The biggest book-related stories for Catholics these days are the release of the revised edition of the New American Bible—the officially approved translation--and the update of the Roman Missal, the ritual text used for Mass by Catholics worldwide.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has licensed the NABRE to a number of publishers, among them Catholic Book Publishing, Our Sunday Visitor, and Oxford University Press. At the Congress, OUP senior marketing manager Brian Hughes told RBL, “We’re one of the few with copies here. We got the word it was approved in September, but we couldn’t take orders until January, and it was embargoed until Ash Wednesday (March 9).” OUP had everything in place to crash their editions, which include compact, large print, and study Bibles. The NABRE will also be available in digital form—Soul Centered Enterprises was at the meeting promoting its God-on-the-Go flash-drive version, which is being distributed by ACTA Publications.
The last revision of the Roman Missal was published in 2002. Among the publishers with current rights to the missal are Liturgical Press, Catholic Book Publishing, and Liturgy Training Publications. Our Sunday Visitor is publishing allied materials, such as pamphlets, pew cards, family guides, and catechist guides, which it debuted at the Congress. OSV is also releasing three editions of the NABRE this year, including the Prove It! Catholic Bible and the New Catholic Answer Bible (both Mar.).
Catholic Book Publishing, a publisher of the Roman Missal as well as a line of NABRE products, was celebrating its 100th anniversary at the Congress by providing the lanyards for attendees and flying banners above its booth.
