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MISSAL-SHERMAN Aug-23-2010 (380 words) With MISSAL-IMPLEMENT of Aug. 20. With photo posted Aug. 20. xxxn
Brooklyn liturgist, future pastor has unique perspective on new missal
Msgr. Sherman (CNS file)
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By Nancy Frazier O'Brien
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As the new Roman Missal moves toward its implementation date in 15 months, Msgr. Anthony Sherman's perspective on the process will be a unique one.
Currently director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat on Divine Worship, Msgr. Sherman has been intimately involved in shepherding the English translation of the "third typical edition" of the missal through the necessary approval process at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Vatican.
In the next months, he will pore over the texts approved by the Vatican to get the document into shape for publication. He'll also oversee the catechetical process through which parish leaders will educate U.S. Catholics about the new missal, which will come into use in the United States on Nov. 27, 2011.
But in the spring of 2011, Msgr. Sherman is scheduled to hand over the reins at the divine worship secretariat to his associate director, Father Richard Hilgartner, and return to his hometown Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., where he expects to be named to head a parish.
"It's not always that one gets the opportunity with what's been done on one level to discover how it's being used on another level, but I'm excited about it, and I think it will work quite well," Msgr. Sherman said in an interview in his office shortly before the implementation date was announced by Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, USCCB president.
Msgr. Sherman joined the USCCB nine years ago as associate director of what was then called the liturgy secretariat and became director of the office three years ago.
The priest said he hoped his predecessor in the parish "will have done some initial catechesis with the people to prepare them" for the upcoming changes.
But Msgr. Sherman expressed confidence that those in his new parish -- as well as Catholics throughout the United States -- will have little trouble adjusting to the new missal, which contains only a small number of changes in wording for the people in comparison to the changes in the wording for priests.
"And one of the things that will be interesting is that if the people have any questions, they will certainly have someone who will be able to give them a little bit of background," he said with a chuckle.
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