Upcoming Chapter Events:
Monday, June 8 | An Ecumenical Prayer of Peace
We gather together at St. Mary's Church for this rejuvenating prayer in the Taizé style.
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Every month on the 2nd Monday (Jun. 8, Jul. 13, Aug. 10, Sep. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 14, etc.)
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7:30 PM
- Ecumenical Taizé Prayer: a mixture of song, silence and scripture
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Concert: David Haas and Lori True
7:00 PM | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | St. Mary Magdalen, Kentwood
Come and enjoy David Haas and Lori True in a concert to benefit Music Ministry Alive!, a national liturgical music formation program for youth and adult leaders.
David Haas resides in Eagan, Minnesota, where he is director of The Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry and serves as campus minister / artist-in-residence at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where he also teaches in the theology and music departments. Highly regarded as one of the preeminent liturgical music composers in the English-speaking world, he has produced more than 45 collections of original music. His liturgical works are sung and prayed throughout the world and appear in hymnals of many Christian denominations and in many languages. David is the founder and executive director of Music Ministry Alive!
Lori True is a Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Music at the Church of St. Margaret Mary in Golden Valley, Minnesota, as well as the Associate Director of Music Ministry Alive! In addition, Lori is active as a cantor, workshop and conference speaker, composer, concert performer, and recording artist. She has presented workshops for various national and regional conventions for NPM, and has presented workshops and performed at conventions and conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Ireland. A longtime vocalist and performer on the recordings of other artists, Lori recently released her debut collection of original liturgical music with GIA, entitled A Place at the Table.
Parish Choir Clinic
October 2009 | Mark Webb, clinician | Location TBA
Parish choirs are invited to prepare a piece to share, and then receive comments from an expert choral clinician. Watch for more details!
Practical Use of Praise Music in Liturgy
November 2009 | Gordon Proulx, facilitator | Location TBA
Taking an honest, practical look at music in the "praise and worship" style and how/when to use it (and NOT to use it) with your assembly.
Supporting the Song of the Assembly
February or March, 2010 | Location TBA
Skill sessions addressing the roles of the psalmist, keyboard/organist, and other instrumentalists.
Annual Chapter Banquet
April 2010 | Location TBA
Gather together once again to share camaraderie, good food, and food for thought1
More plans rolling for Chapter Events!
The chapter board is hard at work putting together the events and topics! If you have any suggestions, just drop a line to Aline Snoeyink (aksnoeyink@gmail.com), our chapter director.
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Other Events
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Discounts for convention registrants are available if a group of chapter members register together! Contact Anna Colby tel. 616.457.4415 ASAP for information.
August 5-8, 2009
Sponsored by the Diocese of Grand Rapids and the North American Forum on the Catechumenate
Beginnings Plus uses an adult formation method to help institute participants learn all the periods and stages of the initiation process.
Participants are invited to explore the dynamics of conversion through presentations, reflections, skill building experiences and adapted celebrations of the initiation rites.
Those who will benefit from this institute include:
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ministers beginning the initiation process, as well as experienced initiation ministers
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liturgists looking for good adaptations of the rites
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initiation teams (pastors, catechists, teachers, liturgical musicians, etc.) involved with discernment of readiness of inquirers, catechumens and candidates
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initiation teams looking for adaptations for candidates for full communion
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initiation teams involved with the restored order of the initiation sacraments
Keep your eyes open for the registration brochure, or contact Patty Hughes, email phughes@dioceseofgrandrapids.org or tel. 616.475.1241.
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News, Notes & Key Changes
Catholic Choral Academy
Dennis Rybicki is actively recruiting new students for the Catholic Choral Academy. This is the only choir school in the diocese that is dedicated to the art of singing sacred music with children and young persons. For a brochure or more info., contact Dennis at amaestroden@aol.com. Rehearsals are beginning! Dennis "at the diocese" is at tel. 616.243.5590. Call for more info. (The brochures are spectacular!) Encourage your youthful ones to enroll (Mondays).
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Banners Used at Convention for Sale
The Banners used at the NPM regional convention in Grand Rapids are for sale. Interested? Know someone who is? Contact Aline at aksnoeyink@gmail.com.
Some photos of the banners:
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Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4 | Photo 5
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Singing the Name of God
In August, the Vatican issued directives that the Hebrew name of God, usually rendered as "Yahweh", is not to be pronounced in the prayers, readings, or songs of the liturgy. The new norms are based on long-standing Jewish and Christian traditions of not pronouncing the divine name and of substituting "the Lord" wherever it occurs in the biblical text. Publishers will be removing or changing song texts making use of the name, but pastoral musicians should immediately refrain from using these texts until appropriate changes have been made.
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Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship Now Available
USCCB Publishing has now made Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship available in book form. Every pastoral musician, priest, deacon, liturgist, and worship leader should have a copy of these official U.S. guidelines for music in the liturgy. You may order this very important document from the NPM website or by phoning the NPM office at tel. 240.247.3000. You can also view the document online (PDF).
Sing to the Lord echoes the call to full, active, and conscious participation in the Liturgy through its sung elements. It addresses the practical concerns of pastoral leaders-appropriate ministers, cultural diversity, instrumentation, formation, acoustics, and copyrights. It also outlines considerations for preparing and judging music for worship with an in-depth review of the musical structure of Liturgy.
Sing to the Lord is longer (more than 250 paragraphs) and more comprehensive than its predecessors. It addresses some topics not covered in earlier documents, treats other areas more expansively, incorporates the norms of recent official liturgical documents, and draws on the experience of celebrating the current “ordinary” form of the Mass for the past thirty-seven years.
Use Sing to the Lord to
• evaluate your parish's current musical repertoire
• better understand your role in sung worship
• prepare particular sacramental liturgies
• train parish music ministers
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Chapter Newsletter
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