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Liturgy
Commission Archdiocese of Boston
January 30,
Creagh Library, Brighton
6:30-8:40 p.m.
Present
- Arthur
Coyle
- Nancy Charlesworth
- Amy Strickland
- Brian Mahoney
- Brian
Bachand
- Robert Blaney
- Austin Fleming
- Bill Gryzbowski
- Charlie
Carmody
Evening Prayer
Dinner
1)
Acceptance of Minutes for November 28,
2005
2) Funeral
Subcommittee
Three reps from ALC
are named (Brian Mahoney, Bob Blaney, Nancy Dome, Amy Strickland);
Brian is waiting to receive names from Presbyteral
Council
3) Election of
Officers
Secretary: Austin Fleming
Vice-Chair: Bob Blaney
Chair: Amy Strickland
4) Subcommittee Chair
- not necessary to determine all these positions at this meeting
- guidelines for salary/payments for Music
Ministers
- guidelines for Ministers of Eucharist (revision) and Lectors (no
extant guidelines)
- look for a pastoral booklet for Ministers of the Eucharist which
was prepared about 6 years ago
- how do we help priests think about what they’re doing as
presiders?
Guidelines for
Music Ministers
-
pastors and music ministers want/need guidelines for
payment/salaries
- question of whether we can suggest contracts, or employment
agreements
- help parish staffs understand expectations of music minister:
- how many
special liturgies music minister might be expected to play?
- who chooses
repertoire?
- how do multiple choirs serve the parish?
- role of parish
liturgy committee
- role of pastor as final decision
maker
- cooperation of parishes/pastors in not “poaching”
each other’s music ministries
- needs of poor
parishes who cannot afford/provide the kind of music program
wealthier parishes can offer
- interaction of pastor/musician/funeral
director in setting stipends for music ministers; what
model protects music minister/parish/parishioners?
- what is fair
and just? what can parishioners pay for funerals and
weddings?
- can guidelines attend to economic differences in parishes?
- what can we
learn from other Christian denominations? what are their
policies and practices?
- need to be clear that these will be
guidelines, not absolutes
- emphasis on musician being a pastoral musician; this isn’t just a gig
- survey the
diocese? survey two parishes in the 20 vicariates?
what’s happening there now? we need to get a
picture of what’s actually happening out there:
actual practice and actual fees (with attention to the
background/training of the musicians involved)
Bill G
will chair Music Subcommittee; Andrea G has already
volunteered; LCAB members asked to submit other names;
instruction to check with other dioceses in the Metropolitan to
see if they have guidelines we might find helpful; subcommittee
asked to establish working agreement statements to help parishes
define roles and responsibilities; packaging all of this into
guidelines for parish consumption; guidelines should include all
parish music ministers: director, organist,
instrumentalists, cantors; relationship of ethnic or other special
choirs to the parish program and how to integrate
Guidelines for Ministers of Eucharist
LCAB members asked to review 1991 document
and be prepared to suggest revisions At next meeting
Guidelines for Lectors
- how structure guidelines for
lectors
- LCAB asked think about what should the guidelines for
lectors contain? see materials Brian distributed at this
meeting
- keep in mind the multicultural realities and
ramifications
5) New Business
- New
workshop on Triduum recently held in Lexington and Milton; Brian
directed; about 64 attendees between the two sites; Brian
expects to do this again, and to offer another style which would
be more experiential
- NPM National Office has asked Brian to
host workshop co- sponsored by NPM and RCAB; Topic/focus to be
decided/announced
- Workshops continue to be
self-supporting
- Brian is working on finding others to be
presenters for workshops; he has all the materials for the
curriculum for what needs to be covered; handouts are
prepared;
presenter need only show up and teach; hope to
begin in fall of 2006; Brian is looking toward establishing
new workshop topics; need to address the question of
spirituality which is foundation of ministries; Brian is
working on this already; Brian is also working on workshop for
multicultural liturgies
6)
Next meeting: March 6, 2006 at Creagh Library at 6:30 p.m.
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