Salford Office for Liturgy

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Articles and Reference

Over time this page will gather various articles and documents that do not fit anywhere else!

An article exploring some of the theological and liturgical questions surrounding the Seasons of Advent and Christmas:

                 Advent: Remembered Hope and Hopeful Remembrance

An article by Martin Barry, Musical Director of Salford Cathedral, on music in the liturgy - going beyond "hymns" to discuss the nature of singing as an integral part of the liturgical action:

                 Music in the Sacred Liturgy

The following is a set of homilies delivered by Fr James Manock in the Easter Season, based on the Scriptures of Cycle A, which seek to explain and encourage liturgical participation:

                 Understanding the Mass

 

Summorum Pontificum

The Motu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum' issued by the Holy Father, establishing new norms and regulations for the celebration of the Roman Liturgy according to the 1962 Missal of Pope John XXIII is available here.