Guidelines and Notes

LITURGICAL MINISTRY GUIDELINES AND RESOURCES FOR THE DIOCESE OF METUCHEN

Click on link for Rite of Confirmation Within Mass (by a delegated priest)

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Click on the links in the list below to download a copy of the PDF

The following guidelines and resources were created by the Department of Worship and Liturgical Formation for use in the Diocese of Metuchen. Click on the link to open and download a copy of the PDF file.

  1. Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
  2. Guidelines for Readers
  3. Guidelines for Pastoral Care of the Sick for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
  4. Guidelines for Cantors
  5. Guidelines for Liturgy Committees
  6. Guidelines for The Ministry of Hospitality
  7. Eulogy Policy
  8. FAQs on Catholic Funeral Liturgies
  9. Concelebration Guidelines - New Roman Missal
  10. Initiation, Confirmation and the RCIA
  11. Lenten Instructions & Bishop Bootkoski Lenten Letter
  12. Bishop Bootkoski April 2009 Letter on the "Outbreak of H1N1 (Swine) Flu

En Español

  1. Pautas para los Ministros Extraordinarios De la Santa Comunión
  2. Pautas para Lectores
  3. Haga el favor de pulsar aquí para bajar el archivo PDF de la carta de Monseñor Bootkoski de abril de 2009: ”Un Brote de la Gripe H1N1" en Español.

GUIDELINES AND RESOURCES FROM USCCB AND OTHER SOURCES

Please find answers to commonly asked liturgical questions in the list below. Click on the link to open the PDF file.

SACRAMENTS

EUCHARIST

  1. Guidelines for Reception of Holy Communion
  2. Questions on the Preparation of Chalices for Holy Communion Under Both Kinds
  3. Influenza and the Liturgy
  4. A Short Introduction to Holy Communion and Celiac Sprue Disease
  5. Gluten Intolerance and the Reception of Holy Communion
  6. Alcohol Intolerance and the Reception of Holy Communion
  7. Guidelines for Concelebration of the Eucharist

SEASONAL

  1. The Chrism Mass
  2. Reception of the Holy Oils Blessed at the Chrism Mass
  3. Eighteen Questions on the Paschal Triduum
  4. Mass of the Lord's Supper
  5. Good Friday
  6. Time of the Easter Vigil
  7. The Great Easter Vigil:
  8. Excerpt on Popular Piety and the Christmas Feasts from the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments)

FUNERALS

  1.  Final Disposition for Cremated Remains
  2. Cremation Principles & Guidelines

FLU CONCERNS

  1. Ten Questions on Influenza/H1N1 (Swine) Flu and the Liturgy
  2. Diez preguntas sobre la influenza y la Liturgia - USCCB