{"id":48325,"date":"2019-07-18T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=48325"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:33:12","slug":"usccb-now-owns-the-revised-grail-psalter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/usccb-now-owns-the-revised-grail-psalter\/","title":{"rendered":"USCCB Now Owns the Revised Grail Psalter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops <a href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/news\/2019\/19-132.cfm\">has purchased the copyrights<\/a> to the Revised Grail Psalter, along with the Old Testament and New Testament canticles, from Benedictine Conception Abbey. Under the title <em>Abbey Psalms and Canticles, <\/em>it will be used in all official liturgical books such as the Missal, Lectionary, and the Liturgy of the Hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbot Gregory Polan, OSB, now the head of the Benedictine\norder in Rome, headed up the translation work beginning in 1998. The Holy See\napproved the psalter text submitted by the U.S. bishops in 2010, but unfortunately\nafter making several \u201ccorrections\u201d to the submitted text. The U.S. bishops then\napproved a revised version in 2016, which Rome approved this past May. The text\nof the canticles was also approved, meaning that the definitive form of both\npsalms and canticles is achieved, at least theoretically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <em>Pray Tell <\/em>reported, previously the copyright on the Revised Grail Psalms was <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/22\/the-revised-grail-psalms-licensing-issues\/\">held jointly<\/a> by The Grail, England, and Conception Abbey, but administered by G.I.A. Publications, Inc. For background on the Revised Grail Psalter, see <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Revised-Grail-Psalter-updated.pdf\">Paul Inwood\u2019s excellent article<\/a> previously published at <em>Pray Tell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USCCB notes that the guidelines of <em>Liturgiam authenticam<\/em> are being followed in this purchase, in that conferences are to possess all the necessary rights for texts used in the liturgy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has purchased the copyrights to the Revised Grail Psalter, along with the Old Testament and New Testament canticles, from Benedictine Conception Abbey. 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