Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Lutheran Church --Missouri Synod

• Gottesdienst (journal on Evangelical-Lutheran liturgy produced by LC-MS clergypersons; Milwaukee, WI USA)
• The Liturgical Conference (publishers of Liturgy, Homily Service, etc.)
• The Liturgical Press (publishers of Worship, Liturgical Ministry, etc.; Collegeville, MN USA)
• Liturgy Canada (association and journal for liturgy and mission; Anglican Church of Canada)
• Ministry & Liturgy (journal focussed primarily on liturgical arts; formerly Modern Liturgy; San Jose, CA USA)
• Practice of Ministry in Canada Online (journal with occasional worship articles)
• Praxis (journal on liturgical formation in the Church of England; Sarum College, Salisbury, England)
• First Things: A Journal of Religion and Public Life (New York, NY USA)
• Reformed Worship (Christian Reformed worship magazine; Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Religion and the Arts (journal published at Boston College, Boston, MA USA)

• Resource Clearinghouse (liturgies, rites submitted to WELS Commission on Worship)

   

   

Articles & Essays

 

• Are Children Welcome at Worship? (reflections of Anglican Pamela Jane Mclean; Calgary, AB Canada)
• Crafting and Praying the Prayers (Paul Bosch and Donna Seamone; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Crafting Worship (articles by Paul F. Bosch; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Do This: The Eucharist & Church Renewal (Keith Howard McIlwain, United Methodist; Greensburg, PA USA)
• The Effective Lector (Edward Horodko at Digital Liturgy)
• Eucharistic Practice and the Risk of Infection (David Gould; Anglican Church of Canada)
• Gather Faithfully Together: A Guide for Sunday Mass (Pastoral letter and subsequent document on theological underpinnings and pratical/pastoral implications by Cardinal Roger Mahony, Los Angeles, CA USA)
• Gluten-Free Communion and the Staff of Life (via Celiac E-mail List)
• God's Children (André Lavergne et al; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• How to Find Liturgical Information Online (Richard Oliver, Modern Liturgy, August 1996)
• Liturgy Corner (articles by John Kasper et al, Oakland, CA USA)
• Seasons and Celebrations (articles by Paul F. Bosch; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• World Council of Churches : Faith and Order : Texts and Studies (important worship and liturgy-related documents and texts)

Associations

 

• Academy of Preachers (information; sponsored by Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia)
• Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission (North American Anglican network promoting liturgical renewal; online newsletter)
• Churches! The Ecclesiological Society (society devoted to church architecture, furnishings, liturgy; London, England)
• Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (online catalogue, calendar; Roman Catholic; USA)
• Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary (association of altar servers; Church of England)
• The Latin Liturgy Association (USA & Canada; per William Leininger)
• The Liturgical Conference (seeks renewal of the liturgy; publishers of Homily Service, Liturgy; Washington, DC USA)
• Liturgy Canada (association for liturgy and mission; Anglican Church of Canada)
• Network of Biblical Storytellers (international society based at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH USA) • NOBS Canada
• Reader Ministry in the Church of England
• Saint Pius X Altar Servers (instructions for servers; Raymond Koh, Singapore)
• The Society for Catholic Liturgy (Roman Catholic association promoting liturgical renewal; Salt Lake City, UT USA)
• Vergers' Guild of the Episcopal Church (ECUSA; Nashville, TN USA)

General Helps

 

