The theme for the 2023 Sunday of the Word of God celebration is: “We proclaim what we have seen,” a quotation from 1 John 1:3.
Pope to confer ministries of lector, catechist at Mass Jan. 22
Pope amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes
Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person” — women and men — Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.