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      • Repertoire and Renewal
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      • Aspects of the Ascension
      • Reflections for Pentecost Sunday
    • Saint Joseph >
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      • Celebrating St Joseph in the Liturgy
      • St Joseph in Scripture
    • Christmas 2020 >
      • On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene
      • Botticelli - The Mystical Nativity
      • The Season of Christmas
    • Planning for Christmas 2020 >
      • Planning Christmas Masses 2020
      • Re-emerging With Purpose
      • Beyond Welcome: Show, Don't Tell
    • Signs and Symbols >
      • Sacramental Signs and Symbols
      • The cross reminds us of the sacrifices of the Christian life
      • Signs & Symbols: A Reflection
    • Looking Forward >
      • Solemnities on Saturdays
      • Our Family at Mass in the Age of Technology
      • Is your RCIA open all year-round? - Embracing 'Pyjama Catechesis'
    • Eucharist as Living Memory >
      • Memory is not Something Private
      • So what's wrong with a Virtual Mass?
      • The Middle of Nowhere
    • What have we learned from lockdown? >
      • Church After Coronavirus - New Understandings of Social MIssion
      • Virus and Vocation
      • Real Presence and Virtual Liturgies
    • Celebrating Holy Week in COVID times​ >
      • Coronavirus and the Eucharist
      • How to celebrate the liturgy when there is no Mass
      • Holy Week At Home
    • Solidarity and Unity >
      • Taking Communion to those who Self-Isolate
      • Peace and Solidarity
      • United to Christ We Are Never Alone
    • Preparing for Lent >
      • The Weeks of Lent in the Australian Imagination
      • How to Prepare for Lent
      • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lent
    • Liturgy with Children >
      • Using the Lectionary for Masses with Children
      • Praying Morning Prayer with Primary School Children
      • Directory for Masses with Children
    • Praying For Rain >
      • National Drought Prayer Campaign
      • Praying for Rain - Prayer Resources
      • A Ritual of Lament
    • Christian Initiation >
      • CATECHUMENATE - Rolling Year Round
      • Inculturating Christian Life in the Digital World
      • Tweens and Teens in the RCIA
    • Season of Creation >
      • Season of Creation September 1 - October 4
      • The Cosmic Song of 'Laudato Si'
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      • The Season of Ordinary Time
      • Sunday - The Original Feast
      • Luke's Gospel
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      • Mary and the Saints
      • Saints and Martyrs
      • Who Are the Saints?
    • Eucharist >
      • The Centrality of the Eucharist
      • Space Matters
      • Can you drink the cup?
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    • Children's Liturgy of the Word on Sundays
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    • A pastoral map to baptism
    • The Role of the Deacon
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    • Reconciliation
    • Women Deacons, Music Choices and Lent
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      • The Book of Blessings
      • Formation in Liturgy
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    • ANZAC Day
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​Solidarity and Unity
​

Greetings to all from Liturgy Brisbane.

As Australia unites with the rest of the world in responding to the outbreak of COVID-19, we are reminded strongly of our global solidarity with the universal Church. While our work in the area of liturgical preparation and celebration often focuses on local parish communities and schools, the spread of the Coronavirus reminds us that we are members of a global human family and that there is very little separation between us.

In this issue of LitEd, we recall the fundamental premise of the liturgical event as an action of the entire Body of Christ, in which we stand with Christian communities in every part of the world. 

In light of the recent restrictions on gatherings of more than 100 people in Australia, we have made available the weekly readings and commentaries from
​Break Open the Word for use at home. While people may watch a Mass on TV, it might be better to read the Scriptures aloud with the family and talk about them together. The links to this material can be found below. These common Lectionary readings serve as another reminder that we are members of one Body who are always united in Christ, even in circumstances of physical isolation.