• Altar Bread Recipes (originally from Dignity, Washington; OSB site)
• Christian Copyright Licensing International (international, evangelical, commercial provider of copyright licenses for worship)
• ChurchSew E-mail List (subscription details; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Computerized Aids Ministry (includes worship resources; General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church, USA)
• Digital Liturgy (Commercial sponsorship; Point Reyes Station, CA USA)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Worship Resources
• Gathering: A Packet for Worship Planners (United Church of Canada)
• The Holy Tradition of Prosphora Baking (Orthodox communion bread recipies, more; CA USA)
• Lectionary Citations and Hymn Suggestions (ELCIC RCL; Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• The Liturgical Customary (Church of the Advent, ECUSA; Boston, MA USA)
• Liturgy E-mail Lists: The Voices of Current Scholarship and Pastoral Wisdom (access to liturgy- related e-mail lists; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• LiturgyHelp.com (official USA/Australia/New Zealand Roman Catholic texts and related resources available online by subscription; Tasmania, Australia)
• The Liturgy Planner Online (RLM; subscription; Liturgy House Publications, Portland, OR USA)
• liturgy@creighton.edu (existential approach to liturgy planning; Roc O'Connor, Creighton U, Omaha, NE USA)
• Lutheran Church of Australia: Worship Commission (includes statements)
• Music Educators, Liturgists & the Internet (good Roman Catholic links; Jill Maria Murdy, Richardton, ND USA) )
• Pastoral Liturgy Bibliography (Notre Dame Centre for Pastoral Liturgy, Notre Dame, IN USA)
• Prayers for those with AIDS/ARC (additional texts; Integrity, US Episcopalian site)
• Prayers of Our Church (ELCIC; Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Prosphora Seals (David Mastroberte, PA USA)
• Resources for Planning Worship (Moravian; Earl Shay, Jersey City, NJ USA)
• Sacramental Practices (links to sacramental practices statements; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Triduum Workshop (Paul Wharton; Hurricane, WV USA)
• United Church of Christ Worship & Spirituality Resources including SAMUEL (Scripture and Memory) and Sermon Seeds (RCL Helps)
• Vestment Exchange (Sr. Elias Freeman, NJ USA)
• Visual Liturgy (software for preparation of liturgical helps; England)
• Workshops on Music & Liturgy (Rory Cooney et al, Barington, IL USA)
• Worship Planning Calendar (ELCIC RCL; Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Worship Reader/Lector Web Site (Jim Love; United Church of Canada)

Collections of Worship & Liturgy Links

 

• Anglicans Online: Seasonal Resources (links; material for Advent, Epiphany and Lent) • Liturgical Resources (links) • Preaching Resources (links) • Books of Common Prayer (links)
• Liturgia (esglesia.org links to English, Spanish, French, other Roman Catholic liturgical helps)
• Liturgical Resources (Wabash Center, Crawfordsville, IN USA)
• Liturgy Resources (Church Net UK)
• MCITL Liturgy Library (Roman Catholic links)
• Music Educators, Liturgists & the Internet (good Roman Catholic links; Jill Maria Murdy, Richardton, ND USA)
• OSB Topics: Liturgy (excellent link collection; Richard Oliver, Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Saint Mary's College: Liturgy Links (largely Roman Catholic; Ipswich, AU)
• Theological Library: Liturgy • Liturgical Year • The Mass • Sacraments (Links; Gerald Darring)

The Word at Worship

Lectionaries

The emphasis here is upon the Revised Common Lectionary produced by the Consultation on Common Texts (RCL) and on its parent lectionary, the Roman Lectionary for Mass (RLM). Lectionary Central offers material related to the one-year lectionary (per Canadian 1962 BCP) which was largely supplanted by the RLM and RCL.

 

• Biblical Passages for Mennonite Bulletins (RCL; Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA USA)
• Lectionary Citations and Hymn Suggestions (ELCIC RCL table; Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Lectionary Page (ECUSA RCL texts; NRSV Bible; helpful calendar index; Kelly Pucket, Austin, TX)
• Lectionary Project (LivingWeb Library; RCL, RLM and more; William Lawson et al, KY USA)
• Readings and Psalms (RLM as published by U.S. Catholic Bishops; NAB texts and helps)
• Revised Common Lectionary (reference text; both versions of RCL; NRSV; Vanderbilt U, TN USA)
• Revised Common Lectionary (American Baptist Churches; Valley Forge, PA USA)
• Revised Common Lectionary (ECUSA Office for Liturgy and Music)
• Revised Common Lectionary (United Methodist Church; many planning helps)
• The Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass (complete pre/post-Vatican II lectionary tables together with related material; Felix Just, Loyola Marymount U, Los Angeles, CA USA) • 1992 Canadian Lectionary
• Worship Planning Calendar (ELCIC RCL table; Lift Up Your Hearts site)

RCL Preaching and Related Helps

The following resources are oriented primarily toward the crafting of sermons or homilies. We do not list sites devoted exclusively to the publication of sermons. The most comprehensive resourse site for students, teachers and preachers of the Revised Common Lectionary is Jenee Woodard's The Text This Week (Jackson, MI). For sermon archives, consult Deacon Sil's Homiletic Resources (by subscription; Sil Galvan, Lakewood, NJ USA) or see Sermons & Lectionary Resources (Richard J. Fairchild, Golden, BC Canada).

