Several questions were posed to the leadership team at the Roman Missal Retreat.  The team has taken the time to answer those questions and their responses are below.

1. Will a “leader” be needed for the people’s responses at Mass?
Since our parishes will be using pew prayer cards that have the congregation’s new responses on them, a leader at the pulpit would be more of a distraction to people’s prayer. However parishes will probably use a cantor to help with the new music settings. We are accustomed to a cantor’s music leadership.

2. How are the changes going to be presented to our parishioners?
Each parish will use its own strategy, but it is likely that most parishes will publish bulletin inserts and articles, have workshops or a retreat for small groups, distribute other reading materials and books, catechize from the pulpit and direct people to internet materials and websites. Many resources have been published for study for priests and their people.

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