The newsletters are released online for non-subscribers several months after publication to subscribers. The newsletters for October, November, and December 2023 were posted in the last week.

from 18 months ago - and it's not something that's been on the public agenda of the USSB's CDW semiannual meetings in June and November recently, though the next shot would be when the agenda for this month's meeting is released...:

https://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/23/01/10/03-23-16_0.pdf

i would venture that the Committee and bishops in general don't consider much in their deliberations the *desire* of independent composers to compose, and adapt existing compositions, of Sacred Scripture for liturgical use based on revised translations but are, if vaguely aware of anything, reliant on the principal publishers of liturgical worship publications to pivot and execute to carry out what they see as the primary implementation level of such things.

The problem with the additional readings is that the council never asked for the abolition of hagiographies, to be replaced by writings of the saints themselves… and the wholesale replacement of the patristic homilies (both in the second nocturn and in the third, commenting on the gospel) is not what is called for either, even with the wishy-washy call for these to be "better selected." But no. 89 through no. 93 are a great example of how you can make one firm decision (suppress Prime…) and then let everything else play into the hands of whomever is put in charge, regardless of the merits of the final content or even of the original claim ("Compline is to be drawn up so that it will be a suitable prayer for the end of the day" is a strange assertion).

Also, the title of "Doctor" has been abused so as to become meaningless. Even as a card-carrying trad who has little practical interest in these things, keeping Rome, and therefore the bishops implementing a new translation, honest about what is actually in the Liturgia Horarum is important, especially as the more complicated the endeavor, the less likely it is to emerge in a timely manner.

Not one in good faith…

Though this digression is far afield of news on the status of revisions of translations.

It's one thing to suggest that Bugnini & co were not drafting SC in good faith, quite different to imply that that Abp. Lefebvre and all but 4 of the other bishops were not endorsing it in good faith.

Perhaps we can all agree the Papal tinkering with the Liturgy is a very bad idea...

From last week's USCCB semiannual meeting:

The bishops discussed and voted on three action items related to liturgical texts pertaining to the Liturgy of the Hours, presented by the USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worship:

The bishops voted 177 votes in favor, 3 votes against, and 1 abstention to approve the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) Supplementary Texts to the Liturgy of the Hours. The approval of this requires a two-thirds vote of the Latin Church members, with subsequent confirmatio from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The bishops voted 180 in favor, 2 votes against, and 0 abstentions to approve the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) Additional Texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The approval of this requires a two-thirds vote of the Latin Church members, with subsequent confirmatio and recognitio by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The bishops voted 178 in favor, 4 votes against, and 0 abstentions to approve the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) Gray Book of the 2021 Roman Missal-Liturgy of the Hours Supplement. The approval of this requires a two-thirds vote of the Latin Church members, with subsequent confirmatio by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

They also reviewed, discussed, and voted on two sets of guidelines to assist with specific ministries:

“Listen, Teach, Send: A National Pastoral Framework for Ministries with Youth and Young Adults,” presented by the USCCB’s Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth is a guiding document for use by pastors, ministry leaders, and families in an effort to revitalize ministries with youth and young adults. While an overwhelming number of bishops voted in favor of approving the framework, it was two votes short of meeting the threshold of two-thirds of the Conference membership to pass. The bishops eligible to vote who were not present at the time the vote was taken will be contacted and given the opportunity to cast their vote next week.

Keeping Christ’s Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry, a plan to assist dioceses and Catholic Native communities in their ministry. The bishops voted 181 in favor, 2 against, and 3 abstentions to approve the framework, which is intended to assist dioceses and local Catholic Native communities to develop their own pastoral plans that are sensitive to the vast cultural differences among the various communities.

The Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis provided an update on the Task Force for a National Directory for Instituted Ministries. They put forth two votes before the body that required a simple majority vote of bishops present:

A friendly amendment to allow the presentation of an interim document on the catechist: the bishops voted 136 in favor, 22 against, and 14 abstentions to pass.

Writing of a National Directory on Instituted Ministry: the bishops voted 156 in favor, 8 against, and 11 abstentions to pass.

It appears not. I copied and pasted that from last Friday's press release, with some reformatting to make it easier to digest.

Beats me.