PAPAL ENCYCLICALS

Ecclesia de Eucharistia
(The Church of the Eucharist)
John Paul II, April 17, 2003

Mysterium Fidei
(Mysteri of Faith)
Pope Paul VI, September 3, 1965

Musicae Sacrae
On Sacred Music
Pope Pius XII, December 25, 1955

Mirae Caritatis
(On the Holy Eucharist)
Pope Leo XIII, May 28, 1902

 
OTHER MAGISTERIAL DOCUMENTS

Mane nobiscum Domine
(Apostolic Letter on the
Year of the Eucharist 2004-2005)
Pope John Paul II, October 2004

The Year of the Eucharist:
Suggestions and Proposals

October 15, 2004

Redemptionis Sacramentum
March 25, 2004

Liturgiam Authenticam
May 7, 2001

Inaestimabile Donum
(Instruction Concerning Worship
of the Eucharistic Mystery)
Pope John Paul II, 1980

Sacram Liturgiam
(Motu Proprio of His Holiness Pope Paul VI)
Pope Paul VI, January 25, 1964

Tra le Sollecitudini
(Enclyclical on Sacred Music)
Pope Pius X, November 22, 1903

Centenary of the Motu Proprio Tra le Sollecitudini On Sacred Music
Pope John Paul II, November 22, 2003

Eucharisticum Mysterium
(Instruction on Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery) by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and confirmed Pope Paul VI, May 25, 1967.

Musicam Sacram
(Instruction on Sacred Music in the Liturgy)
by the Sacred Congregation of Rites,
March 5, 1967

De Musica Sacra et Sacra Liturgia
(Instruction On Sacred Music and Sacred Liturgy)
by the Sacred Congregation of Rites,
September 3, 1958

Letter to the Bishops on the Minimum Reportoire of Plainchant
by Congregation for Divine Worship
April 1974

Concerning the Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful
issued under instruction by John Paul II by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1994

On Communion for Divorced and Remarried Persons
by the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, 2000

Kneeling to Receive Holy Communion
response by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, July 1, 2002

Mary leads us to Eucharist
(Message to 19th International Marian Congress Czestochowa)
Pope John Paul II, August 15, 1996

Sacra Tridentina
(Decree on Frequent and Daily Reception of Holy Communion)
Pope St. Pius X, December 20, 1905

 
TEACHINGS OF ECUMENICAL COUNCILS

VATICAN II -- Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)
solemnly promulgated by His Holiness
Pope Paul VI, December 4, 1963

COUNCIL OF TRENT -- Session 13 (Decree concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist)
issued under Pope Julius III, October 11, 1551

 
USCCB RESOURCES

Bishop's Committee on the Liturgy

 
ADDITIONAL LINKS

The Year of the Eucharist - Catholic Exchange

Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

To the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful for
the Year of the Eucharist

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
(founded by Dr. Scott Hahn) Resource for Eucharistic Adoration

The History of Eucharistic Adoration -
Development of Doctrine in the Catholic Church
.
A comprehensive study by John A. Hardon, S.J.

The Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration
article by Susan Benofy (Online Edition of "Adoremus Bulletin") May 1999

 

 

 

 

MAY

The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ Mass will be celebrated on May 29th by Archbishop Chaput. Following the Mass, there will be a Eucharistic Procession around the blocks of the Cathedral to the Marian Garden for Benediction.

Date: May 29, 2005
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place:
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception