Function:
- Orders resources from venders
- Chairs the music-planning as well as the liturgy committees
- Processes and disseminates completed plans to all members of the music ministry
- Archives all completed plans for future reference
- Coordinates music planning with other liturgy planning initiatives
- Prepares and disseminates the song leader schedule.
Church of St. Gregory Music Ministry:
Structure:
- Liturgy-music coordinator
- Five-member planning committee
- Music director / Accompanist
- Five Cantors
- Five-member contemporary group
- Eighteen-member choir
- Three violinists
Function:
To provide musical leadership, support, and enhancement to our singing congregations that all weekend and special event liturgies be infused with a celebratory sound.
Resources:
- National Association of Pastoral Musicians
- GIA Publications
- Oregon Catholic Press
- Celebration
- Gather Comprehensive
- "GIA Quarterly"
- "Today's Liturgy"
Planning Committee:
Committee Composition:
- Liturgy-music coordinator (also a cantor)
- Music director / Accompanist
- Contemporary group lead guitarist / cantor
- Two choir members
Function
Members meet three to four times a year to plan music for worship and also track successes and failures in planning and adjusts furture planning accordingly.
Members:
- Marion Eagen
- Tom Fidiam
- Joanne Judge
- Sis Justice
- Jane Osterle
Music Director / Accompanist: Mr. Tom Fidiam
Function / Music Director:
- Sits on the music-planning committee
- Chooses instrumental music
- Chooses special choral music
- Orders music from venders
- Conducts choir rehearsals and performances
- Directs contemporary group rehearsals and performances
- Rehearses cantors
Function / Accompanist
- Organist for cantors
- Organist for choir
- Pianist for contemporary group
- Provides instrumental music at appropriate times during the liturgy
Contemporary Group:
Function:
- Leads congregational song
- Sings psalm and gospel verses
Masses:
- 5:00 PM mass on Saturdays
- 5:00 PM mass on Christmas Eve
- 10:00 AM mass on Christmas day
- 10:00 AM mass on Easter Sunday
- First Penance
- First Communion
Members:
- Tom Fidiam (Director / Accompanist)
- Joanne Judge (Lead guitarist and Cantor)
- Ellen Bugno
- Lisa Thomas
- Madeline Lori
Choir
Function:
- Supports and enhences the song of the congregation
- Embellishes the psalm verses sung by the cantor
- Provides choral music at appropriate times during the liturgy
Masses:
- 10:00 AM mass on one Sunday a month from September through June
- 10:00 AM mass on one Sunday during Advent
- 7:00 PM evening song on all Sundays during Advent
- Midnight mass on Christmas Eve
- 10:00 AM mass on all Sundays of Lent
- 7:00 PM evening song on all Sundays during Lent
- 7:30 PM mass on Holy Thursday
- 1:00 PM liturgy on Good Friday
- 7:30 PM Prayer service on Good Friday
- 8:00 PM service and mass on the vigil of Easter
- 12:00 PM mass on Easter Sunday
- 10:00 AM mass on Pentecost Sunday
Members:
- Tom Fidiam (Director / Accompanist)
- Marion Eagen (Cantor)
- Richard Bourcier
- Mary Ellen Dougherty
- Katie Foy
- Sis Justice
- Barbara Kislus
- Don Korinda
- Martha Kovas
- Midge Kulp
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- Theresa Lukus
- Jeanette Martin
- Martha McAndrew
- Jane Osterle
- Mildred Sefchik
- Betty Veater
- Ann Yaklic
- Jane Zawacki
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