The New Missal

The Roman Missal in its new English translation will be published by the Catholic Truth Society in Autumn 2011. The full text of the Missal will be used at Mass from the First Sunday of Advent 2011. This section of the website is dedicated to this exciting new phase in the Church’s life.

In this section of the website you will find:

• the new translation of the Order of Mass;
• the people’s parts of the new translation, laid out for comparison with the 1973 edition, either with the Latin text or without the Latin text;
• what the immediate background is;
• an explanation for the changes;
• what the benefits are of the new translation;
• what has changed;
• what is new;
• an updated list of saints included in the new translation;
• the revised Calendar of Saints for England;
• a video explaining the layout of the New Missal.
  

Timeline for implementation:

September – November 27th 2011
The full use of the published Missal from the beginning of Advent will be preceded by the use of just the Order of Mass in the new translation from Sunday 4th September 2011. For these three months from September to November, the Church in England and Wales will become familiar with those parts of the translations which are prayed at every Mass, and this will be accompanied by catechesis on the Mass and the new translation.

The Catholic Truth Society is publishing for use in this introductory period an Order of Mass for use by celebrants, available from Cathedral Centre Books. Texts of the Order of Mass for the people to use will also be available from June 2011.

November 27th 2011 (First Sunday of Advent)
The new Missal will be used in its entirety from this point onwards.