Nicene Creed At Mass

[Wynd]

I recently came home from college and have been attending mass at my home parish for the past few weeks. At school after the priest gives the homily and then does the profession of faith. Here, all the times since I've been home (3 i believe) they've left it out. Is it required or am I missing something?

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
5/22 - Sixth Saturday of Easter

Wynd,

Good question. Yes, the Nicene Creed is required at every solemn Mass (Sundays and solemnities); one may say the Apostles Creed under certain circumstances. Hope this helps.

Yours,
Pio Nono

[cappie]

It would seem from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal your priest is mistaken e.g....

The Profession of Faith
67. The purpose of the Symbolum or Profession of Faith, or Creed, is that the whole gathered people may respond to the word of God proclaimed in the readings taken from Sacred Scripture and explained in the homily and that they may also call to mind and confess the great mysteries of the faith by reciting the rule of faith in a formula approved for liturgical use, before these mysteries are celebrated in the Eucharist.
68. [b]The Creed is to be sung or said by the priest together with the people on Sundays and Solemnities[/b]. It may be said also at particular celebrations of a more solemn character. If it is sung, it is begun by the priest or, if this is appropriate, by a cantor or by the choir. It is sung, however, either by all together or by the people alternating with the choir.