Introducing SERIES 4 featuring the "We Celebrate" Cross We are proud to present a new addition to our line of ceremonial binders! "Series 4" features the same cross design that is featured on the covers of our We Celebrate missal and hymnal. Our ceremonial binders are...
Ministerial Considerations
Music Ministry and Mental Health
This article originally appeared on in the GIA Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 2 (Spring 2022) Music Ministry and Mental Health By Kate Williams It took me a long time even to believe what was happening. With a new job, and brand new to the world of the sleepless nights...
Choosing Our Song…It’s Not So Simple: Serving the Singing Congregation in the 21st Century
Written by Brian Hehn, this article first appeared in "The Congregation Sings/La Congregación Canta," a part of the Worship Works series. Find the full resource on our website. As any worship planner knows, the songs and hymns we sing in today’s church are made up of...
Passion Gospels for Holy Week
As parishes and churches make final preparations for Holy Week and Triduum, many are trying to find solutions for sharing the Passion Gospel with the congregation despite the removal of pew worship resources. The USCCB does not require a license for including the...
A Blessing for Easter Baskets and the First Meal of Easter
The blessing of the food (świȩconka) for the first Easter meal on Holy Saturday afternoon has long been a tradition in many Eastern European churches. Children can be seen walking to church with baskets full of chocolates, candies and colored eggs, while adults have...
Tips for Cantors: Teaching Music to the Assembly
This article is an excerpt from "Handbook for Cantors" (3rd ed.). You can find more information about this title at the end of the article. You will occasionally need to introduce new material to the assembly before the liturgy begins. Specific details of how...
El panorama cambiante de la Iglesia católica en Estados Unidos: El cuidado de los dolientes, fervor por el desarrollo
De vez en cuando, directores de música amigos míos expresan frustración cuando los fieles se enojan abiertamente si los cantos de la Misa se entonan en otro idioma que no sea el inglés. Con frecuencia, el culpable de esta reacción de enojo es un canto nuevo...
The Changing Landscape of the U.S. Catholic Church: Care for the Grieving, Fervor for the Unfolding
This post originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of AIM Magazine. A Spanish-language version of this article can be found here. From time to time, music director friends of mine will express frustration when people in their congregations get downright angry when...
We Are What We Sing: The Formational Power of Congregational Song
As pastoral musicians, we are like curators of a vast and varied treasury of congregational song. That treasury includes texts and tunes from across centuries of the Church’s life that express the full range of Christian experience and represent diverse cultural and...
Turn My Heart
A Sacred Journey from Brokenness to Healing
By Susan Briehl and Marty Haugen