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	Links to the Eucharist: Church Documents
		by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, 1988.
		by Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, 2000.
		by the Sacred Congregations of the Sacraments and for the Clergy,1973.
	www.therealpresence.org /eucharst/link/e-doc.html (2179 words)

	Kneeling for Holy Communion - Responses from Congregation for Divine Worship in Notitiae
		This Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has recently received reports of members of the faithful in your Diocese being refused Holy Communion unless while standing to receive, as opposed to kneeling.
		This Congregation for Divine Worship gratefully acknowledges receipt of your letter, regarding an announced policy of denial of Holy Communion to those who kneel to receive it at a certain church.
		As the authority by virtue of whose recognitio the norm in question has attained the force of law, this Dicastery is competent to specify the manner in which the norm is to be understood for the sake of a proper application.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /liturgy/kneeling.htm (1136 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		For its part, this Congregation, on the strength of the faculties given to it by the Roman Pontiff, according to the nature of the case, will assist the Ordinary, granting him the necessarydispensations[289] or giving him instructions or prescriptions, which he is to follow diligently.
		From the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Rome, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, 25 March 2004.
		Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Instruction Varietates legitimae, 25 January 1994, nn.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=52462 (13212 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This unity of worship is to be the fruit of a Divine revelation common to all the inhabitants of the earth (Zack., xiv, 8).
		Hence it is instructive to observe that Protestant divines find it necessary to distinguish between an actual and an ideal Church, and to assert that the teaching of the Apostles regarding the Spouse, the Temple, and the Body refers to the ideal Church alone (cf.
		The unity and brotherhood promised by Christ are to be the visible manifestation on the earth of the Divine union (John 17:21).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03744a.htm (19666 words)

	SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF - Online Information article about SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
		worship, with forms of all the services to be held in the church.
		The Second Book of Discipline recognizes four kinds of office in the church, and no' one can lawfully be placed in any of them except by being called to it by the members.
		In accepting in 1645 the Westminster Directory of Public Worship she tacitly gave up her own liturgy which had been in use till recently, and committed herself to a bald and uninviting order of worship, in which no forms of prayer were allowed to be used.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SAR_SCY/SCOTLAND_CHURCH_OF.html (5975 words)

	A letter from Cardinal Medina to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
		This Congregation is now able to respond to your recent letter requesting a meeting between Officials of the Congregation and representatives of the Mixed Commission for English-language translations.
		The Congregation would concur with Your Excellency that these are points of particular concern, and wishes not only to pledge its support for a revision encompassing these issues, but also to underscore others which should be included in the same process.
		The Congregation is obliged to note also that a translation of the Caeremoniale Episcoporum was published by the Mixed Commission without the necessary episcopal approbation and without the recognitio of this Congregation.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/documents/ROME.htm (1568 words)

	ChurchDocs.Org: Liturgiam Authenticam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Furthermore, any additions approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments are to be inserted either in a supplement or appendix, or in their proper place in the book, as the Apostolic See shall have directed.
		The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments erects such "mixed" commissions at the request of the Conferences of Bishops involved; afterwards the commission is governed by statutes approved by the Apostolic See.
		This document shall be transmitted for the necessary recognitio to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
	www.churchdocs.org /liturgy/liturgiamauthenticam.html (11961 words)

	CNA - Documents
		[17.] “The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments attends to those matters that pertain to the Apostolic See as regards the regulation and promotion of the Sacred Liturgy, and especially the Sacraments, with due regard for the competence of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		Otherwise, they wear their proper choir dress or a surplice over a cassock.”[218] It is not fitting, except in rare and exceptional cases and with reasonable cause, for them to participate at Mass, as regards to externals, in the manner of the lay faithful.
		He is to be watchful lest abuses encroach upon ecclesiastical discipline, especially as regards the ministry of the Word, the celebration of the Sacraments and sacramentals, the worship of God and the veneration of the Saints”.
	www.catholicnewsagency.com /document.php?n=30 (13329 words)

	St. Bernard Parish
		Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Response to Dubium: Notitiae 37 (2001) pp.
		[179]Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Dubium: Notitiae 35 (1999) pp.
		Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Letter of the Congregation, 15 January 1997: Notitiae 34 (1998) pp.
	www.rc.net /fortwayne/stbernard/redemptionis.htm (12501 words)

