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This issue of Pastoral Music offers NPM convention in Louisville, an event that left a number of helpful resources for musicians and me with the very strong impression that many—if other pastoral ministers in these final weeks before not most—musicians are rather excited about the full implementation on November 27. You will find in new missal. Although the convention provided a these pages both “big picture” articles to enrich our wide variety of workshop offerings and musical understanding and practical resources to support our experiences, a great deal of attention was devoted ministry and bolster our leadership. to the Roman Missal in the plenum addresses, NPM Senior Editor Dr. Gordon Truitt introduces workshop sessions, Hovda lectures, and publisher this issue with a very insightful essay on the place showcases. Based on the “feel” of the convention and of the new missal and the new translation in the the evaluations that we’ve received so far, it seems history of the liturgical renewal begun at Vatican II. as though musicians are reveling in an opportunity Unfortunately there have been way too many “byte- to re-evaluate parish repertoire, re-examine musical size” analyses of the new texts, particularly on blogs, priorities, and dig into new music crafted for the new that fail to provide adequate depth to consideration texts. of the new Missal. Dr. Truitt’s article is a really fine Over the course of the next three months, most contribution to understanding the context of this of us will be doing our very best to introduce new Missal in the ongoing renewal of the liturgy and of the texts and new music in a way that fosters the full, Church. conscious, and active participation of the people. Is your parish already well informed about the Now is also a good time to be considering the follow- coming changes or have you barely started the up to November 27. Only after people have become preparation process? Michael Prendergast provides accustomed to the new translation will they really be a user-friendly guide to parish implementation with able to pray the texts. Only then will all of us really helpful questions and suggestions for parishes of all begin to reflect on new layers of meaning for our faith types. and life of discipleship. Have you been wondering about the work of In the November issue of Pastoral Music we will be composers in preparing musical settings of the new including some very insightful addresses delivered texts? NPM Board member Father Ricky Manalo, at this year’s NPM convention that will help us in our csp, offers the perspective of one composer on the movement from implementation to appropriation, so challenge of writing music for new words. that on November 28 our work can continue. Do you really know what’s in the new Missal? With so much attention focused on the new translation, many of us have not yet taken time to explore some of the new features of the missal. Chief among these are texts for the celebrations of many new saints that have been added to the calendar. As I glanced through some J. 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