A collection of Marty’s songs in one volume is long overdue. Here is a rich collection of 85 of Marty’s best songs, from 1982 to 2009. A beautiful 204 page wirebound book.
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Bernadette Farrell is known throughout the world for her
challenging texts and memorable melodies. Yet she says,
‘Writing wasn’t my intention or plan. It was a practical
response to the needs around me.’ This response has
made her one of the most popular composers of liturgical
music, and her song Christ be our light one of the bestloved
songs of the last twenty years.

As part of her strong commitment to justice and peace,
Bernadette works with people of all denominations. For
many years she has worked as a community organiser for
London Citizens. This is a reflection of her commitment
to work shoulder to shoulder with those struggling for adequate housing, a living wage, proper community policing, access to quality health services, and so on.

One of Bernadette’s recent songs, ‘Alleluia, Raise The Gospel’, epitomises the spirit of her current music and the challenges she has laid down for herself to make the world a better place:
(1) engage creatively with the decision makers in one's neighbourhood, town and country;
(2) embrace and promote a theology that inspires people to imagine a new future; and
(3) work to create new economic institutions for our new global situation.

As Bernadette says, ‘If we do nothing, we will not have a planet fit to hand on to our children.’

This book collects almost all Bernadette’s published songs, nearly 80 in all, dating from the
1970s to the present day. A bonus is the inclusion of seven new and previously unpublished
pieces, including two sets of Eucharistic acclamations.

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A Bernadette Farrell Songbook: Decani, 180 pages, wirebound. Price: £12.99

Recordings
The music in the Songbook (all but the newest and some of the earliest pieces) is found on the following CDs.
God beyond all names
Christ be our light
Share the Light
Restless is the Heart
Go before us

Maurice Taylor

A historic book by a Bishop

Bishop Maurice Taylor, the Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, was chairman from 1997 to 2002 of the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), and therefore the person in charge of the translation of the Mass, a subject of much interest and greater controversy. His new book about the Mass combines teaching and memoir. He himself describes it as: ‘a miscellany, a collection of different items on the Mass.’

He continues: ‘It is a principal aim of this book to consider howfaithfully we nowadays, more than forty years on from the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the liturgy, observe that teaching and, specifically, its teaching on the Mass. How aware and how appreciative are we of what we should be doing when we gather in worship?’ The early chapters are a lucid exposition of the theology and practice of the Mass as set out by the Council and the documents that followed it. The book concludes with a journey through two important recent Papal documents, John Paul II’s Mane Nobiscum Domine and Benedict XVI’s Sacramentum Caritatis, which build on that teaching.

What makes this book unique
In between come a chapter reflecting on the recent developments concerning the Tridentine Mass and an account of the author’s time as chairman of ICEL. It is this section which gives the book its unique historical importance. With no prior warning, the whole basis of liturgical translation was changed in 2001 by the instruction Liturgiam Authenticam. A fine translation of the missal which had taken sixteen years to complete and which had been approved by both the UK and US bishops, had to be jettisoned. Samples are found in the book. The inside story of these events has not been told before and this book is thus an essential source for historians, as well as a story of great personal interest.

Bishop Taylor says: ‘I hope that this selection will prove helpful and interesting for “ordinary people”. It aims to give an up-to-date appreciation of “the source and summit of the Christian life” as well as a frank account of some of the controversial and painful issues that have arisen as a result of the liturgical renewal of Mass in the Roman rite.’

It’s the Eucharist, Thank God.
Decani Books, 104pp paperback
ISBN 978-1-900314-19-0

Donald J. Withey

A practical guide for anyone preparing to be a Minister of Holy Communion.

It is complete in itself and is particularly suitable for ministers unable to attend a course of training. It is also designed as a course textbook. In addition it will be a useful work of reference for existing ministers, for the clergy, and for all who wish to learn more about the Mass, the liturgy, and the significance of this lay ministry.

The Appendix features a suggested training programme for ministers, and includes the complete texts of the Rite of Commissioning Ministers and the Rite of Renewal of Commitment .

