Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão releasing the ritual The Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism.
PANAJI
A new Ritual for the Blessing of Oil was released by Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and Archbishop of Goa and Daman, at a function at the Archbishop’s House in Panaji on Tuesday. CCBI Deputy Secretary General Dr Stephen Alathara, Secretary to the Cardinal Fr Joaquim Loiola Pereira, Food Safety Commissioner Nelson Fernandes and Professor of Goa Medical College, Bambolim Dr Marina Vaz were present. The English translation of the new ritual “The Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism” is for liturgical use in all the dioceses of the Latin Catholic Church in India and it will replace all previous publications currently in use. The new edition of “The Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism” is approved by the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and is the translation of the ‘Ordo Benedicendi Oleum Catechumenorum et Infirmorum et Conficiendi Chrisma’. The Ritual is for use at the Chrism Mass, where the Bishop consecrates the sacred Chrism of salvation and blesses the holy oils for use at Baptism, Confirmation, and during the Anointing of the Sick. In certain circumstances, prayers from this ritual may also be used by priests to bless oils for catechumens and for the sick, though in those situations, priests may certainly continue to use the existing translations found in the appropriate books. The ritual ‘The Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism’ is published by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. For copies, kindly contact the CCBI General Secretariat or call Mobile: +91-9886730224.
