Worship Office
Lector Formation* / Entrenamiento de Lectores*
The Worship Office is sponsoring live, in-person workshops (in both English and Spanish) to train (or renew) lectors on Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:45am-12:30pm. Topics include the importance of Scripture,… Read More
Liturgy
Here you will find information and resources regarding all aspects of the Liturgy. Information is provided as to increase your knowledge and understanding of such an integral part of our faith.
Policy on Sunday Mass Scheduling
Five Questions on the Distribution of Holy Communion from the Tabernacle
Celebrating the Extraordinary Form of the Mass
Sacred Vessels for use in the Liturgy 2009
The Name of St. Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayers
Misal Romano Chants:
The Order of Mass
These recordings of the liturgical texts in Misal Romano were prepared by OCP and are offered to help priests, deacons, music ministers, and others to sing these chants: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/chants-del-misal-romano-order-of-the-mass
Música para el Misal Romano, Tercera Edición
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/la-santa-misa/musica-para-el-mis…
Deacons
The Deacon at Mass – USCCB
General Instruction of the Roman Missal – For Deacons – 3rd Edition
Guidelines for a Deacon’s Funeral
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Policy for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
High School Mandate Form
Formation of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
November 18, 2023 – 8:45am-12:30pm
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
171 Clifton Avenue – Newark
Registration will be available soon.
Lectors
Formation of Lectors
October 21, 2023 – 8:45am-12:30pm
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
171 Clifton Avenue – Newark
Registration Information
Liturgical Year
Here you will find information and resources regarding the Liturgical Year. Each section provides information about the specific part of the year. We hope that this information will further your knowledge and understanding of our calendar year and the importance of each season.
Holy Days of Obligation 2023
Sunday, January 1, 2023 – Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – All Saints
Friday, December 8, 2023 – The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Monday, December 25, 2023 – The Nativity of the Lord [Christmas]
**The Latin-rite Diocesan Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Newark (i.e. the State of New Jersey) have joined most of the country in permanently assigning the observance of the Ascension of the Lord to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. In 2023, it is therefore transferred to Sunday, May 21, 2023. Thursday, May 18, 2023 is the optional Memorial of St. John I, Pope and Martyr.
If you have any questions, please contact the Worship Office.
Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
Memorial – May 8
Mass Prayers
The Ascension of the Lord
Solemnity – Seventh Sunday of Easter (May 21, 2023)
The Latin-rite Diocesan Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Newark (i.e. the State of New Jersey) have joined most of the country in permanently assigning the observance of the Ascension of the Lord to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. In 2023, it is therefore transferred to Sunday, May 21, 2023. Thursday, May 18, 2023 is the optional Memorial of St. John I, Pope and Martyr.
Reflection on the Ascension of the Lord
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Memorial – Monday after Pentecost (May 29, 2023)
Readings
Saint Mary Magdalene
Feast – July 22
On June 3, 2016, the Holy See raised the liturgical rank of the Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene to a Feast, with the date remaining on July 22. A new Preface before the Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast was also promulgated in Latin. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments confirmed the English translation of the Preface for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene on September 21, 2019.
The Directives and Preface of Saint Mary Magdalene (Apostle to the Apostles) are available here.
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Memorial – July 29
On January 26, 2021, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus into the General Roman Calendar, to replace the existing celebration of Saint Martha alone.
Additional information, including the interim texts, is available from the USCCB here.
Our Lady of Loretto
Optional Memorial – December 10
Word Document
Services of Prayer, Recognition and Hope
Behold the Wood of the Cross – A Service of Prayer, Recognition and Hope (participation aid)
Behold the Wood of the Cross – A Service of Prayer, Recognition and Hope (presider’s text)
Longing for Light – We Wait in Darkness (participation aid)
Longing for Light – We Wait in Darkness (presider’s text)
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God (participation aid)
Create in Me A Clean Heart, O God (presider’s text)
Advent Calendar English or Spanish
Christmas and Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Christmas Beyond Children
Christmas is not a feast about a child primarily for children. It is the feast of the child “destined for the rise and fall of many” (Luke 2:34), the redemption of Israel.
Advent Communal Penance Service (pages 5-23)
English | Spanish
Time of the Easter Vigil
Regarding the time of The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, the entirety of the celebration of this Mass “must take place during the night (noctu), so that it begins after nightfall and ends before daybreak on the Sunday.” In its 1988 Circular Letter Concerning Preparation and Celebration of Easter Feasts, the Congregation for Divine Worship made clear that “this rule is to be taken according to its strictest sense. Reprehensible are those abuses and practices which have crept in in many places in violation of this ruling, whereby the Easter Vigil is celebrated at the time of day that it is customary to celebrate anticipated Sunday Masses.” Within the Archdiocese of Newark, the Easter Vigil should not begin before 8:15pm. There is to be only one celebration of the Easter Vigil, and no Masses are permitted prior to the Easter Vigil.
If you have any questions, please contact the Worship Office.
About the Triduum
- Preparing “The Three” of the Triduum
- Questions on The Easter Triduum – Word on Worship Issue
- Eucharist and the Triduum
- Morning Office During the Triduum
- Instruction on the Proper Care and Use of the Holy Oils
Holy Thursday
- Mass of the Lord’s Supper
- Reception of the Holy Oils
- 2016 Decree Mass of the Lord’s Supper Foot Washing
Good Friday
Easter Vigil
- Questions on the Easter Vigil
- Ministers of Initiation
- Service of Light
- Liturgy of the Word
- Liturgy of Baptism
- Liturgy of Eucharist
- Renewal of Baptism Promises
Easter
RCIA
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process for men and women to become baptized members of the Catholic Church. Candidates are gradually introduced to Catholic beliefs and practices.
