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

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS DOCUMENTS

Proclamation of the Birth of Christ
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/christmas/christmas-proclamation.cfm

Proclamation of the Date of Easter on Epiphany
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/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/