Best wishes from Tom Elich and Clare Schwantes
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Articles on Solidarity and Unity

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Communion to Those who Self-Isolate

The most vulnerable in the community have been advised to self-isolate to protect themselves from the Coronavirus. With the increasing need to take Communion to people in their homes, this printable sheet contains a simple rite of Communion of the Sick as well as some additional prayers and scripture readings.  It may be possible, for example, that family members might bring holy communion to elderly parents or relatives.
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Peace and Solidarity​

Natural disasters can bring out the best in humankind as people bond together for the common good. However, the Coronavirus has also given rise to selfish and irrational behaviour as people endeavour to protect themselves and their families. Nations, too, are imposing measures to protect their own citizens with very few attempts at coordinated action across continents. In this article, Tom Elich reflects on the ways that peace and solidarity are embedded in the liturgical action which unites Christian communities around the world.
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United to Christ We Are Never Alone

Gerard O'Connell, the Vatican correspondent for America - The Jesuit Review, reflects on the words of Pope Francis to those in isolation throughout the entire world. The message of Pope Francis reassures us of our unity with Christ and the universal Church in these unsettling times.
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SUNDAY READINGS - READ AT HOME

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​In these unique times where our church gatherings are limited to 100 people, and many are choosing to self-isolate, you may wish to read the Sunday readings and associated commentaries at home.

These are now available on the Liturgy Brisbane website.


While people may watch a Mass on TV, it might be better to read the Scriptures aloud with the family and talk about them together. 

​Click here to access the readings and commentary for the upcoming Sunday each week.

FAMILY PRAYER - WEEK BY WEEK
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​This resource is designed for families with young children.

An extract from the Sunday gospel is provided, along with some reflection questions, family activities and a worksheet for children.


Click here to access the Family Prayer resource

WATCH MASS FROM ST STEPHEN'S CATHEDRAL LIVE


On each weekday, Mass will be streamed at 12:30pm .

Each Sunday, the 10:00am Mass will be live streamed.


To watch Mass online, follow these steps:

1. Open your Internet Browser  (Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox)

2. Go to the website: www.brisbanecatholic.org.au/multimedia/web-cast
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3. Click on the play button on the video.



​At times when Mass is not being live-streamed, you can watch archived Masses at 
www.archbne.org/bzw.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR LITURGICAL FORMATION IN 2020


Click on each of the dates below to reveal the full details of each event.

15 and 16 May 2020 - Introduction to Liturgy: A Short Course (Brisbane)

14 and 18 July 2020 - Training for Liturgical Ministers  (Brisbane)

More workshops to be announced soon!

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Liturgy News is a seasonal periodical from Liturgy Brisbane.
A sixteen-page journal, printed in colour, the magazine is sent to subscribers either in hard copy or electronic form at the end of each quarter. 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Liturgy News.

In 2020, our covers feature four people from Australia and the Pacific who are travelling the path to sainthood. The Autumn cover features Dr Sr Mary Glowrey, a medical doctor who became a religious sister and lived much of her life in India
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Each issue features commentary and insight from Australia's leading liturgists.  Written for parishes, schools, experts and novices, Liturgy News is an essential tool for anyone working in liturgy!

The complete index is searchable on the Liturgy Brisbane website, and back issues from 2001 onwards are available as PDF downloads.



ORDER ONLINE at www.liturgybrisbane.net.au
Magazine by Mail $30 per year + postage
Magazine by Email $25 per year 
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SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION RESOURCES

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The Wedding by LITURGIA
  has been designed for couples who are preparing their wedding liturgy.

This electronic resource contains all the readings and prayers from the new revised Order of Celebrating Matrimony as well as music suggestions and lyrics of hymns. It runs on all Internet enabled devices: PCs, Macs, Tablets and Phones.

Choose from the full range of prayers and readings and prepare the liturgy from start to finish. No need to type in any texts!

View music suggestions for each part of the liturgy and insert your chosen hymns, with lyrics, into your liturgy plan.

Type in the names of the bride and groom, and the names appear correctly throughout all of the ritual texts.

Export your liturgy to Word or PDF and print a booklet, or create a Powerpoint presentation for use on display screens.

It also comes with a companion hard-cover book (pictured) which contains all the prayers and texts of the Catholic marriage rite along with other helpful information.


Click here to order.




