Diocesan Liturgical Policies & Guidelines

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Mass

• Diocesan Liturgical Directives Chart for the 2010 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (January 2011)
• Altar Wine (Chancery Bulletin 298:I; December 2006)
• Use of Incense (Chancery Bulletin 269:IV; May 2004)
• Purification of Sacred Vessels (Chancery Bulletin 322:III; April 2009)
  
• Permission for Mass Outside of a Sacred Place (Chancery Bulletin 293:XI; August 2006)
• Pro Populo Masses (Chancery Bulletin 286; December 2005)
• Cold and Flu Season (Chancery Bulletin 375:VIII; November 2017)

Liturgical Space Renovations / New Constructions

• Church Renovations; Proxy Requirement (Chancery Bulletin 375:II; November 2017)
• Requirements for the Building and Renovation of Churches (November 2008)

Deacons 

• The Role of the Deacon at Mass (March 2013)

Eucharist Outside Mass

• Diocesan Guidelines for Situations When Sunday Mass Cannot Be Celebrated (January 2014)
• Diocesan Policy Concerning the Rite for Distributing Holy Communion Outside Mass with the Celebration of the Word (January 2018)
• Guidelines for Perpetual Exposition and Adoration of the Reserved Sacrament  (November 1997)

Sacraments

• Sacramental Register Handbook (August 2010)

Confirmation

• Recording Confirmations in Sacramental Registry (Chancery Bulletin; July 2019)
• Faculty to Confirm (Chancery Bulletin #346:II; January 2013)
• Age of Confirmation (Chancery Bulletin #243; September 2001)

First Holy Communion

• Sacrament of Eucharist - First Communion Guidelines (January 1997)

Reconciliation

• Reconciliation - The Sacrament of Penance Guidelines (January 1997

Matrimony

• The Celebration of Matrimony on Sundays
• The Celebration of Matrimony and New Year - The Solemnity of Mary

Miscellaneous

• Disposal of Ritual Books (Chancery Bulletin 283:III; September 2005)