	Pope John Paul II 3 May 1996 Address to Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
		Pope John Paul II Holy Father's address to those taking part in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 3 May 1996.
		And I added: "Indispensable effort is required everywhere to ensure that within the pluralism of Eucharistic worship envisioned by the Second Vatican Council the unity of which the Eucharist is the sign and cause is clearly manifested" (ibid.).
		I am well aware that your dicastery is engaged in promoting maximum fidelity to liturgical laws, reminding everyone of the principles formulated by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council: "Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is, on the Apostolic See and, as laws may determine, on the Bishop....
	www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/JP960503.HTM (1163 words)

	On the Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance
		A circular letter on the Sacrament of Penance was sent in March to the bishops of Australia by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
		The norms in force concerning the Sacrament of Penance are found in the Rite of Penance of the Roman Ritual and in the Code of Canon Law,3 and are based on divine law, the constant doctrine of the Church and her traditional practice.
		The Congregation for Divine Worship itself has no faculty to deviate from the legislation in force; indeed, its responsibility is to safeguard and promote these norms and, additionally, to assist Bishops in the exercise of their pastoral ministry.
	www.wf-f.org /Sum2K-Penance.html (1185 words)

	ipedia.com: Clergy Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Canon law indicates (canon 107) that "by divine institution, there are in the Church [Latin: Ecclesia] clergy [Latin: clerices] distinguished from laics".
		Admission to the Latter-day Saint priesthood requires no training; to be a member of the Latter-day Saint clergy, one must (1) be male, (2) be at least 12 years old, and (3) be morally worthy, as determined in a confidential interview with a local biship (pastor).
		Established to preserve the doctrine and discipline now known as Buddhism, they are a living example for the laity.
	www.ipedia.com /clergy.html (2674 words)

	USCCB - Committee on the Liturgy - Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under Both Kinds in the ...
		From the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, March 22, 2002.
		1382/01/L), the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments granted an indult whereby, for grave pastoral reasons, the diocesan Bishop may grant to priest celebrants the faculty to permit extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion to assist with the purification of sacred vessels after the distribution of Communion at Mass.
		When the size of the congregation or the incapacity of the bishop, priest, or deacon requires it, the celebrant may be assisted by other bishops, priests, or deacons.
	www.usccb.org /liturgy/current/norms.shtml (6053 words)

	Catholic-Pages.com \| Cardinals of the Catholic Church: Biography of Cardinal Medina Estévez
		Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was born on 23 December 1926 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.
		Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, 23 February 1998.
		Prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Workship and Discipline of the Sacraments, 1 October 2002.
	www.catholic-pages.com /hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=148 (491 words)

	Church Documents
		Congregation for Divine Worship Responds on Holy Water, Kneeling Responses from the Congregation for Divine Worship on Holy Water, Kneeling.
		On Translation and the use of the Nova Vulgata Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Congregation for Bishops, Congregation for Clergy,
	www.adoremus.org /ChurchDocs.html (3161 words)

	Letter from Cardinal Medina re: Translation of Missale Romanum
		This Congregation has been prepared from the beginning to spare no efforts in arriving at a solution to this difficulty that would have avoided the present impasse.
		Nevertheless the Congregation has determined that it is no longer feasible to delay the present communication, even in the continued absence of such a proposal.
		The Congregation considers it a duty to express its thanks to those Bishops whose efforts have been dedicated in a particular way to a resolution of these issues of English-language translation of liturgical texts of the Roman Rite.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/documents/medinaletter.htm (623 words)

	Press Release - Liturgiam Authenticam
		The third Instruction, Liturgicae instaurationes, of 5 September 1970, was issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, the body that succeeded the Sacred Congregation of Rites and the "Consilium".
		On 25 January 1994, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments carried this process forward by issuing the Fourth "Instruction for the Right Application of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council", Varietates legitimae, concerning difficult questions on the Roman Liturgy and inculturation.
		In February 1997 the Holy Father asked the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to carry forward the process of the liturgical renewal by codifying the conclusions of its work in collaboration with the Bishops over the years regarding the question of the liturgical translations.
	www.vatican.va /roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20010507_comunicato-stampa_en.html (3120 words)

	Rome Answers Question on Orientation of Priest and Altar
		The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has been asked whether the expression in n.229 of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani constitutes a norm according to which the position of the priest versus absidem is to be considered excluded.
		The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, re mature perpensa et habita ratione [after mature reflection] and in the light of liturgical precedents, responds:
		It appears that the ancient tradition, though not unanimous, was that the celebrant and the worshipping community were turned versus orientem, the direction from which the light which is Christ comes.
	www.unavoce.org /protocol2036.htm (640 words)