 

• Clergy Resources (Tom Faggart et al; Harrisburg, NC USA)
• Comments: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary • Commentaires sur les lectures dominicales (Anglican Church of Canada RCL; Chris Haslam and Alan Perry, Lachute, QC)
• Deacon Sil's Homiletic Resources (online resources by subscription; Sil Galvan, Lakewood, NJ USA)
• Desperate Preacher's Site (United Methodist RCL; Frank Schaefer, Lebanon, PA USA)
• E-mail Lists: Preaching from the Revised Common Lectionary (instructions related to several e- mail lists; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Gospeltalk (E-mail Gospel text study; Trinity Episcopal Church, Sutter Creek, CA USA)
• Homiletics (resources; Divinity Library, Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN USA)
• Homiletics Online (journal; Canton, OH USA)
• Homily Service (journal published by the Liturgical Conference)
• The Inviting Word: Sermon Seeds (United Church of Christ RCL)
• Lectionary at Lunch (translation, exegesis; Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO USA)
• Lectionary Central (resources related to one-year lectionary per Canadian 1962 BCP; via Austin Fellowship)
• Lectionary Homiletics (journal; homiletical helps from Theological Web Publishing Partners, Midlothian, VA USA)
• Lectionary Resources (William Loader, Murdoch U, Perth, W Australia)
• Living Pulpit (journal; resources and illustrations for preaching)
• Preach (RCL E-mail Text Study for pastors and scholars) via Public Theology website
• Preaching Magazine (journal; Jackson, TN USA)
• Ralph Milton's Resource Barrel (look for "Midrash"; subscribe to Rumors Newsletter; Wood Lake Books / Logos Productions Joinhands site)
• Sermon Illustrations (RCL; Brett Blair et al; Murray, KY USA)
• SermonWriter (journal; resources and illustrations for preaching; Richard & Dale Donovan; Oak Harbor, WA USA)
• Sermons & Lectionary Resources (Richard J. Fairchild, Golden, BC Canada)
• Stewardship for Sundays (sermon material; Brian Morris, Church in Wales)
• Storyfest Journeys (commercial; includes lectionary-based preaching helps & other material; Robert and Kelly Wilhelm; Hagerstown, MD USA)
• Sunday School Lessons (ELCA version RCL-based Bible study helps; Judy Haiwick, Long Beach, CA USA)
• Sunday Sermons from Voicings Publications (RLM; commercial)
• Text Studies (ELCA version of RCL; Diedrik Nelson, Brandon, SD USA)
• The Text This Week (Resources for Students, Teachers & Preachers of the RCL; Jenee Woodard, Jackson, MI)
• Useful On-Line / Off-Line Lectionary-Based Resources (John Maynard, Australia)
• The Whole People of God (Joinhands: commercial site of the excellent Canadian Wood Lake RCL curriculum)
• Worship and Preaching (Resources for Preachers & Worship Leaders; Uniting Church of Australia RCL; David Beswick, Wesburn, Australia)
• Wors hip and Preaching Links (Wyoming Conference United Methodist Church, WY USA)
• Worship That Works/Selected Sermons (commentary in addition to sermons; ECUSA RCL)

Bible Resources

 

