Formation is at the the very core of the vision and ministry of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Office for Worship. Primary focus for formation is given to liturgy, music and initiation directors / coordinators through:
- Basic Certification for Lectors and Cantors in English
- Certificación Básica para lectores
- Advanced Certification for Liturgy, Music & Initiation Directors
- Certificación Avanzada en Liturgia, Música e Iniciación
- Formation Days: Training for ministers of Hospitality, Lectors, Song, Music, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
- Días de Formación: Tntrenamiento para ministros de la Hospitalidad, Lectores, Canto y Música, Ministros Extraordinarios de la Sagrada Comunión
- Seasonal bi-lingual prayer: Penance service for Advent and Lent, Ritual for Reception of the Holy Oils
- Website and resource listings
The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (CSL) teaches us the following about liturgy: "Still, the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fount from which all the Church’s power flows. CSL:10 "We need to have in both mind and heart the Council’s vision of a Church that can… achieve the full, conscious and active participation that is the ‘primary, indeed the indispensable source from which the faithful are to derive the true Christian Spirit’" CSL:14. Cardinal Mahony's pastoral letter, Gather Faithfully Together (GFT) expands on this: "How else can this Church live without that spirit? And where else can such spirit be found? We will receive eagerly our Tradition, celebrate our rites, from Sunday to Sunday and season to season, so that we are slowly fashioned into Catholics whose lives are God’s own love for the world." GFT:124
If you are interested in any of the above offerings, please contact the Office for Worship.