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• The foreword and first chapter have been added to the "more information" file for A Practical Guide for Starting an Adult Faith Formation Program. This long awaited resource will be ready in early 2003, so be sure you look it over.

• Take a look at the ML Classified ads to see the a new opportunity for a liturgist/musician offered by St. Timothy Parish, in Lady Lake, Florida, and several other opportunities.

• Read the complete table of contents for the December 2002 - January 2003 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the 2003 Parish Resource Directory, with links to all participants. Read the editorial welcome in Inside ML. The Sharings column features a photo of an unusual altar and is available on line this issue. Subscribe to ML right now with just a click or two.
• The ML Home page has been updated and uploaded. The top of the page has been reorganized a bit, and you can now click on a cover image to get to its table of contents.
• The Liturgical Catechesis home page has been updated and uploaded. The top of the page has been reorganized a bit, and you can now click on a cover image to get to its table of contents.

• Read the complete table of contents for the December 2002-January 2003 issue of Liturgical Catechesis magazine, including the complete activity sheet for the Adult level for the First Sunday in Advent.

• Read the complete table of contents for the November 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the 2442K download of the 2001-2002 Visual Arts Awards: Stained Glass Category. You can participate in an interesting survey on the mystagogia, and read the editorial welcome in Inside ML. The Year of Paul is another column in ML which is available on line this issue. Subscribe to ML right now with just a click or two.
• The visual arts awards entry form has been updated and uploaded. The deadline is March 31, 2003. The form can be filled out on line if you have a current version of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• We’ve uploaded a revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.08). This version is not a mandatory update, and does not fix any operational bugs, which means that the program has proven itself to be stable over the fourteen months since the July 23, 2001 update (version 3.06). However, there are two new features added. One feature now permits the certificate lines identifying the Roman Catholic Church and "pastor" to be edited so that other denominations can use the program too. A second feature permits the type style to be controlled by the user on the body type on certificates. The updated program is FREE as a demo download for prospective customers, and also FREE as an update download for current customers. 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.

• Two new employment opportunities here at RPI have been posted on our "Employment" page. The four positions listed are all outstanding opportunities to anyone who really wants to help make a difference in people's lives by providing quality resources. The two new ones are for a person who can manage our editorial acquisitions process, and for a person who can serve as a production assistant. Both positions are in San Jose, CA, and both are career positions with opportunity for advancement. Both are also immediately available.

• Read the complete table of contents for the October-November 2002 issue of Liturgical Catechesis magazine, including the complete activity sheet for the Primary level for the feast of Christ the King.

• Read the complete table of contents for the October 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine. You can read and comment on the feature article entitled Finding ourselves in the field: A new spiritual language by Michael Mansfield. You will also find the departments Inside ML, and the bulletin inserts Oil of the Sick, and Cincture. Subscribe to ML right now with just a click or two.

• Read the complete table of contents for the September 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the 704K download of the 2001-2002 Visual Arts Awards: Permanent Category. You will also find the departments Inside ML, and the complete three part Planning Guide.  And you can read and comment on an advance article from the November ML entitled Preparing the Wedding Homily: A Guide for Preachers and Couples by Paul Turner. (This article is excerpted from the forthcoming book with the same title.) Subscribe to ML right now with a click or two.

• Read a sample session from the forthcoming project

Experiences for Exploring God's Word, which has also had the table of contents updated, and includes the complete author's preface.

• Read the complete table of contents for the August 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article: The manifold presence of Christ, by Michael G. Witczak. You will also find the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, and the Calendar of events for Fall.

• Read the complete table of contents for the August-September 2002 issue of Liturgical Catechesis magazine, including the complete activity sheet for the Nursery level for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

• The discussion boards have been outfitted with the rpi website navigation bar. Hopefully this will be more of a convenience than a disadvantage. New messages, as added, will have the navigation column added too.