• Bible Browser (fast search for RSV, KJV and Vulgate texts; Scholarly Technology Group, Brown U, Providence, RI USA)
• Biblestudy Tools (includes full-text search of NRSV)
• The Catholic Biblical Association of America • Adoption of NAB Lectionary (chronology, articles)
• Dead Sea Scrolls (Library of Congress exhibition, Washington, D.C. USA)
• General Scripture Study Resources (links; The Text This Week; Jenee Woodard, Jackson, MI)
• Gramcord Institute (Computer-Assisted Study of Biblical Languages; Washington, DC USA)
• Gutenburg-Digital (Göttingen Gutenburg Bible on-line)
• Jesus Seminar Forum (Robert W. Funk et al)
• New American Bible (US NCCB; full text) • Lectionary Readings
• New Testament Gateway (Mark Goodacre, U Birmingham, Birmingham, England) • All-in-One Biblical Resources Search
• Non-Canonical Homepage (documents; Wesley Center for Applied Technology, Nampa, ID USA) • excellent Links (incl. liturgical texts)
• Resource Page for Biblical Studies (Torrey Seland, Volda College, Norway)
• Scholarly Discussion Groups (links; The Text This Week; Jenee Woodard, Jackson, MI)
• United Bible Societies
• WWW Bible Gateway (Gospel Communications Network)

The Liturgy

Western Rites & Resources

While these sites are primarily concerned with Sunday and Festival worship, sites are also included which offer materials related to the Daily Office and Liturgy of the Hours.

 

• Anglican Gradual and Sacramentary (based upon 1979 ECUSA BCP; David Allen White et al)
• CLEF -- Comité liturgique épiscopal francophone (french translations of BAS and other texts; Anglican Church of Canada)
• An Anglican Liturgical Library (Anglican liturgical texts; Simon Kershaw, Saint Ives, England)
• Anglican Use Liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church (Dave Brown; Catholic Info. Network, Santee, CA USA)
• Book of Common Prayer (variety of versions including current-- US 1979 BCP; Charles Wohlers, USA via Anglican Resource Collection and Society of Archbishop Justus)
• The Catholic Liturgical Library (Latin --Novus Ordo & Tridentine-- Rite materials and links; Ian Rutherford)
• Celebrating Common Prayer (Society of St. Francis)
• The Church of England • Common Worship • Today's Services (a number of liturgical texts posted)
• Blessing of Same-Sex Unions (proposed rite; ACC Diocese of New Westminister, BC Canada). See also resources from Dignity/USA, Integrity/Virginia and Beyond Inclusion.
• Eco-Justice Worship Material (Web of Creation; Chicago, IL USA)
• Episcopal Software Library (commercial; includes BCPs; Juneau, AK USA)
• Exciting Holiness (C of E collects & readings for festivals & lesser festivals)
• German-language Lutheran liturgy (Hans Immanuel Herbers et al; Liturgy at Martin Luther Church - VELKD, Detmold, Germany) • Lectionary • Vestments and Colours in Lutheran Worship
• The Grail Liturgy (Jonathan Robinson et al; Grail Retreat Centre, Gwynedd Wales)
• Grail Psalter: The Book of Psalms (David Benjesse; USA)
• A Home for the Seeking Spirit (Emphasis on the third person of the Trinity; Robert Longman Jr.; ELCA; Patchogue, NY USA) • Service of Healing • Rite for Commissioning Lay Ministers • Eucharistic Rite • Penitential Rite 1 • Penitential Rite 2
• Labarum (liturgical resources for use in military chaplaincy; Royal Army Chaplains' Department, England)
• Laughing Bird Liturgical Resources (eucharistic prayers and more; Nathan Nettleton, Melbourne, Australia)
• LBW Eucharistic Prayers (Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry at MIT, MA USA)
• Liturgia Horarum - Stundengebet und Brevierkunde im www (Eric Steinhauer, Germany)
• Liturgical Resources (Diocese of Ely, England)
• Liturgical Resources for RC Married Priest/Couples (texts; London, ON Canada and Framingham, MA USA)
• Liturgical Resources for Special Occasions (Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia)
• Liturgical Resources of the Church of England (1980 ASB texts and many other resources; Simon Rundell; England)
• Liturgical Texts & Services (links; Balamand Monastery, Tripoli, Lebanon)
• Liturgies Online (RLC-based liturgical texts published weekly; Moira Laidlaw; Uniting Church of Australia)
• Liturgy at St Gregory's (variety of materials; St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA USA) • Music for Liturgy
• The Liturgy of the Anglican Use Roman Catholics (Catholic Information Network)
• Liturgy of the Hours (Roman; Universalis Publishing)
• Liturgy of the Hours (Marlborough, MA USA)
• Liturgy of the Reformed Church (IPBE Library, ICLNET)
• Liturgy: Original Services, Worship Ideas and Articles (occasional services and helps; Thomas Weitzel, Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA, USA)
• Lutheran World Federation in the USA • Assembly Eucharistic Prayer
• The Malabar Independent Syrian Church: Liturgy Page (via Philiip Tovey)
• The Message: Worship Resources (eucharistic prayers, more; Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch, New Zealand)
• National Catholic Aids Network Liturgical Resources (prayers and other texts; San Francisco, CA USA)
• Occasional Rites (ELCIC; Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Online Daily Office (ECUSA BCP; Mission of St. Clare)
• Prayers in Welsh and English (David Bryant et al, Parish of Llandwrog and Llanwnda, Diocese of Bangor, Wales)
• Psalms of David in Metre with Notes by John Brown of Haddington (Still Water Revival Books, Edmonton, AB)
• Resource Clearinghouse (liturgies, rites submitted to WELS Commission on Worship)
• Resources for Catholic Educators: Liturgy (links; Gilles Côté, Kelowna, BC Canada)
• Revised Common Lectionary (worship helps; Bruce Prewer; Uniting Church of Australia; Sunbury, Victoria, Australia)
• A Service for Today's Church (Anglican Church League, Australia)
• Una Voce (Tridentine Mass Site; Rochester, NY USA)
• Uniting Church in Australia National Working Group on Worship (texts; background papers, links)

