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A Commentary on the Order of Dedication of a Church and an Altar
Paul Turner
2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in liturgy The dedication of a new church or altar is a rare event that too few Catholic faithful and clergy are privileged to experience. When it ha ...
Why People Care So Much about the Catholic Liturgy
Paul Turner
When changes happen to the Catholic Mass, opinions are strong and diverse. Everyone feels in some way that the Mass is theirs. It is. Or is it? Whose Mass is it? And what should people do to claim it? ...
A Commentary on The Order of Celebrating Matrimony in the Catholic Church
Paul Turner
This book provides a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Catholic Church's Order of Celebrating Matrimony. Readers will learn about the history and theology of the elements of the rite and of the ...
Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass
Paul Turner
2025 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Liturgy or Worship 2025 Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, Church Professional In eucharistic adoration, the faithful spend time in the p ...
A Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Paul Turner
2024 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Sacraments In this commentary on the revised English translation of The Order of Penance, Paul Turner explains in detail how the sacrament of renewal ...
A Biography of the Lectionary for Mass
Paul Turner
2023 Catholic Media Association Honorable Mention, Liturgy Why do we have the readings we have on the days we have them? Roman Catholics enjoy the rotation of readings from the Lectionary for Mass bec ...
A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass (Revised)
Paul Turner
Since its initial publication in 2006, Paul Turner's Let Us Pray has become a valuable resource for understanding, planning, and celebrating the Eucharist. This new edition, thoroughly updated by the ...
Preparing Better Catholic Funerals
Paul Turner
Although the Catholic funeral rite has not changed in the past few decades, society has. Parishes have new questions to face that their liturgical book does not consider: eulogies by family members, t ...
A People's Guide to the Dedication of a Church and Its Anniversary
Paul Turner
If your parish is planning the dedication of a new church and altar, this book will help prepare the entire community for the celebration. A rich combination of scripture, liturgical text, and questio ...
Holy Week in the Third Edition of The Roman Missal
Paul Turner
The principal liturgies of Holy Week underwent a series of revisions between 1951 and 2011. In this book, noted liturgist Paul Turner charts the rubrics and prayers of the current rites paragraph by p ...
Paul Turner
Each year, many adults who have never been baptized become Catholic. In the United States, these adults are outnumbered by baptized Christians of other denominations who seek to enter into the full co ...
A Pastoral Guide to The Order of Celebrating Matrimony
Paul Turner
The publication of the second edition of The Order of Celebrating Matrimony provides new liturgical and pastoral opportunities for presiders and parishes. In One Love, Fr. Paul Turner-one of the most ...
A Guide to the General Roman Calendar and the Table of Liturgical Days
Paul Turner
2025 Association of Catholic Publishers tied for Second Place Award, Resources for Liturgy 2025 Catholic Media Association First Place Award, Reference — Academic Studies In Sacred Times, Paul Turner ...
A Commentary on the Order of the Anointing of the Sick and of their Pastoral Care
Paul Turner
Paul Turner offers practical guidance for navigating the new English translation of the Order of the Anointing of the Sick and of their Pastoral Care. The revised translation of the Order of the Anoi ...
The Reception of Candidates in the OCIA
Paul Turner
A practical guide for initiation ministers on the appropriate ways to accompany Christians who are already baptized, and who now seek to enter into the Catholic Church. The Order of Christian Initiati ...
Paul Turner
2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in liturgy The Catholic Church uses three different sacred oils in some of its most solemn ceremonies: the baptism of children, confirmation, the ano ...
Celebrating and Concelebrating Mass
Paul Turner; Foreword by Bishop Mark Seitz
2022 Catholic Media Association first place award in church professional Presiding over the liturgy takes more than following instructions. Good presiding is artful presiding. It is knowledgeable and ...
Paul Turner, illustrated by Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC
2021 Catholic Media Association Award honorable mention award in pastoral ministry - parish life The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All invites a wounded church t ...
Sundays Two to Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time
Adrien Nocent, OSB; Introduced, Emended, and Annotated by Paul Turner
When Adrien Nocent's The Liturgical Year was published in the 1970s, it was the very first comprehensive commentary on the three-year lectionary in relation to the Sacramentary/Missal as these were re ...
Introduced, Emended, and Annotated by Paul Turner
Adrien Nocent, OSB; Introduced, Emended, and Annotated by Paul Turner
When Adrien Nocent's The Liturgical Year was published in the 1970s, it was the very first comprehensive commentary on the three-year lectionary in relation to the Sacramentary/Missal as these were re ...
Lent, the Sacred Paschal Triduum, Easter Time
Adrien Nocent, OSB; Introduced, Emended, and Annotated by Paul Turner
When Adrien Nocent's The Liturgical Year was published in the 1970s, it was the very first comprehensive commentary on the three-year lectionary in relation to the Sacramentary/Missal as these were re ...
Advent, Christmas, Epiphany
Adrien Nocent, OSB; Introduced, Emended, and Annotated by Paul Turner
When Adrien Nocent's The Liturgical Year was published in the 1970s, it was the very first comprehensive commentary on the three-year lectionary in relation to the Sacramentary/Missal as these were re ...
Edited by Paul Turner and John W. Martens, Foreword by Abbot Primate Gregory J. Polan, OSB
2024 Association of Catholic Publishers First Place Award, Liturgy How does the Bible form our worship practices? How does liturgy incorporate the Bible? The Liturgy and Life Study Bible explores thes ...