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OFFICE OF WORSHIP NEWS SEPTEMBER 2015 Volume 1, Issue 2
Office of Worship, 2403 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021
www.archgh.org/worship [email protected] 713-741-8730
A variety of formation opportunities available this fall
A variety of workshop opportunities are available for liturgical ministers in the archdiocese this fall. There are a wide variety of offerings that you may find interesting.
Our Fall Liturgical Ministry Formation Days will includes basic formation for trainers and ministers of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Com-munion (in English and Spanish), Readers (in Eng-lish and Spanish), Altar Server Coordinators, Floral Design and Hospitality. St. Hyacinth Parish will host these sessions on Saturday, September 26 and St. Ignatius Loyola will host them on Saturday, October 17. All classes run from 8:30-3:30. You can only attend one session on a given day. Regis-tration information can be found at www.archgh.org/worship/workshops.
The National Association of Pastoral Musi-cians Galveston-Houston Chapter is excited to offer a Basic Cantor Workshop and Certification at the same dates and locations as the Liturgical Ministry Formation Days listed above. There is plenty of information about the offering and certi-fication process on their website, www.npmgh.org.
Unity Explosion, Region X in collaboration with NPMGH is proud to offer the Roderick J. Bell Institute of Sacred Music Workshop at Holy Fami-ly Catholic Church on Saturday, October 17th form 8 am – 4:30 pm featuring Rawn Harbor. This workshop is for ministers of music, music direc-tors, church choirs and choruses, youth choirs and praise and worship groups.
Registration is due by September 23 with checks of $40 payable to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and should be sent to Archdiocese of Gal-veston-Houston, Vicar for Catholics of African De-scent, 1700 San Jacinto Street, Houston, TX 77001-8291. A music package is included in the registra-tion price. See www.npmgh.org for more details.
For those of you who are challenged sched-uling your liturgical ministers, you might be inter-ested in the free webinar that will be offered to the parishes of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on Wednesday, October 12 at 1:30 pm from Ministry Scheduler Pro. Right now about 29 parishes in our archdiocese use this program. Raina Hanson from Ministry Scheduler Pro will share strategies she has picked up over the years for using technology to make scheduling easier and engage more parishioners. See their flyer in this newsletter for more information.
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Inside This Issue Formation opportunities 1
Liturgical Ministry Formation Days 2
Ministry Scheduler Pro 3
In Memoria Concert 3
Singing the Mass 4
The Year of Mercy – Holy Door 5
Pilgrimage of Mercy 6
NPM 2016 7
Southwest Liturgical Conference San Antonio 8
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FORMATION OPPORTUNITIES (Continued from page 1)
St Mary’s Seminary announces “Singing the Mass,” a Fall Workshop on English Chant on Satur-day, October 24 at St. Mary’s Seminary. Noted chant specialist Adam Bartlett will be joining us to offer an introduction to liturgical chant, including the Proper of the Mass in English. The day will also feature a discussion on chant in the parish with a panel of local liturgical musicians. The day will conclude with a fully chanted Mass (Ordinary Form, English) at 5:00 pm with the seminary community. The workshop is designed for parish choir members, cantors, music directors, liturgists, and anyone who loves sacred music. The registration fee includes lunch. Please register by October 12, 2015. To register via email, please send your name, address, parish, phone number and email address to: [email protected] and mail $35 check (include your name) to St. Mary’s Seminary, 9845 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024. Discounts are available for group registrations form the same parish, and for clergy/religious. Contact Music Director Alexis Kutarna at 713-686-4345 with questions.
LITURGICAL MINISTRY FORMATION DAYS 8:30 am -3:30 pm
FORMATION FOR:
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
(ENGLISH + SPANISH)
LECTORS/READERS (ENGLISH + SPANISH)
ALTAR SERVER COORDINATORS
FLORAL DESIGN
HOSPITALITY (Session available only on October 17)
SACRISTANS
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, GO TO
WWW.ARCHGH.ORG/WORSHIP/WORKSHOPS
Saturday, September 26 at St. Hyacinth Catholic Church,
2921 Center Street, Deer Park, Texas
Saturday, October 17 at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church,
7810 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, Texas
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MINISTRY SCHEDULER PRO WEBINAR Ministry Scheduler Pro, a tool that 29 local parishes use, has offered to host a free webinar just for our archdiocese, in which Raina Hanson, former ministry scheduler and current MSP tech support agent, will share strategies she’s picked up over the years for using technology to make scheduling easier and engage more parishioners in ministry, including tips for avoid-ing double scheduling, keeping families together, and fairly rotating ministers. She’ll also briefly demo Ministry Scheduler Pro, for those who would be interested in learning more about what they do.
