• Read the complete table of contents for the December 2001/January 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article: Elegant Advent and Christmas Environments on a Shoestring. You will also find the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Calendar, Sharings, and Bulletin Insert on Ember Days, and Bulletin Insert on Epiphany Chalk. Note that the departments shown as live links are different than for the most recently shown issue. Our objective is to show a sample of everything in ML at least once over the course of a year, and to thereby encourage serious ministry people to support this great resource by ordering an ML subscription.

• Read the complete table of contents for the November 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature articles: Visual Arts Awards 2001-2002: Stained glass, and The sacred sound of doc kinh: Exploring the sonic world of Vienamese chant. You will also find the departments Choreographing the Catechumenate, Planning Guide, Year of Luke, Liturgical Lil talks back, and Environment and art.

• Read the complete table of contents for the October 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the departments Inside ML, Calendar, Worship Times and Bulletin Inserts: Flowers and Cathedra.

• Now you can access and print your own Entry Form for ML's annual Visual Arts Awards.

• Read the complete table of contents for the October/November 2001 and December 2001/January 2002 issues of Simple Gifts music resource newsletter.
• Uploaded an open letter about the biggest revolution in the church since Vatican II.
• Uploaded an “advance” article from the December ML: Elegant Advent and Christmas Environments on a Shoestring.

• Read the complete table of contents for the September 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article “Rite of Reconciliation III: The liturgy that may never happen”, and the departments ML Planning Guide, Year of Luke, Choreographing the Catechumenate and Environment & Art and Liturgical Lil Talks Back.
• Updated the Bulletin Insert Index to include references to the August and September inserts.
• Read the complete table of contents for the August 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article “Wanted: A revised children's lectionary”, and the departments ML Planning Guide, Year of Luke, Choreographing the Catechumenate and Environment & Art and Liturgical Lil Talks Back. Note that the departments shown as live links are different than for the previous issue. Our objective is to show a sample of everything in ML at least once over the course of a year, and to encourage surfers to support this great resource by ordering an ML subscription.

• Although the event is over, we added quotes from participants to the on-line brochure for the recent Liturgical Arts Adventure (LAA). Click on "Quotes" in the second line of links under the banner to jump to the participants' comments. Since you really have to experience this event to "get it" we thought we might move a step closer by having some participants tell you what happened for them.

• Spiffed up the graphic "cover" for the on-line brochure for the forthcoming National Liturgical Catechesis Convention. Now is the appropriate time to reserve your spot and chance to participate in this ground-breaking, cutting-edge gathering.

• Revised the Advertising rates for ML and put Advertising Rate Card #32 up for consideration by individuals or companies which have a product or service which would be of value to parish ministry personnel. Contact Tom Love at 888-273-7782 if you have any questions about rates or specifications.

• Put a direct link to ML's Parish Resource Directory on the rpinet.com home page. You can find it under links on the navigation column on the left side of the screen if you scroll down to links. The Parish Resource Directory is a categorized listing of artists and companies which offer resources for parishes. Check it out. If you have a product or service that belongs in this list, the next edition of this feature closes on September 10, 2001. Contact Tom Love at 888-273-7782 for details.

• We’ve uploaded a revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.06). This version fixes ledger reports, permits the program to be used with displays set for large fonts, delivers an improved Help file, and fixes a minor message error. See the Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file for details on what has been changed. Download the revised demo and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• Read the complete table of contents for the June-July 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature articles “Nine things to know about the new GIRM” and “The role of the arts in worship”, and the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Sharings and Bulletin Inserts 1 (Luke) and 2 (Sunday Lay Presider).

• Added the tables of contents and introductory texts for Sharing the Lectionary for Lent 2002 (including the complete session plan and content for the First Sunday of Lent!), Junior Youth Activities for Lent and Easter (including a chapter about how to use the book), and  Reading the Signs of the Times (including a welcome letter from the authors, and a chapter explaining how the process works and what to do to get the most out of the meetings).

• Take a look at the ML Classified ads to see the new positions offered by Pickel Studios, and many other opportunities.

• Updated the descriptions and keywords for essentially all of the current product pages. You won't see much from this change, except that you can now search rpinet.com with the "search this site" button and actually find the detailed information page for any given product.

• Read the complete table of contents for the May 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article “Religious Literacy: checking the basics” and the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Sharings and Bulletin Inserts 1 (Melchisidech) and 2 (Ascension on Sunday).

• We’ve uploaded a revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.05). This version fixes importing, hot keys, and improves data file handling. See the Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file for details on what has been changed. Download the revised demo and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• The Author Index, Title Index and Subject Index pages have all been updated to include six Fall 2001 project announcements.
• The new Fall 2001 titles can be found by clicking on New Titles, along with those titles that were announced in Spring 2001. (The New Titles page is also accessible through the Subject Index page.) Watch this space for details as more information is posted for each new project.

• We’ve uploaded a revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.04). See the Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file for details on what has been changed. If you like, download the revised demo and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• We’ve extended the product descriptions for all of the products with titles beginning with the letters P through Z. The new descriptions can be found through the Author Index, Title Index and Subject Index pages.

• We’ve extended the product descriptions for all of the products with titles beginning with the letters K through O. The new descriptions can be found through the Author Index, Title Index and Subject Index pages.

