The Aims of the Society

The SSG is the national society for liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic Church in the British Isles. It was founded in 1929.

Its object is to promote study, understanding and good practice in the celebration of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, in accordance with the teaching of the Church. The Society aims to achieve this object by the following means, broadly but not exclusively expressed as follows:

to further the study and understanding of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church by the people, with a view to promoting active participation in accordance with the teaching of the Church
to promote facilities for the study of liturgy and church music
to organise meetings, schools and conferences at which instruction in the liturgy and music is given
to reproduce, print, publish and sell books and pamphlets likely to be required by persons concerned with the liturgy and sacred music

The Society's Patrons are:

The Most Rev Vincent Nichols
HE Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
The Most Rev Mario Conti
The Most Rev Patrick Kelly
The Most Rev Bernard Longley
The Most Rev Arthur Roche
The Most Rev Peter Smith
The Most Rev George Stack
The Rt Rev Crispian Hollis
The Rt Rev Alan Hopes
The Rt Rev Declan Lang
The Rt Rev Thomas McMahon