Message from the Bishop

Throughout the United States a new translation of the Mass will take effect on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011. After several years of work on a revised English translation, the result is a text that represents a return to the more formal sacred language of the Church.

The new text is faithful to the original Latin and the tradition of the Church; it is prayerful, dignified and accurate in its theology. It is more stately and "elegant", less familiar and conversational.

Publishers have indicated that the first editions of the new Roman Missal will be available in October. In the mean time you may obtain study texts of the translations from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' website:www.usccb.org/romanmissal.

Over the next several months the entire Church in the United States will be prepared to receive this new translation. It will be an excellent opportunity to enrich our understanding of the Mass, its meaning and importance in our lives. I encourage each of you to begin your preparation for receiving the new Roman Missal, to study the new texts, and prayerfully reflect on their meaning. As we do this, we will have an opportunity to renew our celebration of the Holy Eucharist, to strengthen our unity as the Body of Christ here on earth, and to deepen our prayer life.

Bishop David Fellhauer.

Our Lady of Sorrows Church

La Capilla de La Santisima Trinidad