Some Orthodox Rites & Resources

Among the Orthodox links is some Orthodox Western-Rite material.

 

• Anastasis: Liturgical Texts (Orthodox; Archimandrite Ephem, Manchester, England)
• Ascension Mass (Antiochian Orthodox Western Rite; Ascension Mission, Tacoma, WA USA) • Gul-Mathew Mass • Wadle Mass
• Byzantine Christian Faith & Spirituality (Byzantine Catholic Church in America; incl. liturgy)
• Coptic Orthodox Liturgy (Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Jersey City, NJ USA)
• Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East: Liturgy Page
• Jordanville Prayer Book (Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Monastery, Jordanville, NY USA)
• Liturgical Resources on Monachos.Net (Orthodox; Matthew Steenberg)
• Liturgical Texts & Services (links; Balamand Monastery, Tripoli, Lebanon)
• Myriobiblos - Liturgical Texts (Church of Greece electronic text library)
• The Orthodox Faith: Worship (Thomas Hopko, St. Vladamir's Sem, Crestwood, NY USA)
• Orthodox Liturgical Texts and Resources (St. Jonah of Manchuria Orthodox Church, Spring, TX USA)
• Priest's Service Book (English translation; Saints Peter & Paul Orthodox Church; Meriden, CT USA)
• St. Hilarion Monastery Liturgical Materials (texts, links; St. Hilarion Monastery, Austin, TX USA)
• Services and Selected Articles on Liturgics (Orthodox documents and links; Alfred Green, NJ USA) • Orthodox Music Resources
• Syrian Orthodox Resources: Liturgy Page
• Western Rite Liturgy Page (texts and links; George Jolly, Holy Comforter Orthodox Church, Houston, TX USA)
• Worship and Prayer (Orthodox texts from the Monastery of the Holy Myrrhbearers, Otego, NU USA)

Historic Rites & Resources

 

