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Spanish Translation and Audio Recording of the Liturgy of the Hours
In 2026 we plan to extend the reach of our Divine Office ministry and produce faithful translations and high-quality audio recordings of the full Liturgy of the Hours in Spanish. We don’t strive to be publishers of text, but rather facilitators of Liturgical prayer. Divine Office has already gathered together diverse communities and a growing number of our users speak Spanish as their primary language. We hope that praying in Spanish will be felt both as connecting with one’s cultural and spiritual heritage and a meaningful way to worship and feel part of the public prayer of the Church, Christ’s Mystical Body.
Recording the New U.S. Translation
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is finalizing a new official English translation of the Liturgy of the Hours. We will make every effort to secure permissions and royalty arrangements in order to prepare for the upcoming translation.
Both of these initiatives will require considerable time, talent, and financial resources. And both will expand our mission to make the official prayer of the Church available in more languages and formats, for a global and growing prayer community.
PRAYTELL BLOG: INTERVIEW WITH DIVINE OFFICE.ORG STAFF
As I began the interview, the group quickly decided that their common connection was Greg. They didn’t set out with the mission to record the Office for people to pray. They didn’t know each other, but Greg drew them in to help record material for a website designed to help catechumens and candidates to further explore topics discussed in the local parish’s RCIA gatherings. Eventually the group wanted something a little more consistent, which was designed to help those in the RCIA or the newly baptized learn how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Greg said, “We set off to teach people how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours [through podcasts] . . . we were going to just put out a few examples of how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours.”
His mindset changed as the project evolved and realized that there was a type of community forming between those who downloaded the material. Because of its popularity, Christine stated, “the group decided to look at Easter.” During the season of Easter that first year, they focused on Sundays as a way to help the neophytes during the period of mystagogy.
Community began to be developed as more and more people began to download the material and use the website. The sense of community came from the comments, suggestions, and request of the listeners.
Dane’s company, Surgeworks provides the space and equipment to produce these podcasts. At first, they struggled to stay ahead, but now they record, in some cases, a week or two in advance. They started out reciting the text and eventually began to incorporate sung hymns and psalms. Some of the music used comes from our own Madeleine Choir School.
The group soon realized that the social media market and the networks were different and that the audience is the one who promotes the product. At one point, they were the number one download on the iTunes. When the iPhone was released it opened up some new possibilities and they introduced an app.