What: Ministry Scheduling Seminar When: Wednesday, October 12, 1:30pm CDT
Where: Online and from the comfort of your desk. Registration is free and you can sign up online.
This will be an interactive presentation, so bring any questions or tips about MSP or ministry scheduling in general! Please contact the MSP team at [email protected] with questions. We hope you can join us!
In Memoria Concert
Archdiocesan Choir
November 22, 2015
3 pm
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
For ticket information, watch
www.archgh.org/worship
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The Year of Mercy
Pope Francis declared the Year of Mercy, an Extraordinary Jubilee, which will begin on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Decem-ber 8, 2015 and conclude on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe on November 20, 2016. The last time the church celebrated a Jubilee Year was in 2000.
Since the fifteenth century, a holy door has been viewed as a ritual expression of conversion. The believer associates the door with Christ. In the words of Pope Francis, “There is only one way that opens wide the en-trance into the life of communion with God: this is Jesus, the one and abso-lute way to salvation. To him alone can the words of the Psalmist be ap-plied in full truth: ‘This is the door of the Lord where the just may enter’ (Ps
118:20).”
When Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basil-ica on December 8, the “Holy Door will become a Door of Mercy through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instills hope” (Misericordiae Vultus 3). Fifty years earlier, December 8, 1965, the Second Vatican Ecu-menical Council concluded. That council strove to bring the church into the modern world by bringing a breath of fresh air into the church, to become a “living of the Father’s love in the world” (MV 4).
“In this Jubilee Year, let us allow God to surprise us. He never tires of casting open the doors of his heart and of repeating that he loves us and wants to share his love with us. The Church feels the urgent need to proclaim God’s mercy. Her life is authen-tic and credible only when she becomes a convincing herald of mercy” (MV 25).
Here in our archdiocese, the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and St. Mary’s Basilica in Galveston will designate a door as a Holy Door which will be opened on December 13, 2015 and will close on November 13, 2016. For more information, watch for the Year of Mercy links at www.archgh.org.
Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life. All of her pastoral ac-tivity should be caught up in the tenderness she makes present to believers; nothing in her preaching and in her witness to the world can be lacking in mercy. The Church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and com-passionate love.
-Misericordiae
Vultus 10
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PILGIRMAGE OF MERCY - RELICS OF ST. MARIA GORETTI
While St. Maria is universally known as the Patroness of Purity, her greatest virtue was her unyielding forgiveness of her attacker even in the midst of horrendous physical suffering, a for-giveness that would completely convert him and set him on a path to personal holiness. In March His Holiness, Pope Francis, announced an Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy beginning December 8th. This visit of the major relics of St. Maria Goretti is an effort on the part of her Basilica Shrine, the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, and Treasures of the Church, to prepare and catechize the United States for this great celebration in the life of the Church.
Three Houston locations have been selected as part of the Pilgrimage of Mercy
Wednesday November 4
St. Theresa Church 705 St Theresa Boulevard Sugar Land, Texas 77498 (281) 494-1156
Public veneration of St. Maria begins: 9:00 am
Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor: 7:00 pm
Public veneration ends: 11:45 pm
Thursday November 5
Catholic Charismatic Center 1949 Cullen Boulevard Houston, Texas 77023 (713) 236-9977
Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor: 12 noon (celebrated in Spanish)
Public veneration of St. Maria begins: following the 12 noon Mass
Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor: 7:30 pm
Public veneration ends: 3:00 am (on Friday November 6)
Friday November 6
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 6646 Addicks Satsuma Road Houston, Texas 77084 (281) 467-7878
Public veneration of St. Maria begins: 10:00 am
Solemn Mass celebrated in St. Maria’s honor: 7:00 pm.
Public veneration ends: 7:00 am (on Saturday November 7)
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
SEE YOU IN SAN ANTONIO!
Conference information will be posted soon at www.swlc.org
Office of Worship Director: Sandy Higgins
[email protected] 713-741-8761
Associate Director: Dr. Rick Lopez
[email protected] 713-741-8764
Liturgy Secretary: Lilibeth Castro
[email protected] 713-741-8735
Administrative Assistant: Alicia Vinklarek
[email protected] 713-652-8216