Planning

66. According to IG 111, "All concerned should work in harmony and diligence in the effective preparation of each liturgical celebration in accord with the liturgical books as to its rites, pastoral aspects, and music. They should work under the direction of the rector of the church ..."

2002 IG 111 refrs to "the missal and other liturgical books" rather than just "the liturgical books".

67. According to IG 106, at least in cathedrals and major churches, there should be a Master of Ceremonies who is assigned responsibility for planning and carrying out the services properly.

68. For a bishop's Mass, "a master of ceremonies is needed" (CB 34). "He should seek to ensure an observance of liturgical laws..." (CB 34). "In due time he should arrange with cantors, assistants, ministers, and celebrants the actions to be carried out and texts to be used, but during the celebration he should exercise the greatest discretion: he is not to speak more than is necessary, nor replace the deacons or assistants at the side of the celebrant." (CB 35). The Master of Ceremonies wears either an alb or a cassock and surplice. If he is a deacon, he may wear a dalmatic and the other vestments of the deacon.

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