Now that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has received the text of the Roman Missal, what are the next steps?
The USCCB website now contains the official text of the Order of Mass for catechetical purposes only. Several changes have been made to the text of the Ordo Missae which had been approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship in 2008, and the entire Missal reflects changes made by the Congregation upon the recommendations of the Vox Clara Committee, many in response to concerns expressed by our Conference of Bishops (as well as by other English-language Conference of Bishops) during deliberations and votes over the past several years. The Secretariat of Divine Worship is working with the text now to begin the process of assembling an electronic text for submission to the publishers who will be involved in the publication of the Missal. The International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), having been given the task of assisting Conferences of Bishops in bringing the Missal to publication, is also collaborating with the USCCB in its efforts. The Congregation has provided publi