• 1928 Book of Common Prayer (USA)
• The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 (Lynda Howell)
• Book of Common Prayer (excellent collection of versions through to the 1979 ECUSA BCP; Charles Wohlers, USA)
• Canticles (gopher of historic texts; Sarah L. Keefer)
• Catalogi Codicum Montis Athonis (Robert Allison et al, Bates College, ME USA)
• Celtic Missal (Lorrha or Stowe Missal; Celtic Orthodox Church, USA)
• CURSUS (Medieval Benedictine Daily Office texts; Davis Chadd et al; University of East Anglia, Norwich, England)
• A Directory for the Publique Worship of God - 1644 (Scott Wells, Canon, GA USA)
• Egeria & the Liturgy of Jerusalem (Michael Fraser, U Durham, England)
• From Written to Printed Text: The Transmission of Jewish Tradition (exhibition of books and manuscripts; U Pennsylvania)
• German Mass (from Selected Works of Martin Luther, Project Wittenberg)
• Labyrinth Library: Latin Texts (Martin Irvine et al; Georgetown U, Washington, DC USA)
• Latin Liturgy Association (includes texts)
• Thesaurus Precum Latinarum (extensive collection of Latin texts with English translations and copious notes; links; Michael Martin, USA)
• Liturgy of John Chrysostom (Ex. Constantinople; Orthodox Page)
• Liturgy of St. Basil (Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt; Copt-Net)
• Liturgy of St. Dionysius (N. Redington ed.; St. Pachomius Orthodox Library)
• Lorrha --Stowe-- Missal (Kristopher Dowling et al at Celtic Christianity Web Site)
• Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Stuart Jenks, U Erlangen, Germany)
• Perseus Project (Greek texts, lexica; Tufts U, Boston, MA USA)
• Renaissance Liturgical Imprints Census ("Relics"; David Crawford et al, U Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)

Other

 

• Creeds of Christendom (Michael Anderson, Sistersville, WV USA)
• Eucharist-related Liturgy Sites (Aaron Gerlach)
• Fox on women in RLM (Ruth Fox, Spirituality & Justice reprint, Call to Action, Chicago, IL USA)
• OSB Topics: Kaddish (Richard, Oliver, Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Passover Seder (Congregation Emanu-el, NY, NY USA)

Liturgical Studies & Scholarship

Institutes

 

• Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Christian Reformed Church in North America Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)
• Institute for Liturgy and Mission (ecumenical; Sarum College, Salisbury, England)
• Institute of Liturgical Studies (Valparaiso U, Valparaiso, IN USA)
• Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy (Notre Dame, IN USA)

Scholarly Associations

In addition to the links below, please see the Resources of Scholarly Societies - Religious Studies at the Scholarly Societies Project (U of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada).

 

• Academy of Preachers (information; sponsored by Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia)
• American Academy of Religion
• The Catholic Biblical Association of America (promotes scholarly study of scripture)
• Catholic Theological Society of America: Sacramental and Liturgical Theology Group (news and papers; Bruce Morrill, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA USA)
• Churches! The Ecclesiological Society (London, England)
• Consultation on Common Texts (ecumenical, North American framers of the Revised Common Lectionary)
• Liturgy Network (association of liturgical scholars; Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy, Notre Dame, IN USA)
• North American Academy of Liturgy ("NAAL"; North American society of liturgical scholars)
• Societas Liturgica ("Societas"; international society of liturgical scholars)
• Society of Biblical Literature (international society of Biblical scholars)

Resources

 

• Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East (Charles Jones, U Chicago, Chicago, IL USA)
• Academic Info (extensive catalogue of links for academic study of religion; Mike Madin, Seattle, WA USA)
• Ancient Church Writers (Gopher at U Pennsylvania, PA USA)
• APS Research Guide (St. Michael's, Toronto)
• Baptism Eucharist and Ministry ("BEM") from the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Home Page
• Byzantium: Byzantine Studies (Paul Halsall)
• The Calendar (info re Julian, Gregorian and Revised Gregorian Calendars; Ken Collins, Centreville, VA USA)
• Christian Classics Etherial Library (Harry Plantinga, Wheaton College, IL USA)
• Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments (profile and documents; Vatican)
• Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy - Sacrosanctum Concilium (other Vatican II documents; Vatican archives)
• CTI Textual Studies (Oxford University)
• Cyberpsalter Home Page (study of medieval psalter manuscripts; Nell Gifford Martin, NC USA)
• Documents of the II Vatican Council (Vatican archives)
• Ecole Initiative (Early Church History documents; Anthony Beavers, U Evansville, IL USA)
• EWTN Library of Catholic Texts (Eternal Word Television Network; many docs. on liturgy, worship, spirituality; Birmingham, AL USA)
• Fides Quaerens Internetum (Christian Theology Page; Bryan Stone, Boston U, Boston, MA USA)
• General Roman Calendar (David Pentrack)
• Handbook on Christian Feasts and Customs (text files; Francis Weiser; via Dept. of History, NEIU, Chicago, IL USA)
• Frank Henderson's Home Page on Liturgy and Medieval Women (Frank Henderson, AB Canada)
• Histories and Guides to the Medieval Liturgy (John Plummer, Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN USA) • Medieval Liturgical Books (types)
• Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (2000 revision; U.S. Catholic Bishops - Committee on the Liturgy)
• Internet Theology Resources: Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Music (links; Alcuin and Clemens Libraries, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• An Introduction to Christian Liturgy in the West (Michael Powell, Yale U, New Haven, CT USA)
• Liturgical Studies (articles from "America"; Thomas Reese, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown U, Washington, DC USA)
• Liturgy-L Home Page (information on 'Liturgy-L' e-mail list; USA)
• Mailbase Mailing List (home of 'Liturgy' e-mail list; England)
• ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (Laura Blanchard, Carolyn Schriber et alia; Rhodes College, Memphis, TN USA)
• Project Wittenberg Home Page (Bob Smith et al, Ft. Wayne, IN USA)
• Requiem Information Page (Missa Pro Defunctis; Bert-Jan Massop, Netherlands)
• Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia (Chapters 8 ff., on monastic prayer; Richard Oliver, Order of St. Benedict; Collegeville, MN USA)
• Scholarly Societies Project (U of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada) • Resources of Scholarly Societies - Religious Studies
• Short Breviaries in 20th Century America (Theo Keller; USA)
• Thesaurus Precum Latinarum (Michael Martin)
• Virtual Religion Index (Rutgers U, New Brunswick, NJ USA)
• World Council of Churches : Faith and Order : Texts and Studies (important worship and liturgy-related documents and texts)
• Wuerzb urg University Liturgy Links (U Wurzburg, Germany)

Publishing Houses & Booksellers

Booksellers

 

• Amazon.com Books (A very large bookstore!)
• Bibliofind (one-stop search site for rare, used books; owned by Amazon.com)
• Church House Bookshop (excellent liturgy section; Church of England)
• CenturyOne Bookstore (CenturyOne Foundation, Pasadena, CA USA)
• Dixon Studio Bookstore (art and architecture; Boonsboro, VA USA)
• Faith House Bookshop (books, icons, sacristy goods; Church Union, Church of England; London, England)
• Holy Cross Bookstore (Orthodox)
• Loome Theological Booksellers (Stillwater, MN USA)
• Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy: Bookstore (Notre Dame, IN USA)
• Lund Theological Books (used books; Cambridge, England) • Liturgy
• Royal School of Church Music (see catalogue; England)
• Sacred Writes (rare & out-of-print books; more; Manchester, NH USA)
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Bookstore (via Catholic Liturgical Library)

Publishers

 