	Liturgy
		Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
		It explained its role in divine services, issued a number of principles and laws on this subject in the Constitution on the Liturgy, and devoted to it an entire chapter of the same Constitution.
		Pope John Paul II Encyclical explaining the importance of the priestly role regarding the Eucharistic, and "that the problems of the liturgy, and in particular of the Eucharistic Liturgy, must not be an occasion for dividing Catholics and for threatening the unity of the Church.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /liturgy (602 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Decree Establishing the Sunday after Easter 'Divine Mercy Sunday'
		Decree issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments that establishes the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday.
		The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments now publishes these decisions of the Supreme Pontiff so that they may take effect.
		From the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 5 May 2000.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2822 (174 words)

	Catholic Answers Special Report: Liturgical Abuses
		It was prepared by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments at the request of Pope John Paul II, and it offers practical rules (norms) concerning how Mass is to be celebrated and how the Eucharist is to be treated.
		He is to be watchful lest abuses encroach upon ecclesiastical discipline, especially as regards the ministry of the word, the celebration of the sacraments and sacramentals, the worship of God, and the veneration of the saints (392).
		Whenever the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments receives at least a plausible notice of a delict or an abuse concerning the Most Holy Eucharist, it informs the ordinary so that he may investigate the matter.
	www.catholic.com /library/liturgical_abuses.asp (6801 words)

	WT Christianity
		This deepening discipline, named christophany, intends to offer to the contemporary world, characterized above all by a widespread scientific mentality and collapse of the religious and cultural frontiers of humankind, a response to the yearning for the fullness of life that burns in every heart.
		It is a profoundly simple affirmation of the living transformation of the fact of Christ for all of humanity beyond the social/cultural conventionality ethnic or confessional identity to the universal human condition of humanities divinization.
		The third part is limited to describing, in nine sutras, the christic epiphany in the light of an experience that has passed through the scrutiny of the methodology mentioned in part one.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/christianity (3858 words)

	Concerts in Churches - Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
		Concerts in Churches - Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
		They are sacred places, that is, "set apart" in a permanent way for divine worship by their dedication and blessing.
		Analogous changes of perception and awareness have occurred in other areas involving the artistic aspect of divine worship: for example, the sanctuary has been restructured, with the president's chair, the ambo and the altar versus populum.
	www.adoremus.org /concerts.html (2205 words)

	From
		Declaration of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments On the Orientation of the Priest at Mass
		The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has been asked whether the expression in n.
		Though it is preferred that the altar not have a tabernacle upon it, the rules for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament emphasize that the tabernacle be central, be in a place of honor and clearly visible.
	www.unitypublishing.com /liturgy/FacingGod.html (1442 words)

	Teachings
		Vatican II Divinely sent to the nations of the world to be unto them "a universal sacrament of salvation," the Church, driven by the inner necessity of her own catholicity, and obeying the mandate of her Founder, strives ever to proclaim the Gospel to all men.
		"Likewise, the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose task it is to "preserve the doctrine of faith and morals in the whole Catholic world," intends to gather together and explain a number of truths concerning the mystery of the Church which at the present time are being either denied or endangered.
		They are experienced and skillful in deceit, which they use to set in motion their plans to quench peoples' zeal for piety, justice and virtue, to corrupt morals, to cast all divine and human laws into confusion, and to weaken and even possibly overthrow the Catholic religion and civil society.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /teach (5099 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Congregation Publishes New Rite of Exorcism
		Excerpts of a press conference given by Cardinal Extevez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship & the Discipline of the Sacraments on January 26, 1999.
		On Tuesday, 26 January, Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, held a press conference to present the new rite of exorcism in the Roman Ritual.
		The revision has taken 10 years, resulting in the current text approved by the Supreme Pontiff, which is made public today and is available to the Pastors and faithful of the Church.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=851 (1160 words)

	Worship Homepage
		Cardinal Arinze from the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in October 2006 wrote the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops to announce that Pope Benedict XVI has revoked the indult for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion to purify the sacred vessels at Mass.
		The clergy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh were notified of this change in liturgical practice and have been asked to inform the extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion of this change as well as others associated with pertinent liturgical ministries.
		The resources made available by the Department for Worship on this website are provided to assist those involved with liturgical ministry in the proper celebration of the sacred liturgy.
	www.diopitt.org /worship/index.htm (537 words)

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