Birth_of_Christ.pdf

Proclamation of the Date of Easter on Epiphany
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/christmas/announcement-of-easter-and-the-moveable-feasts.cfm

Documents of the USCCB
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/index.shtml

Order of Mass Translations
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/missalformation/index.shtml

General Instruction of the Roman Missal
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/girm/index.shtml

Resources for the Liturgical Year
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/lityearresources.shtml

Questions and Answers on Liturgy
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/q&a/index.shtml

USCCB Committee on Divine Worship – Newsletters (use left-hand tab)
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/

EWTN’s Searchable Document Library
http://www.ewtn.com/vlibrary/search.asp

Proclaiming the Name of God
http://www.ajdiocese.org/documents//Liturgy/Proclaiming_the_Name_Of_God.pdf

Purification of Vessels
http://www.ajdiocese.org/documents//Purification_of_Vessels.pdf

Built of Living Stones

SACRED MUSIC

Sing to the Lord

Corrected Song Texts for Proclaiming the Name of God (Replacing Yahweh)
http://www.ocp.org/directive08

Music for the English Language Roman Missal
http://www.ajdiocese.org/documents//Liturgy/Music_for_the_English_Language_Roman_Missal.pdf

Exultet – The Easter Proclamation
http://moleski.net/exultet/index.htm

OTHER LITURGICAL REFERENCES

Liturgical Resources Compiled by the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
http://www.fdlc.org/Liturgy.htm

The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University
http://liturgy.slu.edu/

Georgetown Center for Liturgy
http://centerforliturgy.georgetown.edu/

Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, OH
http://ilmdayton.org/

Notre Dame Center for Liturgy
http://liturgy.nd.edu/