This practical article discusses how thoughtfully designed liturgy booklets can support active participation and deeper understanding of the rites.
This article explores the ministry of hospitality, showing how welcome, attentiveness, and presence at liturgy can shape vibrant, inclusive parish life.
This downloadable resource offers guidelines for ministers of hospitality, specifically those who welcome at the beginning of the liturgy. It outlines the historical background, noting some scriptural foundations and theological aspects of ministry. Practical aspects of the ministry are included.
Every Christian person is called to minister Christ and to exercise hospitality in his name. This can be portrayed through the liturgy by making all feel a sense of belonging; such as, by having welcomers at the door and a joyful comentator at the start of mass, sharing vibrant music, inviting and recruiting liturgical ministers, and offering thanks to the work of all ministers and musicians.