- Wedding coordinators who take over the tasks and functions normally done by the church workers. The diocese would rather limit the intrusion of wedding coordinators on the roles of the mother-butlers, usher-greeters.
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Showing posts with label seminar. Show all posts
Wedding Ministry Seminar - Part 2
(This is the continuation from Part 1)
Wedding Ministry Seminar
For some reasons, the diocese asked for representatives from the parishes under its jurisdiction to attend a Wedding Ministry Seminar. What the seminar was all about, I had no idea.
I think neither did our adviser. But he asked me to attend for a look-see. I wasn't particularly keen on attending. I was about to resist, but it seems all his other prospects beat me to it with their own excuses for not going.
I think neither did our adviser. But he asked me to attend for a look-see. I wasn't particularly keen on attending. I was about to resist, but it seems all his other prospects beat me to it with their own excuses for not going.
Psalmist Seminar and Workshop Part 2
(This is the continuation from Part 1)
They were only two from their parish of about 32 lectors and 8 psalmists. Upon learning about their psalmist group, we asked questions and learned so much from both of them. Their 8 psalmists only started late last year and a few of them only early this year.
It was interesting to find out how extraordinarily supportive their choir director is to ensure the psalmists are able to correctly chant the psalms in their Sunday masses.
The two said that, initially, the choir director would meet all of them at the same time a day or two before the Sunday mass. This would allow him to teach the response tune and verse chant to all psalmists in one batch. This would minimize having to repeat the ear training/practice sessions to individual psalmists. This is actually a great idea if the choir director could meet all of the psalmists at that same time.
They were only two from their parish of about 32 lectors and 8 psalmists. Upon learning about their psalmist group, we asked questions and learned so much from both of them. Their 8 psalmists only started late last year and a few of them only early this year.
It was interesting to find out how extraordinarily supportive their choir director is to ensure the psalmists are able to correctly chant the psalms in their Sunday masses.
The two said that, initially, the choir director would meet all of them at the same time a day or two before the Sunday mass. This would allow him to teach the response tune and verse chant to all psalmists in one batch. This would minimize having to repeat the ear training/practice sessions to individual psalmists. This is actually a great idea if the choir director could meet all of the psalmists at that same time.
Psalmist Seminar and Workshop
This would be my first time to attend this basic formation seminar. The actual seminar is called Basic Formation Seminar for Psalmists. There was a similar formation last year but I didn't attend that one. I didn't take that seminar too seriously because: There was too little information about it; The announcement was given on short notice; I didn't have the inclination to become a psalmist.
It may have been a coincidence that I didn't attend because in that batch, nobody was commissioned as psalmist. The diocese was still in a state of drafting the ministry's role, purpose and organization.
It may have been a coincidence that I didn't attend because in that batch, nobody was commissioned as psalmist. The diocese was still in a state of drafting the ministry's role, purpose and organization.