St. Joseph Church

Suggestion Box February 2008

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Last Updated on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 20:50

At our Winter 2008 Open Forum and at the February meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council, we spoke about many of the comments put in the Suggestion Box. Over the next few weeks we will put some comments in the bulletin and then gather them here on the Website.

Our WORSHIP hymnal does not have the same readings that are read by the Lector. Can we get books that will have the same readings?

This has been mentioned and brought up before. Our staff and liturgy committee members have talked about this. One solution was for us to print a monthly booklet that contained readings and music. The first time we did this was Advent. We have done this for Lent and will do it for Easter. But we all would like a permanent solution. We have decided that by the first Sunday in Advent we will purchase new hardback books with the current translation of the Scriptures. This will be a costly investment, but will save us money in the long run. Each book will be around $15.00. To help defray some of the cost we will have a program for people to purchase books in memory of a loved one.

Can the consecrated wine be distributed at Communion?

Yes, we do this on Holy Thursday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday. The consecrated wine is also distributed at daily liturgies in the Chapel. This has not been done here at St. Joseph’s on Sundays on a regular basis. We would have to work through the logistics. At this time we would like to stay with the present way we are distributing Communion.

Can the priest switch sides when distributing Communion?

Yes, and you have probably noticed recently we have been trying to do this.

More responses to the Pastoral Council Open forum from Music Ministry:

It was requested that the congregation be able to read along while Scripture is proclaimed during Mass.  Our hymnals have an outdated translation of the readings.  Rita Bayer has volunteered countless hours learning our recently acquired program “Print and Praise” along with the necessary copyright license information.  She has prepared the booklets that are in the pews for the Easter Season.  Thank you, Rita.

We hope to purchase new hymnals soon with the updated readings in them.

We were asked to give more information on the organ.   On Thursday, March 28, CJ Sambach, known as the “Pied Piper of the Pipe Organ” came to our parish and did 2 presentations.  At one PM, the school children and a few adult parishioners came and the program was then repeated in the evening.  Mr. Sambach described the workings of the organ and demonstrated each part with different music on the organs.  He was very informative and entertaining.  After the evening performance people were invited to go inside the organ cases in the loft and see the actual workings of the instrument and ask questions.  We hope to invite him back again in the future so that more people might see and hear this in depth presentation.

Requests 

Over the years I have been asked to play a variety of pieces or to have the choir sing a particular piece of music.  In June, I would like to present a concert of Sacred Music Requests.  Tom LaPorte asked about doing this last year when we began the organ fund.  The time seems right after CJ’s presentation last week. 

If you are interested in requesting a piece to be performed on this concert, fill out the form below and return it to the parish center.  I will do my best to honor as many requests as possible for a concert in June.  I along with my organist friends and others in the St. Joseph Church Music Ministry will hopefully be able to  put this all together!

(Some requests that I have had over the years—“The Rosary”, Bach’s “D minor Toccata”, “Pie Jesu” by Weber, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach)

- Jean Degan, Director of Music Ministries

Your Name___________________________________________Phone_______________

(If there are questions about which piece of music)

Title of the Piece_______________________________________________________

Composer_____________________________________________________________

Which instrument(s)?____________________________________________________

(piano, organ, choir, guitar, sax, soloist, flute……)

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