[Faith-talk] accessibility of church service material

[PATRICK GORMLEY]

the glory and praise hymnal is at least 2 volumes of Braille the hymnals 
used are determined by individual diocese.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
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>I never knew you could get a catholic hymnal in braille.  Every time I 
>asked about it, the priest or someone would look into it and say that the 
>hymnal, which I think was Glory and Praise, no, I can't remember what it 
>was last I was involved with the Catholic church, was not accessible in 
>braille.
>
> I sure wish it were at the time I was catholic.  I would've loved it.
>
> Jenny
> On May 1, 2012, at 6:04 AM, PATRICK GORMLEY wrote:
>
>> Linda I might ask TIna to tell me what the formats of the Catholic 
>> hymnals are like.  If memory serves me correctly, I think the music and 
>> lyrics are written in a bar over bar format or something similar.  As far 
>> as the order of service goes, we're set because we use three books; 
>> usually the propers consisting of the readings including the gospel,which 
>> change from week to week and the new rite of the Mass which consist of 
>> prayers that don't change.  There is also a third book called the Holy 
>> Week Triduum which contains the liturgies for Holy Thursday, Good Friday 
>> and the Easter Vigil. The Xavier Society in New York headed up by our 
>> coleague Father John Sheehan who is chairman of the Board and works with 
>> us with the reading rights coalitiondoes all the brailling and provides a 
>> library of inspirational materials.  Contrary to popular belief, we're 
>> not the stuffy church of the fifties and the Holy Spirit is alive and 
>> well. While we're sinners we trust in his mercy and love.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Mentink" 
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>> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] accessibility of church service material
>>
>>
>>> I have a very unique situation. I am in a church where we use all old 
>>> hymns and Gospel songs. Our Sunday School teacher teaches from the KJV 
>>> Bible, and, of course, so does our Pastor. Our hymnals weren't 
>>> accessible, so we built them in electronic Braille format. We all use 
>>> note takers, and carry all we need with us and participate hartily.
>>>
>>> Blessings,
>>>
>>> Linda
>>>
>>>
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