80pp paperback

Marian Tolley

A basic practical course for people who read in church - a companion volume to the Handbook for Readers.

Many readers do not know or cannot locate the church documents they need, and the kind of material which will help them work on important aspects of public speech. This Workbook contains extracts from the official documents, practical exercises for readers, and samples of resources such as scripture commentaries which readers can decide to go on explore, suggesting further reading and study. The material has been developed through use in workshops with readers and is recommended for individual and group work. Throughout the book, as in its companion Handbook, there is an emphasis on the Presence of Christ in scripture. The Reader is handling ‘holy things’ just as much as the Minister of the Eucharist.

72pp paperback A4

A publication of the Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales

Into Your Hands contains all that is needed to plan a funeral: the complete scripture readings and prayers of the Order of Christian Funerals, and an introduction explaining the different kinds of funeral service that are possible, and the meaning and importance of the elements they contain, scripture, prayer, symbol. This 2006 reprint also includes sample General Intercessions.In addition there are planning sheets to fill in, a checklist of what you need to know and do when someone dies, and a list of organizations whose task is to help the bereaved.

It is inexpensively produced, with a limp cover, so that parishes may buy copies in quantity to give to the bereaved and their families. At the same time, it is laid out in a dignified manner to make it suitable for private prayer and reflection, and as a prayer book for vigil services.

This is an invaluable book for clergy or lay people to use in helping the family to prepare the funeral. Together with In Sure and Certain Hope, a book for lay ministers leading funerals, it represents a new step in collaborative ministry, allowing those most involved in this liturgy, which takes place at such a significant and painful time, to play their full part in it.

84 pages, limp cover. Page size 182 x 258 mm (B5)

DC0032 Into your hands single copy £3.75
DC0032A Into your hands Pack of 10 £30.00
DC0032B Into your hands Pack of 25 £70.00

J.D. Crichton

J.D.Crichton (1907-2001) was a great and much-loved liturgist, pastoral in every sense. In the course of a long life and career he witnessed, influenced,and commented on the inspiring events of an extraordinary century for the Church. In this, his final book, he drew on some of his earliest memories as a guide to understanding more recent history. In the end, ‘the Church is people’, and Dr Crichton’s interest in people coupled with his acute powers of observation pervade this memorable book.

96pp paperback - including extra final chapter ‘Envoi’ suppliedwith each copy

A handbook for preparing liturgical assemblies in schools
Julie McCann
with a Foreword by Bernadette Farrell

This book is not just an addition to the pile of books about school assemblies. It is a serious attempt, possibly the first, to see assembly as Liturgy, as much as what is done in parishes every Sunday. An assembly is Prayer, not a performance or a competition between classes and teachers. It is less complicated than busy teachers sometimes think, once basic concepts of liturgy have been explained.

I prefer to cut children’s spiritual garments a little too large for them to grow into, as they will in time. And who knows what vivid image or hint of the beauty of God will remain in their mind and memory? Dorothy Coddington

The aims
- to help the class teacher in a Roman Catholic primary school know what liturgy is and to feel comfortable with its rituals
- to give the teachers the confidence to prepare and lead liturgies that are simple, prayerful and worthy
- to encourage children in their spiritual development and liturgical formation
- to provide examples of liturgies based on the rites of the church

Julie McCann, besides being a teacher, is a musician. She is much in demand to speak about liturgy in schools to gatherings of teachers.

‘I have been a teacher in a large primary school in London for eight years. Over that time we have worked to change our practice in assemblies from class ‘performances’ to liturgies that reflect and form our identity as a Catholic Christian school.

'In this book Julie has mapped out a journey of transformation; one on which she herself has led many children. Beginning with the basics, she guides us through actions to renew our liturgical experience. In a climate of curriculums it can be difficult to remember the importance of dimensions less easily measured.

'This wonderful book helps us grasp the opportunity.'
Bernadette Farrell, from the Foreword

104 pp paperback

Scriptural homilies for all the Sundays of Lent and Advent, A, B and C.

112pp paper

33 Biblical homilies for selected Sundays of Ordinary Time

96 pp paper