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Ordo 2022

AORD22

15/10/2021

The official Ordo for Australia and New Zealand is an indispensable reference for liturgy planning and is a requirement in every sacristy and church office.

Parishes around Australia are in for a surprise when they receive this year’s ORDO. It will be significantly bigger (B5).

At the request of the National Liturgical Commission, it will now include not only the Scripture references for the daily readings, but also the tagline to each reading. These phrases, provided in red at the beginning of each reading in the Lectionary, are a guide to the content of each reading. In addition the Ordo will include the psalm reference and psalm response, along with the Gospel acclamation for each day.

This will make the Ordo a more useful resource for musicians, readers and others who prepare the liturgy. The special days of commemoration assigned by the Holy See or the bishops conference, previously included in a list at the end of the book, will now also be included in the body of the text. To maintain its ease of use, however, features of the ORDO which have become familiar over the last thirty years will be retained. As far as possible the design will maintain a week-to-an-opening. The general structure, layout and spiral binding will also be kept.