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Mission
The mission of the Liturgy Committee is to
support and promote the spiritual development of the worshipping
community by:
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fostering spiritual
growth through the celebration of life-giving liturgies
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celebrating the
diversity and unity of the parish community.
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Membership
The Committee seeks membership that represents
the diversity of the parish.
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Responsibilities
The Committee is
concerned with the liturgical, sacramental, and devotional life of the parish.
The Committee is
responsible to the pastor to:
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develop, assess, and
evaluate the vision of liturgy and the sacramental life of the parish
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plan the liturgical and
sacramental life of the parish; implement liturgical planning by the
committee and its ad hoc subcommittees
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assess and evaluate all
programs sponsored by the Liturgy Committee
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work collaboratively
with other parish committees with regard to the liturgical life of the
parish; contribute to the assessment and evaluation of all programs in
which the Liturgy Committee collaborates (i.e., parish-wide events);
provide liturgical oversight and assist in the coordination of
the liturgical aspects of special parish Liturgical events.
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ensure the recruitment,
training, formation, coordination, communication with, and scheduling
of lay liturgical ministers
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encourage the
participation of parish youth and young adults in liturgical
celebrations and ministries
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develop and implement parish-level liturgical policy.
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Liturgical Life
The Liturgy
Committee provides leadership and guidance in the liturgical life of
the parish.
The Committee
is committed to liturgies that are prayerful, life-giving, dynamic and
grounded in the best liturgical principles of our time. In our search
for excellence, we use the very best of our traditional prayer and
musical forms, as well as new and experimental forms afforded by
technological breakthroughs.
The Liturgical
Life of the parish encompasses:
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celebration of Sunday,
weekday, and holy day liturgies
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Childrens’ Liturgies of
the Word
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funeral masses
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RCIA
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blessings (World
Marriage Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving blessing of
food, blessing and commissioning of pastoral council members and
religious education catechists, etc.)
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celebration of
sacraments
The Committee
has a special responsibility to coordinate themes for each season of
the church year, keeping in mind that there are pre-existing
liturgical themes in each season and in each liturgy.
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Environment
The committee seeks to create a liturgical
environment that is welcoming and yet invites contemplation,
challenge, and creates a sense of the holy.
The liturgical environment reveals the themes or symbols of worship
and season, appealing to the senses and emphasizing the wholeness or
oneness of the community by including the whole worship space, not
just the sanctuary as the area to be considered.
The Committee strives to express the cultural diversity of the People
of God through the use of decoration.
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Music
The Liturgy Committee, in its planning of
liturgical events/seasons, works with the Director of Music and other
representatives from the music department to create coordinated
liturgies in which the music enhances and amplifies the readings and
special themes of the liturgical year.
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Parish Catechesis
Our teaching efforts extend to the entire
parish, and are not limited to the Committee and liturgical ministers.
The Committee seeks new and creative ways to teach the parish about
current liturgical issues, and to inform parishioners about
significant liturgical changes.
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