Bishops to vote on new Lectionary for Masses With Children

Published: 2005-10-24

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The nation's Latin-rite bishops are to vote on a revised Lectionary for Masses With Children when the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in Washington Nov. 14-17. If the proposed Lectionary is adopted by the bishops and confirmed by the Holy See, it will replace the experimental children's Lectionary that has been in use since 1993. The Lectionary is the book of Scripture readings used at Mass. In the children's Lectionary many of the texts are shortened and some vocabulary is simplified. Along with the new set of texts for use with children are proposals that would set stricter rules for its use. Where the current version describes the intended audience as "children of elementary grades," the proposed new version says it is meant for use with "children who have not yet entered preadolescence, that is, those 10 years old or younger."

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