Liturgy, Prayer, Music, and Formation: In presenting workshops to liturgists and musicians all over North America for about thirty-five weekends a year, I hear a lot of concerns.
The following are some of the most common and persistent questions I get: What can we do to encourage our young people to appreciate liturgy? What music can we use to reach them? How do we recruit teens to be involved? How can Mass be made more interesting for them? These concerns loom large in most parish communities and Catholic high schools across the country. When we stop and reflect for a moment, boredom and the perceived irrelevance of liturgy to life are issues not only for teens but for the adult faith community as well. Worship: A Place for Teens When I was a teenager, as a musician I was invited and encouraged to be not only involved in worship but also a leader.
In many parishes that I visit today, teens are kept at the edges of parish liturgical life. Reflecting the World of Youth Remember, think of the alternatives. Music in the Mix David Haas. Toward a Revision of Music in Catholic Worship — MusicaSacra. By William Mahrt [The following essay by William Mahrt is drawn from comments delivered during and following the Consultation on a Revision of Music in Catholic Worship, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on the Liturgy, Subcommittee on Music in the Liturgy, Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 2006.
It appears in the Spring 2007 issue of Sacred Music] I thank the members of the Subcommittee on Music of the USCCB Committee on Liturgy for asking our views of the document, for holding the recent consultation, and for receiving supporting statements. I attend the consultation as President of the Church Music Association of America, and I think I represent its views in general, but my recommendations are my own. I have directed a church choir, specializing in Gregorian chant and classical polyphony, for over forty years, and I am as well professor of musicology at Stanford University. There are many aspects of Music in Catholic Worship that need revision. Liturgy Planning - Music, Art & Environment. - International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text - ProQuest. - International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text - ProQuest. The Clearances Influence on Australia. The effects of industrialization, destitution, and commercial depressions in promoting emigration to Australia were obvious from the early 1830s.
The most remarkable feature of the emigration was its widespread nature. No corner of Scotland was unaffected by it. The availability of free or assisted passages to Australia after 1832 was partly responsible, by itself the depression would not have been sufficient to secure this result, which was realised only because the ‘Government’ and the later ‘Colonial’ bounty systems came into effect, for this was to be largely a working-class emigration, and the considerable proportion of the emigrants who came from the Highlands and islands included many who were near to complete destitution but 'bounty systems' introduced free or assisted passages.
In 1837, an additional scheme, encouraged the immigration of skilled agricultural workers as well as unmarried women and mechanics, came into operation. Highland Clearances. Liturgy Brisbane. The Catholic Liturgical Library. Australian Pastoral Musicians Network - Welcome. National Liturgical Music Board. MusicaSacra — Dedicated to Sacred Music in Catholic Liturgy. All Discussions - MusicaSacra Forum. National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Reformed Worship.