Music Ministry
Musicians from the Latino Community at a parish picnic
In Liturgical music ministry is more than performing the right notes” (Inland Register (www.dioceseofspokane.org), 6/13/2006), Mitch Finley states:
The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (n.112) speaks of the “ministerial” rather than incidental function of music. A 1972 document by the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, “Music in Catholic Worship,” speaks of the importance of singing acclamations, processional songs, responsorial psalms, and chants. It also highlights the importance of congregational song, rather than the past emphasis placed on chants by the priest.
Members of the music ministry for the English language celebrations meet to select and practice music weekly at 7pm on Thursday evenings in the church.