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  • Mystery and Mission
  • Archive
    • Conversion, Healing, Penance
    • Desiderio Desideravi
    • In Search of Peace
    • Word of God Sunday
    • Living Lent >
      • Forty Lenten Ideas
      • Lent is a time to grow in the faith
      • Walking the Stations of the Cross this Lent
    • Saints and Souls >
      • Saintly Endeavours
      • Let the Dead Have November
      • Why We Pray for the Faithful Departed
    • Lay Liturgical Ministry >
      • Talents for Ministry
      • Nine Steps to Becoming a Better Lector
      • Ministers of Communion​
    • Music Matters >
      • Repertoire and Renewal
      • Liturgical Song and Evangelisation ​
      • 5 tips for effective music ministry
    • 50 Days of Easter >
      • Celebrating Easter's 50 Days
      • Aspects of the Ascension
      • Reflections for Pentecost Sunday
    • Saint Joseph >
      • Patris corde (With a Father's Heart)
      • Celebrating St Joseph in the Liturgy
      • St Joseph in Scripture
    • Christmas 2020 >
      • On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene
      • Botticelli - The Mystical Nativity
      • The Season of Christmas
    • Planning for Christmas 2020 >
      • Planning Christmas Masses 2020
      • Re-emerging With Purpose
      • Beyond Welcome: Show, Don't Tell
    • Signs and Symbols >
      • Sacramental Signs and Symbols
      • The cross reminds us of the sacrifices of the Christian life
      • Signs & Symbols: A Reflection
    • Looking Forward >
      • Solemnities on Saturdays
      • Our Family at Mass in the Age of Technology
      • Is your RCIA open all year-round? - Embracing 'Pyjama Catechesis'
    • Eucharist as Living Memory >
      • Memory is not Something Private
      • So what's wrong with a Virtual Mass?
      • The Middle of Nowhere
    • What have we learned from lockdown? >
      • Church After Coronavirus - New Understandings of Social MIssion
      • Virus and Vocation
      • Real Presence and Virtual Liturgies
    • Celebrating Holy Week in COVID times​ >
      • Coronavirus and the Eucharist
      • How to celebrate the liturgy when there is no Mass
      • Holy Week At Home
    • Solidarity and Unity >
      • Taking Communion to those who Self-Isolate
      • Peace and Solidarity
      • United to Christ We Are Never Alone
    • Preparing for Lent >
      • The Weeks of Lent in the Australian Imagination
      • How to Prepare for Lent
      • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lent
    • Liturgy with Children >
      • Using the Lectionary for Masses with Children
      • Praying Morning Prayer with Primary School Children
      • Directory for Masses with Children
    • Praying For Rain >
      • National Drought Prayer Campaign
      • Praying for Rain - Prayer Resources
      • A Ritual of Lament
    • Christian Initiation >
      • CATECHUMENATE - Rolling Year Round
      • Inculturating Christian Life in the Digital World
      • Tweens and Teens in the RCIA
    • Season of Creation >
      • Season of Creation September 1 - October 4
      • The Cosmic Song of 'Laudato Si'
    • Ordinary Time >
      • The Season of Ordinary Time
      • Sunday - The Original Feast
      • Luke's Gospel
    • Saints and Feasts >
      • Mary and the Saints
      • Saints and Martyrs
      • Who Are the Saints?
    • Eucharist >
      • The Centrality of the Eucharist
      • Space Matters
      • Can you drink the cup?
    • Altar Servers
    • Ministers of the Word
    • Children's Liturgy of the Word on Sundays
    • Advent Issues >
      • Advent Resources >
        • Advent
        • Music in Advent
        • Advent BOB
      • The Season of Advent
    • Liturgy Preparation
    • Communion
    • A pastoral map to baptism
    • The Role of the Deacon
    • Music Ministry
    • Reconciliation
    • Women Deacons, Music Choices and Lent
    • Data Projectors
    • The Christmas Season >
      • The Book of Blessings
      • Formation in Liturgy
    • The Year of Youth
    • Should we celebrate Australia Day?
    • Marriage
    • Easter Triduum
    • ANZAC Day
    • Funerals
    • The problem of translation
    • Advent resources for families
  • Subscribe