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News and Events In March, Newman House Press published Oremus—Let Us Pray, a 400-page volume containing the collects of the third typical edition of the Roman Missal in both Latin and English (on facing pages). The calendar employed is that of the United States. Since the collects of the new English translation of the Missale Romanum no longer correspond to the unrevised collects of the Liturgy of the Hours, Oremus—Let Us Pray serves as a handy companion to the breviary for those who wish to pray the hours in English. The book sells for $25.00 US (plus S&H) and is available directly from Newman House Press: phone 732-914-1222; online at www.jhcnewman.org. Father Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., Prior of St Benedict Monastery in Norcia, Italy and board member of The Society for Catholic Liturgy, was the recipient of the Pro Fidelitate et Virtute Award presented by the Institute on Religious Life on Easter Saturday, 14 April. The text of his acceptance speech, “The Inseparable Link Between Holiness and Worship,” appears in this issue of Antiphon. Father Uwe Michael Lang of the Oratory, a member of The Society for Catholic Liturgy, Consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, and author of Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer (Ignatius Press, 2004), has recently published another book, The Voice of the Church at Prayer: Reflections on Liturgy and Language (Ignatius Press, 2012). See the review in this issue of Antiphon. In June, Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., a member of The Society for Catholic Liturgy and (since 2009) Secretary to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei.” ...