Blessing of a Church; Dedication of an Altar (official texts)

A generous reader has sent in a document that came his way, comprising two rites excerpted from the Pontificale Romanum: the Order of Dedication of an Altar, and the Order of Blessing of a Church.

It’s not often easy to locate a copy of this specialized liturgical book, so we are happy to share it. If anyone has a church construction or renovation project underway, it could come in handy for preparing those services.

This (partial) book (11 MB) contains the edition issued by Pope Paul VI in 1977, with instructions and text, all in Latin, for those two rites, and it provides the relevant chants for the psalms to be sung at the various stages of each rite.

One Reply to “Blessing of a Church; Dedication of an Altar (official texts)”

  1. ICEL prepared a revised English version in 2013 of the "Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar" incorporating changes to conform to the new (2008) Missal and the bishops voted to approve it in 2014. The USCCB has it available.

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