Comment on Word on Fire to provide new Liturgy of the Hours to every seminarian in the U.S. by jbg

On the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, Jan. 28, Word on Fire announced that the ministry will provide a complete four-volume set of its new Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition, to every Catholic seminarian in the United States — at no cost to the seminaries or seminarians. Thanks to a generous donation, Word on Fire estimates that roughly 4,000 volume-sets will be distributed across the United States. In October 2025, the USCCB chose Catholic media companies Ascension and Word on Fire to publish the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition. Vogt highlighted Pope John Paul II’s remarks regarding the importance of the Liturgy of the Hours during his visit to the U.S. in 1979. While rector at Mundelein Seminary [in Illinois], I encouraged men to lean on the Liturgy of the Hours as a pillar of their priestly life.