A liturgical or canonical norm is some written item that imposes an obligation on a person, a group of persons, a parish, a diocese, or the whole Church. It can take the form of a canon (see the Code of Canon Law), a statute (see the National Statutes for the Catechumenate), a rubric in a ritual book, or a larger document.
Norms may be issued by the Apostolic See (by the pope himself or by a congregation with his permission), by an Episcopal Conference (for example, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), by a provincial conference of bishops (for example, the Province of Chicago that includes the dioceses within Illinois), or even by the local diocesan bishop.
The liturgical norms in this section of the web site contain universal and local norms in force within the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Mass and Eucharist
- Book IV, §150, Policy Implementing the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes
- Decree Naming Sacred Heart Church in Springfield a Non-Parochial Church
- Instruction on the Custom of Blessings during Holy Communion (Dec 2020)
- Liturgical Catechesis for the Instruction on the Custom of Blessings during Holy Communion
- Norms for Ordinary and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (2013 Edition)
- Purification of Sacred Vessels After Holy Communion during Mass in the Diocese of Springfield (Dec 2006)
- Instruction on the preservation of ashes after cremation
- The Celebration of the Eucharist and Other Liturgies