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Devotions
  • How do you pray the Rosary?
  • What do you do during a Holy Hour of Adoration?
Environment and Art
  • Can you veil statues during Lent?
  • Can you remove water from the font during Lent?
  • How do you dispose old Paschal Candles?
  • How do you dispose old Holy Oils?
  • Where can my parish buy new oil vessels?
  • What do the letters OC, OS, SC, and OI mean on the oil vessels?
  • Where can my parish buy fair trade palms for Palm Sunday?
General
  • Why do we use the new American Bible during Liturgy?
Initiation (RCIA)
  • What is the Rite of Acceptance?
  • How long does a person have to be a catechumen before they can be baptized?
  • If a Protestant is becoming Catholic, do you confirm them?
Liturgical Year
  • What are some guidelines for the Triduum?
  • Do you have an Advent reconciliation service we can use?
  • What are the Holy Days of Obligation?
Mass
  • How do you write intercessions for Mass?
  • Can you do a play or dramatize the Gospel during the Mass?
  • How can we give Communion to someone who has a gluten allergy?
  • Is there a blessing for Communion ministers we send to the sick?
  • When should announcements be done during the Mass?
Ministers
  • How do we commission our Communion ministers?
  • How do we commission our other liturgical ministers?
  • Do you have guidelines for training Communion ministers?
Music
  • When are we supposed to start the Communion song?
  • When do the music minsiters receiving Communion?
  • Can we sing a meditation song after Communion?
  • How do you plan music for a wedding?
Prayers and Blessings
  • Is there a special blessing for animals?
  • Do you have a blessing for students before they take an exam?
  • Is there a special prayer families can use to bless their homes at Epiphany?
  • Do you have a blessing for parishioners who are moving away from the parish?
  • Do you have a special blessing for a Filipino debut?
  • Do you have a special blessing for graduates?
  • Do you have a special blessing for secretaries?
  • Do you have a special blessing for travelers
  • Do you have a special blessing for firefighters and police officers?
  • Do you have a child’s prayer for his or her grandparent?
  • Do you have a prayer for those in the military?
  • Do you have a prayer we can use at our Thanksgiving dinner?
  • Do you have a prayer for this time of economic crisis?
  • Do you have a prayer for parents whose children are leaving home?
  • Is there a special blessing for Confirmation candidates as they begin their preparation?
  • Does my priest have to get permission from the Bishop to confirm?
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