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Summary: Fruits of the Meeting 2006
Two Areas of Concern…
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THEME OF THIS MEETING
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Thematic Concerns
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Establishing
Standards
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Agreed-upon
nationally
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For
each liturgical ministry
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For
Certification
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Broad enough
to provide for…
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Urban,
Suburban, Rural
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Varying parish size & financial resources
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Needs
of Professionals and Volunteers
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Issues
of Compensation
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Formation In
Liturgical Music
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Should be
available to
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All
Ministers
(not just
musicians)
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Ordained and Laity
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Assembly
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Should be
Holistic
(not
just “functional”)
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“Human”
(the Arts,
Psychology, etc.)
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Spiritual
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Theological
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Competencies appropriate to each ministry
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Caution:
“Unintentional Formation”
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MCW
6: “…poor celebrations can weaken or destroy faith.”
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Recognize the power of (unintentional) bad example to “mal-form” people
in liturgy, ritual, music, scripture, theology, etc.
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Culture and
Inculturation
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Includes more
than the “usual”…
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Land
of Origin
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Ancestry
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Language
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Customs
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or
even other Secular Expressions
Age, Socio-Economic, Political, etc…
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Includes …
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Region
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Diocese
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Parish
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“Other” (e.g., an FDLC National Meeting)
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Accustomed
ways of worshiping
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Accustomed
ways of making and incorporating music in that worship
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Respect for
and integration of these categories of custom along with the “usual”
categories of “culture”
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THEME OF THIS MEETING
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Thematic Actions
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For
Offices and Commissions…
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Recognize and capitalize on the opportunity with the new Roman Missal
to offer intentional and holistic catechesis on the
liturgy and its music
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Improve current programs to go beyond functional “nuts & bolts” training
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Deliberate and structured inclusion
of young people in ministries and in catechesis on liturgy and music…
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In
Religious Formation programs as well as in Catholic schools
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For
FDLC…
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Continue and develop further collaboration with NPM, NASCA
and other professional organizations for ministers of liturgical music,
as well as NFCYM, et al.
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INTERNAL TO FDLC
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Major Presentations
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Planning and Preparation of Liturgies
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National Process Committee
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Revised schedule for
2007 National Meeting in Hartford
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Prayer Committee
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