My name is Kelly Barth. I am the Director of Liturgical Ministries at St. Leo Catholic Church in Omaha, NE. As our parish has been preparing plans for implementation of the new Roman Missal, I was referred to www.RevsiedRomanMissal.org. It is by far one of the best resources I have found at this point. Thank you for all your hard work. Upon reading the various stories in your section called "Your Story," it dawned on me that there are not many practical resources which guide parish leadership on just how we are going to catechize our parishioners. There are several general ideas (which again, your resources seem the best and most practical: Leader's Edition of Understanding the Revised Mass Texts, Second Edition, and Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal, Part I), but what has been most helpful to us so far are the stories shared on your Web site.
In a recent discussion on how we can better utilize social media to accomplish our goals of liturgical renewal, our Liturgy Committee decided that maybe we should create a "Group" on Facebook which would work as an open forum for Pastors, Liturgists, Music Directors, and other parish leadership to share their ideas. We noticed that there is only one resource on Facebook itself for the Missal. That being said, we launched a "Group" yesterday and I sent a copy out to some people I met from a conference in Collegeville over the summer. We are hoping to get a good discussion going for all of us over the next year so that we might all benefit from the hard work we are all putting into this.
I figured it wouldn't hurt to spread the message around. If you know of anyone who would like to join the discussion, please pass the following link around: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130916603635363. Or simply type in "Roman Missal" in the Facebook search engine and you'll find it right away. It is called: "Preparing for the New Roman Missal - A Parish Prospective."
God bless you for all you do for the Catholic Church. I pray the Holy Spirit will be with all of us as we attempt to catechize our brothers and sisters about the gift of our Liturgy.
Kelly Barth
Director of Liturgical Ministries
St. Leo Catholic Church
Omaha, NE 68116