• Abingdon Press (publishing house of the United Methodist Church, USA)
• Anglican Book Centre (publishing house of the Anglican Church of Canada)
• Ashby Publishing (church year calendars; Erie, PA USA)
• Augsburg Fortress Publishers (publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) • Worship Source Online • Augsburg Fortress Canada
• Blackwell Publishers - Religion and Theology Resource Center (United Kingdom)
• Campanile Press (Rod & Prue Ronneberg; publisher of "A Little Book of Canons" and of "And He took a loaf of bread")
• Church House Publishing (publishing house of the Church of England)
• Church Publishing Incorporated (publishing house of the Episcopal Church, USA)
• Conciliar Press (Orthodox press, Ben Lomond, CA USA)
• Concordia Publishing House (publishing house of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod)
• CRC Publications (publishing house of the Christian Reformed Church in North America)
• CSS Publishing Co (Lima, OH USA)
• Cowley Publications (US Episcopalian)
• Eisenbrauns (ancient Near-Eastern material; Winona Lake, IN USA)
• Forward Movement Publications (ECUSA)
• Ignatius Press
• Joinhands (Wood Lake Books' web site; information on excellent Whole People of God RCL-based SCS curriculum)
• Liturgical Music Office (St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IL USA)
• Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN USA)
• Liturgical Publications Inc.
• Liturgical Publications of St. Louis, Inc.
• Liturgy Training Publications ("LTP"; Chicago, IL USA)
• Lutterworth Press (Cambridge, England)
• NCCB/USCC - Office of Publishing & Promotion Services: Liturgy
• Norman Ross Publishing (rare books on microform, microfilm, microfiche; NY, NY USA)
• Oregon Catholic Press
• Northwestern Publishing House (WELS publishing house)
• Oxford University Press
• Pastoral Arts Associates of North America (commercial; RC liturgy-related & other resources; Ormond Beach, FL USA)
• Paraclete Press (Orleans, MA USA)
• Pastoral Press
• PastoraLink (RC worship-related & other resources )
• Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (publishing house of the Presbyterian Church, USA)
• Resource Publications (Modern Liturgy, etc.)
• St. Columba Press (Orthodox Resources)
• St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX USA)
• St. Willibrord's Abbey (rare books on microfiche)
• TheoLogic Systems (Orthodox; Bethel Park, PA USA)
• Tufton Books (Church Union, Church of England; Norwich, England)
• Voicings Publications (publishers of Sunday Sermons; Margater, NJ USA)
• Wild Goose Publications (The Iona Community, Scotland)
• Wood Lake Books (Joinhands web site; information on excellent Whole People of God RCL-based SCS curriculum)

Liturgical Supply Houses

See also the extensive collection of liturgical artists' (fabric, glass, metal, etc.) sites in Section 7: Music & Arts Links.

 

• CM Almy (vestments, church supplies; Greenwich, CT USA)
• Anglican Book Centre (Anglican Church of Canada)
• Antique Church Furnishings (ecclesiastical antiques and architectural salvage; Surrey, England)
• Augsburg Fortress Publishers • Augsburg Fortress Canada
• Abbott Liturgical Arts (Cherry Hill, NJ USA)
• Benedictine Sisters' Altar Breads • Benedictine Sisters' Liturgical Vestments (Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration; Tucson, AZ USA)
• Butterick Co. (cassock pattern; look for number 6765, good only up to 38" chest; New York, NY USA)
• Croft Design (church goods; Shropshire, England)
• William J. Gallery & Co. (church goods; Wheaton, MD USA)
• Gaspard & Sons (vestments; Winnipeg, MB Canada)
• Robert Gaspard Company (vestments, church supplies; Brookfield, WI USA)
• Harcourts (vestments; Toronto, ON Canada)
• Hayes and Finch (Liverpool, England)
• Istok Enterprises (Russian Orthodox vestments, church supplies; Calgary, AB Canada)
• Andrew Lane Co. Church Supplies (Peabody, MA USA)
• Liturgica.com (liturgical music and books; OR USA)
• Monastery Icons (icons, incense, cencers; Light of Christ Monastery, Borrego Springs, CA USA)
• Mount Sinai Orthodox Church Products (sacristy goods, icons; Cedar Rapids, IA USA)
• Murphy Cap & Gown Co. (vestments etc.; St. Petersburg, FL USA)
• St. Jude Shop, Inc. (locations in Eastern USA) • St. Jude Liturgical Arts Studio
• Simplicity Pattern Company (for chasuble, stole, etc., click on Simplicity Catalogue / Specialty Items / Clergy)
• Slabbinck Art Studios (vestments etc.; Bruges, Belgium)
• Tally's Church Supplies and Religious Goods (Providence, RI USA)
• Timothy J. Bergren Design (sanctuary furnishings; Colorado Springs, CO USA)
• Watts and Company (vestments, furnishing and more; London, England)
• Wippell's (church goods since 18th c in UK; Branchville, NJ USA)
• WomenSpirit: Vestments for Women (Kansas City, MO USA)