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Interviews with members of the Vox Clara Committee, an explanation including comparison with the Latin of the changes to the Roman Missal, and sample chants of the new prayers sung by PNAC deacons: http://romanmissal.us/home.htm
An all-purpose website for material on the new translation, including blogs, videos from teens, free downloadables, and more: http://revisedromanmissal.org/
Our Sunday Visitor blog that tracks the news developments in the other dioceses across the U.S. http://www.romanmissalchanges.com/
Facebook page written by the liturgist at St. Leo Parish, Archdiocese of Omaha, NE, that is a forum for people involved to discuss how the implementation of the changes will look and feel http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130916603635363
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments: the Vatican department who oversaw the preparation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, which is included here in its entirety. The sub-group of this office, who prepared the English translation, was the Vox Clara (Clear Voice) Committee, whose press releases are archived here as well; http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/index.htm
Website of ICEL, International Commission on English in the Liturgy. They are responsible for preparing English translations of the Latin liturgical books in accord with the guidelines of the Holy See: http://icelweb.org/index.htm
Here is an extensive annotated PDF bibliography of books and other resources on the liturgy and catechesis from the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions; includes documents, USCCB directives, and books; http://www.archbalt.org/evangelization/worship/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=35537
The three leading publishers of Catholic liturgical music and other liturgy materials:
GIA Publications: http://www.giamusic.com/sacred_music/index.cfm
Oregon Catholic Press: http://www.ocp.org/
World Library Publications: http://www.wlp.jspaluch.com/
And the National Association of Pastoral Musicians keeps an updated list of all new Mass settings published to date here:
http://www.npm.org/roman_missal/settings.html
Msgr. Ferrarese's Sunday New Missal Catechesis (please be patient as each audio file takes a moment to load)
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The translation was no small undertaking, since the idea for the project has been around since the first post-Vatican II translation was released and the current arrangement was in the works for over 10 years. Indeed, it is miraculous that after the collaborative but labor-intensive effort to create the translation that bishops, experts in translation of classical languages, and theologians from America, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere were able to agree on one final product! So it is with joy that we receive the revised prayers (just about 14 for the people) and music for the liturgy, which shapes our identity as Catholic Christians, as an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the theology of the Mass and to encounter afresh the faith we live daily as a community of believers.
