Contact: Zach Laney, OCP, 503-460-5311
PORTLAND, Ore., June 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- To help parishes prepare their communities for the third edition of the Roman Missal, OCP has chosen five new and four revised Mass settings for initial publication in the company's missal and hymnal products. One of the new settings selected is Mass of Renewal by spiritandsong.com artist Curtis Stephan.
"For me, the challenge of setting any liturgical music is always to make it accessible for congregational use while keeping it musically compelling," said Stephan. "As a parish music director, I found that the settings we use most simply work in many situations--weekend parish Masses, daily Masses, youth Masses, Ordinary Time, or Lent--so in this case, flexibility was an added ingredient for me."
This parish-tested setting from Stephan will be included in an Order of Mass supplement, which will be made available to OCP customers using resources affected by the new translation.
"My goal was to make it easy for the faithful to truly pray the newly translated prayers in a way that edified the Mass," said Stephan. "We have the beautiful opportunity go to new depths of understanding and to rediscover what it is that we proclaim and celebrate every time at Mass."
More information on Stephan's Mass of Renewal and the other new and revised settings is available on OCP's new Roman Missal online resource page: www.OCP.org/NewMassSettings. This web page was developed to answer concerns church leaders may have regarding the implementation of the new Roman Missal. Visitors to the page will find what they need conveniently located in one place: practical resources, catechetical articles related to the new translation, links to useful websites, frequently asked questions and more.
Because the page will be updated as new information and resources become available, visitors are encouraged to bookmark the address -- www.OCP.org/NewMassSettings -- and check back regularly.
About OCP
OCP, a not-for-profit publisher of liturgical music and worship resources based in Portland, Oregon, has been in operation for more than 80 years. Worship programs produced by OCP are used in two-thirds of Catholic churches in the United States and are distributed worldwide. More information is available at 1-800-LITURGY (548-8749) and www.ocp.org.