Adults who are not baptized and wish to become members of the Roman Catholic Church should follow the complete process of initiation as outlined in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
They are to:
- Participate in the pre-catechumenate.
- Be chosen for entrance into the catechumenate in the Rite of Acceptance.
- Participate in the catechumenate for a suitable period of time, a least one calendar year.
- Participate in the Rite of Election celebrated in the Cathedral on the First Sunday of Lent.
- Observe Lent as a time of purification and enlightenment.
- Participate in the Scrutinies and the Presentations.
- Receive the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) at the Easter Vigil.
- Observe the season of Easter as a time of post-baptismal catechesis (i.e. mystagogy).
- Reception into Full Communion
- Christians baptized in a non-Catholic church who wish to become members of the Roman Catholic Church should follow a process that leads to the celebration of Confirmation and Eucharist according to the norms of the “Reception of Baptized Christians into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church.”
- See Part II, #5 of the RCIA.
- They are to:
- Receive suitable catechesis and spiritual formation.
- Participate in the “Call to Continuing Conversion” in the Cathedral on First Sunday of Lent.
- Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent prior to reception into the Full Communion.
- Be received into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church ordinarily at a Sunday Mass celebrated during the Easter Season.
- Observe the season of Easter as a time of post-baptismal catechesis (i.e. mystagogy)
Reception into Full Communion
In the case of Christians baptized in an Eastern Orthodox Church who wish to enter into the fullness of Catholic communion, no liturgical rite is required, but simply a profession of Catholic faith.
N.B. After a period of appropriate pastoral formation, members of these Churches simply make a Profession of Faith through which they are incorporated into the corresponding Catholic Rite (e.g. Greek Orthodox become Greek Catholic) unless permission to transfer to the Latin Rite has been procured from the Vatican prior to their making a Profession of Faith.
They are to:
- Receive suitable catechesis and spiritual formation.
- Participate in the “Call to Continuing Conversion” in the Cathedral on the First Sunday of Lent.
- Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation during the Lenten season.
- No Rite of Reception into Full Communion
- No Confirmation since the Catholic Church accepts the validity of Confirmation (administered at Baptism) in the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Adult (18+) Baptized Catholic Seeking to Complete Christian Initiation
Adult Catholics, baptized as infants in the Roman Catholic Church who have not received the sacrament of Confirmation should participate in a period of catechesis leading to the celebration of Confirmation on a Sunday of the Easter season or on Pentecost Sunday.
They are to:
- Participate regularly in Sunday Mass.
- Receive suitable catechesis and spiritual formation during the seasons of Lent and Easter.
- Participate in the “Call to Continuing Conversion” in the Cathedral on the First Sunday of Lent.
- Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation prior to the celebration of the sacrament, preferably during Lent.
- Receive Confirmation on a Sunday of the Easter season or on Pentecost Sunday.
Ritual: Confirmation of Adult (18+) Baptized Catholics
Delegation Request: Pastor Request for Delegation to Confirm Baptized Catholics (18+)
N.B. It may be the case that an adult Catholic baptized as an infant needs both Confirmation and Eucharist to complete Christian initiation. If this is the situation, the adult receives first communion at the Mass in which the Rite of Confirmation is celebrated.
Concerning Children
An unbaptized child who has reached catechetical age (viz. about the age of 7) and wishes to become a member of the Roman Catholic Church, should follow the complete process of initiation as outlined in the RCIA, Part II, #1.
A Christian child baptized in a non-Catholic Church who has reached catechetical age should follow a process that leads to the celebration of Confirmation and Eucharist according to the norms of the “Reception of Baptized Christians into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church.” See Part II, #5 of the RCIA.
A Christian child baptized in an Eastern Orthodox Church who has reached catechetical age who wishes to enter into the fullness of Catholic communion, no liturgical rite is required, but simply a profession of Catholic faith. N.B. Members of these Churches are incorporated into the corresponding Catholic Rite (e.g. Greek Orthodox become Greek Catholic) unless permission to transfer to the Latin Rite has been procured from the Vatican prior to their making a Profession of Faith.
A child baptized as an infant in the Catholic Church who has reached catechetical age and has not received the sacrament of Eucharist with his/her peer group follows a process that will lead to the celebration of the Eucharist at a time designated by the parish, preferably a Sunday of the Easter season.
A child baptized as an infant in the Catholic Church who has reached catechetical age and has not received the sacrament of Confirmation with his/her peer group follows a process that will lead to the celebration of the sacrament at the time that Confirmation is administered in the parish by the bishop.
Sacraments
Five Questions on the Distribution of Holy Communion from the Tabernacle
Use of Mustum and Gluten Hosts
Rite for Sending Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Eucharist forth from Mass
How to Receive Communion at Mass
The Name of St. Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayers
Matrimony
NPM NEWARK CHAPTER
Staff
Regina Chamberlain
Newark, New Jersey 07104
Rev. Thomas Dente
Newark, New Jersey 07104
Mr. Robert Evers, KGCHS
Newark, New Jersey 07104
Rev. Joseph Mancini, KCHS
Newark, New Jersey 07104
Rev. Armand Mantia
Newark, New Jersey 07104
John Miller
Newark, New Jersey 07104
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973-497-4345
Office Fax
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