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Breakout Sessions 9:15 - 10:30 am
F 01 Preview the Concluding Address: The Unifying Power of Music
Teresita Weind, SND
Preview the plenum that will send us forth
from the convention.
F 02 HOVDA LECTURE: Musicam Sacram Revisited - New Wine, New Wineskins!
Alan Hommerding
Musicam Sacram offered principles for
creating new music for new vernacular
liturgical texts. In light of forty years
of experience and the challenge of
inculturation, how adequate and enduring
have these principles proven to be? |
F 03 Music Director Practical Needs: Justice in the Workplace
Kathy Mumy
Important information every music director
needs to know to experience and minister
with justice for all.
F 04 Preparing the Church's Prayer: Liturgy of the Eucharist and Concluding Rites
Jerry Galipeau
A continuation of E-4.
F 05 Text Approval Update: The Roman Missal and Hymn Texts
Anthony Sherman
Get an update on the status of the work of
the Music Subcommittee of the BCL and the
musical settings for the Roman Missal.
F 06 Eucharist Adoration: Blessings and Cautions
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S.
Eucharistic adoration is a growing
phenomenon. What is good and desirable
about this practice? What are some of the
cautions? What are the rites associated with it?
F 07 Filipino Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals
Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ricky Muyot
Ministering to the Filipino community
requires a basic understanding of their
cultural expressions, traditions, and symbols.
Come and learn about the history and
meaning that abound in these celebrations.
F 08 Developing a Bilingual Mass and Resources for Sacraments
Joe Coleman
Explore resources and considerations needed
in developing a bilingual celebration of the
Mass and sacraments in a parish.
F 09 El teclado en la Liturgia
Peter Kolar
Una sesión en español que ofrece el teclado
básico necesario para animar a la asamblea
durante la Misa.
F 10 How to Prepare for the Basic Cantor Certificate (BCC)
Mary Lynn Pleczkowski
Practical advice about how one can prepare
for this important NPM certification.
F 11 Ministers of the Just Word
Melanie Coddington
Reflect upon how cantors serve the
People of God by proclaiming the Word
of God’s justice.
MUMY |
MUYOT |
PLECZKOWSKI |
KRISMAN |
CODDINGTON |
FABER |
F 12 Touch That Knob…With Care!”
Dennis Fleisher
This session is a user-friendly, hands-on opportunity for music ministers to learn the basics of microphones and mixers and how the maze of knobs and controls can be used to support pastoral music. Registration is limited.
F 13 Purchasing and Maintaining a Piano
Nancy Deacon
Everything you need to know, and more, to
purchase and maintain a piano for worship.
F 14 Hymn and Service Playing for the Organ
Jennifer Pascual
Practical tools for how the organ can serve the liturgy and the assembly.
F 15 Service Playing: The Piano in the Liturgy
Thomas Jefferson
Practical tips for leading the song of the
assembly and serving the liturgy from the
piano.
F 16 Discerning Ministry: What Is God Calling Me to Do?
Rachelle Kramer and Rev. Tom Lawler, SJ
Take time to explore how to discern where
God is calling you to ministry.
F 17 Singing the Liturgy
Paul Ford
Presiders are encouraged to sing the liturgy.
Explore what to sing and why it is so
important. Review the basic tunes for the
collects and for the Eucharistic Prayer.
F 18 Developing the Voice of Any Age
Lee Gwozdz
Resources that will foster your ability to
develop the voices in your choir.
F 19 Getting the Sound You Want from your Choir
Kent Tritle
Practical tips about how to develop a sound
choral sound.
F 20 Music a la Carte
Donna Kinsey
Fill your cart with the materials that will take
your classroom music on the road.
F 21 The Pastoral Care of Pastoral Musicians
Carey Landry
An interactive session exploring how pastoral
musicians can offer pastoral care to those
with whom one serves and to one’s own
self. What are the body, mind, and spirit
needs of pastoral musicians? How do we
avoid burnout in this ministry? What is
the responsibility of the local church to its
pastoral musicians?
F 22 Collaboration: With Whom Do I Work and How?
Jeremy Helmes
Explore the in’s and out’s of collaborative
ministry with presiders and other ministers,
discovering ways to more effectively minister
in your parish and diocese.
F 23 Putting It All Together
Gloria Weyman with Dance Track
Faculty
A chance to praise God through movement
and dance that summarizes the week and
helps us pray with our bodies that all may
be one!
F 24 How To Form A Chapter
Jacqueline Schnittgrund
Step-by-step techniques for forming an NPM Chapter.
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| Convention Closing and Plenum Address |
11:00 AM
The Unifying Power of Music
Teresita Weind, SND
How can our song and our ministry promote
dialogue, build bridges, and foster deeper unity,
so that the prayer of Jesus may be fulfilled—
”that all may be one!” |

WEIND |
Closing of the 2007 Convention
Accepting Our Call to Another Year of Service
"That All May Be One" (John 17:21)
Re-commissioning and Sending Forth
Noon-12:30 PM
We accept once again the sign of the cross, first given to us at baptism, a sign of our union with
Christ and his Body.
We receive God’s blessing and one another’s encouragement to continue the work of ministry
We sing in grateful praise of our commitment to foster the art of musical liturgy.
We go forth to witness and serve. The unifying power of music empowers us to sing the good news
of God’s love and to draw others into union with Christ!

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