• The new Fall 2002 book and multimedia titles can be found by clicking on New Titles, along with those titles that were announced in Spring 2002. (The New Titles page is also accessible through the Subject Index page.)
• The Title Index and Author Index have also been updated to include the new titles and new authors.
• We’ve added cover graphics, tables of contents and introductory text excerpts for some of the five new Fall 2002 titles:

Preparing the Wedding Homily
Sharing the Lectionary for Lent 2003,
Experiences for Exploring God's Word,
A Practical Guide for Starting an Adult Faith Formation Program, and
What Every Catholic Needs to Know about Advent and Christmas.

• Read the complete table of contents for the August 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article: The manifold presence of Christ, by Michael G. Witczak. You will also find the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, and the Calendar of events for Fall.
• Read the complete table of contents for the June-July 2002 issue of Liturgical Catechesis magazine, including the complete activity sheet for the Children's Catecumenate level of the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Christian Music Finder have been added to the FAQs page.

• Sacramental Register 3.0 Frequently Asked Questions has been updated to discuss use of this program on systems running Windows NT or Windows 2000. Check out the fifth question from the top.

• We have been working like little beavers, and as a result you can now use the popular "shopping cart" approach to browsing and shopping for the resources on this website. When your cart is "full," you can "check out" at our new "secure transaction" website which permits a wide variety of options for payment. Use the Title Index, Author Index, Subject Index, or the "search this site" button to investigate any product, and simply click on the "add to cart" button to indicate your interest in purchasing the item.

• Read the complete table of contents for the May 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature article: The law of liturgy: Interpretation and implementation of liturgical documents . You will also find the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Calendar, Sharings, and Bulletin Insert on Veni, Sancti Spiritu, and Bulletin Insert on Baptismal Certificate.

• Take a fresh look at the ML Classified ads to see the new position offered by Our Lady of Grace parish, in Highland, Indiana, and several other opportunities.

• Read the complete table of contents for the April 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the departments Choreographing the Catechumenate, Year of Paul, Environment and Art, Liturgical Lil Talks Back and Planning Guide: Summer Ordinary Time.

• Read the complete table of contents for the March 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the feature articles: A Pilgrim of Vatican II: ML Interviews Bishop Remi J. De Roo, and Opening the Door to the Sacred (part 1). You will also find the departments Inside ML, Worship Times, Calendar, Sharings, and Bulletin Insert on Lent, and Bulletin Insert on Flags.

• EDITOR WANTED. We have revised the employment page to remove some positions, and to add a new one. We are actively looking for a new editor for ML magazine. Find out more about the position at Liturgy Editor Wanted.

• We’ve uploaded a revised demo for Sacramental Register 3.0 (Version 3.07). This version does not fix any bugs, which means that the program has proven itself to be stable over the seven months since the July 23, 2001 update (version 3.06). However, there are three new features added. The update is free as a demo download for prospective customers, and also free as an update download for current customers. 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.

• We’ve added cover graphics, tables of contents and introductory text excerpts for the eight new spring 2002 titles:

Adult Children of Divorced Parents
Bulletin Inserts for Liturgical Catechesis,
Celebrating Confirmation Before First Communion,
Child Custody: Achieving a Parenting Partnership,
Introducing Liturgical Catechesis,
Postmodern Worship and the Arts,
Thirty Celebrations for Youth, Families, and Parishes,
and Undoing the “I do.”

• The new spring 2002 book and multimedia titles can be found by clicking on New Titles, along with those titles that were announced in Fall 2001. (The New Titles page is also accessible through the Subject Index page.)
• The Title Index and Author Index have also been updated to include the new titles and new authors.

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• See the complete table of contents for the February 2002 issue of Ministry & Liturgy magazine, including the photo feature on the 2001-2002 Visual Arts Awards: Seasonal/Occasional and the departments Choreographing the Catechumenate, Year of Paul, Liturgical Lil Talks Back and Planning Guide: Triduum.

For past changes and additions, visit:
What was new in 2001
What was new in 2000
What was new in 1999
What was new in 1998