Guidelines and Policies
You will find here guidelines and recommendations as well as diocesan policies on all things liturgical for the Diocese of Richmond. The majority of these are based on those of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), whose charge it is to develop guidelines and policies based on Vatican documents, adapted for their own people.
Guidelines for Lent and Easter 2008 (216k PDF doc)
Guidelines on Copyright (40k PDF doc)
Cremation and the Order of Christian Funerals (20k PDF doc)
Holy Thursday Mandatum: Washing of the Feet (40k PDF doc)
Distribution of Communion from Tabernacle (48k PDF doc)
Display of National Flags in Church (16k PDF doc)
Purification of Vessels -- English (16k PDF doc)
Purification of Vessels -- Spanish (16k PDF doc)
Celebrating the Passover Seder (16k PDF doc)
Eucharistic Bread Recipe (18k PDF doc)
Diocesan Policy Regarding Reception of the Eucharist (47k PDF doc)
The Deacon as Minister of the Liturgy (221k PDF doc)
Guidelines on the Ministry of Altar Servers (12k PDF doc)
