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Our objective as
music ministry is to
enable the full,
conscious, and
active participation
of the assembly at
St. Maria Goretti
Church by leading it
in song.
We aim to foster
assembly
participation
through faith-filled
singing that is
familiar,
enthusiastic and
inspirational.
Because the Body of
Christ is diverse in
nature, it is
necessary for the
music minister to
embrace a variety of
musical styles.
Music can be very
divisive, but it can
also make a strong
statement of what
church is: a
gathering of diverse
– multi-cultural,
multi-generational -
people. Liturgical
music must reflect
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We embrace both the rich
tradition of our Catholic
heritage along with the rich
theology of modern liturgical
composers for the mission of
Church is to embrace its
diversity.
Assembly singing is sparked by
familiarity with
literature. It is the music
minister’s job to provide the
assembly with literature that is
well-learned and used frequently
within the Church calendar. For
the purpose of prayerful
reflection there should also be
the occasional opportunity -
aside from assembly singing -
for the choir to perform choral
pieces as well as for
instrumentalists to perform
“songs without words”.
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When in
Our Music God is Glorified
When in our music God is
glorified, and adoration leaves
no room for pride;
It is as though the whole
creation cried: Alleluia!
How often, making music, we have
found, a new dimension in the
world of sound, as worship moved
us to a more profound: Alleluia!
So has the Church, in liturgy
and song, in faith and love,
through centuries of wrong,
borne witness to the truth in
ev’ry tongue: Alleluia!
And did not Jesus sing a psalm
that night, when utmost evil
strove against the Light? Then
let us sing, for whom He won the
fight: Alleluia!
Let ev’ry instrument be tuned
for praise! Let all rejoice who
have a voice to raise! And may
God give us faith to sing
always: Alleluia!
-Frederick Pratt Green-
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