Minister of Music

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Is there a Minister of Music at your church?

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We have a Director of Music at my parish. I think he conducts the choirs for the Traditional Latin Mass and choral Mass, and plays the organ.
 
We have two one for the adult and one for the contemporary choirs, and they are both excellent.
 
Sure. Anyone that isn’t in the pew is a minister. Hospitality Minister (ushers), Music Minister (choir or band), Environmental Minister (sound tech and altar decorator), et cetera. I am waiting for them to rename the regular people to be Pew Ministers since everyone has a ministry and is therefore a minister.
 
I’ve never seen the title “Minister of Music” used in a formal sense, but our cathedral does have a Music Director who plays the magnificent pipe organ and oversees the polyphonic / traditional choir. The assistant music director oversees the women’s’ choir and also plays the organ.
 
CyrilSebastian said:
Is there a Minister of Music at your church?

:harp::harp:
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in the guidelines they promulgated in 2007, delineated those whom they termed the “Ministers of Liturgical Music.”
  • The Choir
  • The Psalmist
  • The Cantor
  • The Organist and Other Instrumentalists
  • The Director of Music Ministries
 
Usige said:
Sure. Anyone that isn’t in the pew is a minister. Hospitality Minister (ushers), Music Minister (choir or band), Environmental Minister (sound tech and altar decorator), et cetera. I am waiting for them to rename the regular people to be Pew Ministers since everyone has a ministry and is therefore a minister.
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The overuse of the term may seem a little forced sometimes, but it isn’t incorrect. We are indeed all called to be ministers of Christ. By virtue of our confirmation, we have all been anointed to share in the three-fold ministry of Christ as king, priest and prophet.
 
We have a Music Director who also plays the organ/keyboard & Cantors’ at Mass with the Choir. He also teaches music at the school. We also have an additional Cantor & organist.
 
For some reason I find the official sound of “Minister of ___” to be quite amusing. 😃

At my church we simply refer to the “Choir Director”.
 
dshix said:
For some reason I find the official sound of “Minister of ___” to be quite amusing. 😃

At my church we simply refer to the “Choir Director”.
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Some of us take our jobs pretty seriously.
BTW, I have the designation of Lay Ecclesial Minister for the parish.
It’s a real position.
😉
 
pianistclare said:
Some of us take our jobs pretty seriously.
BTW, I have the designation of Lay Ecclesial Minister for the parish.
It’s a real position.
😉
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Regarding the bolded- my former Bishop wrote a wonderful book about “Lay Ecclesial Ministry”.
Sadly, too many people on this forum with deem it heretical. 😦
 
Oneofthewomen said:
Regarding the bolded- my former Bishop wrote a wonderful book about “Lay Ecclesial Ministry”.
Sadly, too many people on this forum with deem it heretical. 😦
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What exactly are the duties of a “Lay Ecclesial Minister”?
 
dshix said:
What exactly are the duties of a “Lay Ecclesial Minister”?
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In my experience, the duties can be quite varied, it all depends on the Pastor.
Anything from recruiting, training & scheduling EMHC, altar servers, & other liturgical ministers, Sacramental prep, RCIA/RCIC, Adult/youth faith formation, pre-Cana, administrative support, even running the day-to-day operations of the parish, in lieu of a Pastor.
And anything and everything that a Church does that is not something that only a priest and/or deacon can do.
 
Oneofthewomen said:
In my experience, the duties can be quite varied, it all depends on the Pastor.
Anything from recruiting, training & scheduling EMHC, altar servers, & other liturgical ministers, Sacramental prep, RCIA/RCIC, Adult/youth faith formation, pre-Cana, administrative support, even running the day-to-day operations of the parish, in lieu of a Pastor.
And anything and everything that a Church does that is not something that only a priest and/or deacon can do.
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To me that sounds like a Lay Pastoral Assistant. I guess it depends on the diocese?
 
twf said:
The overuse of the term may seem a little forced sometimes, but it isn’t incorrect. We are indeed all called to be ministers of Christ. By virtue of our confirmation, we have all been anointed to share in the three-fold ministry of Christ as king, priest and prophet.
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It is more that it reminds me of an anti clerical bent in my area where the laity were all proclaimed as ministers and Father was treated as someone that just came in to do the consecration and confessions (that was his “ministry” - coequal to all others).

I have never understood why people have a problem just being called an usher, choir member, et cetera and rather need a ecclesiastic sounding title. If everything is a ministry then there is no reason to label it as such; it is simply implied that any service to others is a ministry.
 
Usige said:
It is more that it reminds me of an anti clerical bent in my area where the laity were all proclaimed as ministers and Father was treated as someone that just came in to do the consecration and confessions (that was his “ministry” - coequal to all others).

I have never understood why people have a problem just being called an usher, choir member, et cetera and rather need a ecclesiastic sounding title. If everything is a ministry then there is no reason to label it as such; it is simply implied that any service to others is a ministry.
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“The people” don’t compose these designations.
You’re blaming the wrong people.
The fact is, the priest can’t do all the heavy lifting and serve those who desperately need him. At least with a title, these people make a living wage.
The title comes from USCCB.
In my Archdiocese, all DRE’s were encouraged to get this extra education and were promised a stipend an tuition reimbursement for doing so.
And of course, they never came through.
But we’re still doing the work. :rolleyes:
 
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