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Summer is over and it feels like we should be getting back into the swing of things. More meetings, more people around, more activity. This is a good time to think about training, forming and updating those in the parish who are responsible for the liturgy.

This issue of ML is especially helpful for forming the ministers of your parish. Wanda and Gerard Scheuermann provide a helpful overview for catechists to help them become stronger leaders in the parish (Leadership skills for catechists). Todd Flowerday, in his review of two of the standard liturgical music documents, gives guidance to musicians and all who are concerned about good worship (page 10 of the printed edition of ML). ML’s assistant editor, Ray Valido, focuses on the primary minister of the liturgy — the assembly — with tips for encouraging more active participation and singing (page 16). The Cistercian monks of the Holy Rood Guild provide some fine examples of vestments that can inspire the art and environment members of your community (page 6), and Diana Kaulback shows how music can be used to catechize the parish throughout the year about the climax of our worship life — the Easter Triduum (page 12).

Success stories

In ML’s upcoming December issue the editors are planning to print some success stories about liturgy. If you have experienced a particularly memorable liturgy in the last year, think about sharing your thoughts and feelings about it with the rest of ML’s readers. Take a minute to write 100–250 words about the best liturgy you participated in this year and post it on the ML discussion board at www.rpinet.com/wwwboard/forum1/. Or send your thoughts to me the old-fashioned way at ML, 160 E. Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112.

Corrections

The Planning Checklist in the August issue (ML 26:6) incorrectly noted the dates for Epiphany and the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. The correct dates are: Epiphany, Jan. 2, 2000; Fourteenth Sunday, July 9, 2000. In the same issue the web site for The Software Library was listed incorrectly. The correct address is www.SoftwareLib.com.

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