Christ We Proclaim: Resource Book

The Resource Book includes ritual text and assembly music.

Christ We Proclaim is an innovative, year-round resource for musicians, liturgists and RCIA team leaders to help their parishes participate fully in the RCIA process. It helps streamline music selection and preparation so you can focus on creating the best possible environment for a meaningful spiritual experience.

Covering the entire period of Christian Initiation, from the Precatechumenate through Easter to the Mystagogy, Christ We Proclaim contains a study edition of the ritual text for all the rites, summaries of the rubrics, planning guides for organizing the liturgies, and a wide selection of music for all the ritual moments -- all in the order you will use them. Christ We Proclaim helps you make better use of the provisions of the official ritual documents, The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

With these special features, Christ We Proclaim enhances and simplifies your preparation of any aspect of Christian Initiation:

• Provides a variety of musical styles for all the rites and periods, including general, contemporary, traditional, bilingual, choral and children''s music
• 120 song titles by today''s leading liturgical composers, including music by Jaime Cortez, Bernadette Farrell, Bob Hurd, Ricky Manalo, Mary Frances Reza, John Schiavone, Dan Schutte, Juan Sosa, Christopher Walker and many others
• CDs include samples of the ritual text spoken before songs to demonstrate how the music fits into the rite
• Resource book contains reproducible assembly editions
• Choral songbooks contain keyboard, guitar and choral parts for all the assembly music found in the resource book