• We’ve extended the product descriptions for all of the products with titles beginning with the letters A through J. The new descriptions can be found through the Author Index, Title Index and Subject Index pages.
• Look for an update on the Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file, with two new questions.

• There’s a new update for the Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file, adding some new questions and revising some existing answers to be more specific and clear.
• Check out the very slightly revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.03); the new demo fixes some minor problems with the baptism, confirmation and profession of faith certificates. If you like, download it and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• See the updated Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file. We’ve added some new questions and revised several existing answers to be more specific and clear.
• We’ve uploaded a very slightly revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.02) that eliminates an annoying diagnostic when making a backup of the master file. If you like, download it and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• RPI proudly announces a new technology product, PalmSunday for the Palm handheld. PalmSunday contains the complete Sunday readings for all three cycles of the lectionary. The demo version is free.

• The www.rpinet.com home page has been redesigned so that the right column lists recent announcements. The list of major publishing projects that had been listed there can now be found by looking in the left column, under Product Information, and clicking on List of Major Projects.
• Check out our news release about two forthcoming projects: What Every Catholic Needs to Know About the Mass and What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Lent, Triduum, and Easter.

• We’ve uploaded a very slightly revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0, introducing one additional feature for entering marriage data. If you like, download it and try it out: Sacramental Register 3.0 Demo.

• The Sacramental Register 3.0 FAQs file has been updated, with some additional new questions and some existing answers revised to be more specific and clear.

• See the tables of contents, cover graphics and a sample MOMStory titled “Compassion” at MOMStories: Quiet Contemplations for Mothers.

• Read the tables of contents and introductory texts for Creating an Effective Mystagogy (including a lengthy section from the introductory chapter), Dealing With Life’s Dilemmas (including “Responsibility: To Whom?” — a one-act play with complete stage notes and discussion questions), Jesus and the Kingdom of Nobodies (including the complete story “Going Fishing” with its reflection questions) and Move Over! Teenage Manners Coming Through.

• RPI has launched a free electronic newsletter for ministry personnel, to save them time by notifying them of RPI website changes, new services and other project announcements. Sign up now to receive this occasional news brief.

• We’ve created a page that offers an index of Bulletin Inserts from ML. It can be reached from the ML home page, and from selected bulletin insert pages.

• Read the complete table of contents for the April 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article “Confirmation: A sacrament in search of a theology” and the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Sharings and Bulletin Inserts 1 and 2.

• Learn about the forthcoming National Liturgical Catechesis Convention. We’ve modified the “navigator” (left column) on the home page to permit visitors to click on any of the current events to see its brochure.

• Check out our newest book, Reading the Signs of the Times, a new small-group English-Spanish discussion resource to be released in October 2001 for only $3.95.

• Read the complete table of contents for the March 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article “The Catholic Village: Forming children through the liturgy” and the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Sharings and Bulletin Inserts 1 and 2.

• See the cover graphics for two of our forthcoming titles: Liturgy Plus 3.2 for Cycles A, B, and C and Sacramental Register and Certificate Maker 3.0. The current ship date for these software packages is Feb. 18, 2001.

• We’ve added a Search this Site button so that you can now easily search for a specific person or topic across the entire site. As of today about 500 pages have been indexed, and some of the indexing is pretty rough. Please let us know how you like this feature, and/or what we should do to improve it.
• Read the tables of contents and introductory texts for three of the new spring 2001 titles: Acts of Salvation, Becoming a Eucharistic Community and What Every Catholic Needs to Know about the Mass.

• Check out the complete table of contents for the February – March and April – May 2001 issues of Simple Gifts newsletter.

• See the complete table of contents for the February 2001 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the photo feature on the 2000-2001 Visual Arts Awards: Seasonal/Occasional and the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Sharings and Bulletin Inserts 1 and 2.
• Read the advance preview article from the April 2001 ML issue of “Gestures speak as loud as words: Presiding at liturgy”, and send us your advance comments. Submissions may be published in the April issue!

• We’ve uploaded the final version of Sacramental Register 3.0 so those of you who download it now will see the actual program icons, full help files and minor tweaks to user screens. This program can be downloaded as a free demo. Just install it, and enter OK and Ignore when it asks for your password, and you will be a live user of the demo version. Enter data, preview certificates, preview ledger reports and attempt searches with the small test file included. It can also be removed cleanly.

• Read our Jan. 11 press release announcing the launch of Safe Learning magazine to 100,000 K-12 school administrators.

• We’ve added cover graphics (tables of contents and introductory texts are still in development) for the seven new spring 2001 titles: Acts of Salvation, Becoming a Eucharistic Community, Catechizing for Justice, The Catholic Wedding Answer Book, Dealing With Life's Dilemmas, Move Over! Teenage Manners Coming Through and What Every Catholic Needs to Know about the Mass.

• The Author Index, Title Index and Subject Index pages have all been updated to include seven spring 2001 project announcements.
• The new spring 2001 titles can be found by clicking on New Titles, along with those titles that were announced in fall 2000. (This is also accessible through the Subject Index page.) Watch this space for details as more information is posted for each new project.

For past changes and additions, visit:
What was new in 2000
What was new in 1999
What was new in 1998