Liturgical Committee Highlights - January

LITURGY COMMITTEE MEETING
The following are highlights from the Liturgy Committee meeting held on January 23, 2013.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
Present: Msgr. Mike Yarbrough, Lucy Tavira, Ryan Demmer, Mike Sutherland, Kelly Lepeska, Jesus Rodriguez, Darnell Waun, Fr. Martin Garza, Mary Giniewski, Chris Laskowski, Tony Salsedo, Rick Stockstill, Doug Stolo, Guy Lo Turco, Kevin Albrecht, Veronica Santillan, Carolin DeNisio, David Sequin, Jamie Briseno, Fred Bueche, Sheila Morse, Doug Stolo
Lenten/Easter Season 2013 Liturgy planning was discussed. During Lent, the common Psalm 91: Be with me Lord, by Marty Haugen, will be used. The common Lenten entrance chant will be “Give us clean hands”. The song is not published in the SAH hymnal; we will have to create durable song sheets to stay in the pews during until the last Sunday before Palm Sunday…There will be NO Glory to God sung during Lent. There will be no songs containing “Alleluia” sung and the Alleluia Gospel Acclamation is to be replaced with the Lenten Gospel Acclamation: “Glory and praise to you”. The Ordinary Time Memorial Acclamation is to be replaced with the Lenten one: “Save us, Savior”…On the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th Sunday of Lent (March 3, March 10, and March 17), at 9:30 AM Mass only, the Year A readings shall be used. They are on pages 78, 88, and 97 of the workbook for lectors. Other Masses use Year C Readings on those Sundays…Art and Environment Leader, Kevin Albrecht, shared his ideas for the Lenten decorations of the church. There shall be NO flowers in the sanctuary during Lent. The possibility of finding some artificial cactus plants was being discussed. The church will be decorated with palms on Palm Sunday.
Parish Reconciliation Service is on Wednesday, March 6 at 7:00 PM. Life Teen will provide appropriate music for the service and the confessions. Jamie will find one available lector for the service.
Veronica is planning to invite 12-15 priests to help with confessions.
On Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013, there will be 2 Eucharistic Liturgies with ashes in English:
8:30 AM by Msgr. Mike, Lucy and Kelly as musicians 12:05 PM by Fr. Martin, Larry/Bernice as musicians
one in Spanish, 5:00 PM by Fr. Martin (we need musicians).
The Liturgy of the Word Services with ashes will be as follows:
6:30 AM by Msgr. Mike, Lucy and Darnell as musicians
10:00 AM by a Deacon, Lucy and Kelly as musicians
3:00 PM by a Deacon (musicians needed)
4:00 PM by a Deacon (musicians needed)
6:30 PM by a Deacon, Fred and Sheila as musicians
7:30 PM by a Deacon, Fred and Sheila as musicians
8:30 PM by a Deacon (Musicians needed)
The times of the services will be posted on the church doors. The Deacons need to be provided with the prayers of the faithful to read. Msgr. Mike reminded that the Deacons need to be sensitive to the time issue during the services. We need 12 EM’s per service. The collections will be taken during all services. Doug will be in charge to supervise the collections at all services. We will also need lectors for all services.
Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at noon will be acted out be the teens. Debbie Gray is responsible.
Our RCIA Rite of Sending will be Saturday, February 16^th at the 5 PM Mass. Larry and Bernice cover the music for this Mass. The Rite takes place after the Homily. There is a response “Lord, hear our prayer” which could be sung. Have some extra pieces of music prepared. It may be needed when the Book of the Elect is being signed and at the dismissal.
Knight of the Columbus Mass for the 3^rd Degree will be held on Saturday, February 23 at 8:00 AM. Msgr. Mike will celebrate this Mass, Tony Salsedo agreed to be a lector, Darnell is looking into a possibility to sing at that Mass with Lucy or Connor.
On Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013, the Palm Sunday psalm shall be sung: Ps. 22, My God, my God.
The Gospel Reading of the Passion of the Lord will be dramatized by lectors. We will need 6 readers for this, including a Priest and a Deacon. Msgr. Mike has the Reading broken down to parts, Lucy will remind him to email the Reading to her.
Liturgy Aids will be prepared for the Holy Week by Veronica.
Holy Thursday is on March 28, 2013, with the Liturgy at 7:00 PM, celebrated by Msgr. Mike and Deacon Chris. The Traditional Choir will sing. Glory to God will be sung, the musicians are to ring the bells during the Gloria. We shall have 14 EM’s for this service. Extra wine will be consecrated during this Mass, Doug needs to find a vase to hold all the wine. The Blessed Sacrament will be carried to the place of reservation. Our suggested hymn: “Pange Lingua” or other appropriate Eucharistic song. After Mass the altar will be stripped. Arrange for Altar Servers and greeters All leave in silence. There will be adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Lucy will contact Mary Kay to ask who will be in the chapel from 1-12. Adoration ends at Midnight.
Good Friday Liturgy on March 29, 2013…There will be NO opening and closing song. All enter and leave in silence. We will have the dramatic reading of the Passion of the Lord, 6 readers needed as before. Psalm 31: Father into your hands I commend my Spirit, will be sung. Services:
3:00 PM Msgr. Mike as the celebrant, Lucy and Kelly doing music
5:00 PM in Spanish, Fr. Martin as the celebrant, music: Rafael Moras Spanish group
7:00 PM in English, Fr. Martin as the celebrant, music by Brenda and Tony
Easter Vigil on Saturday, March 30, at 8:30 PM with the Service of Light. There are 7 Readings to choose 5 from on this night. Msgr. Mike will decide which readings we need to prepare. After each reading there is a corresponding responsorial psalm to be sung. We ordered 500 small candles for the Service of Light. Deacon Chris will set the fire. Fred, Sheila, and Darnell will be in charge of music.
Exsultet will be sung by Darnell. After the Gospel, there will be the Liturgy of Christian Initiation.
On Easter Sunday there is a regular Mass schedule with the traditional choir singing at one of the Masses in the morning. Second reading has two options, we need to check with a Deacon which one of those reading to prepare, or the best is for a lector to be ready for either. We also renew our Baptismal Promises at all Masses.
Teaching (Slow Motion) Mass for the First Communion on Saturday, March 2 at 10:00 AM. Msgr. Mike is the celebrant, Lucy and Kelly will do the music.
First Communion Mass on Saturday, April 13 at 11 AM, music will be done by Sheila/Kelly/Lucy.
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord has been transferred from Thursday to Sunday, May 12. Therefore, the Ascension of the Lord readings shall be used on that Sunday. Easter Season concludes with Pentecost Sunday on May 19.
Ministry UpdatesThere is a project to change the position numbers in a way so the positions are numbered in order from the left to the right wing of the church. Before implementing the change the meeting/training will be held for the Ministers of Communion. As of now, there is a lot of confusion among them because of the position #8, which happens to be in the middle of the church which no one can remember. The sign in books for these ministers and the lectors are being used. So far, we have dropped 3 Eucharistic Ministers off the schedule, after discovering they are no longer available to serve. The sign in book is designated to find the areas for improvement. As for now, Mass captains often tell the EM’s where to go. We need to recruit more Eucharistic Ministers, Greeters, Altar Servers, and Choir Members. The announcement will be made in the bulletin in order to find more volunteers, with the pulpit talk to follow soon after this…The Ministry list is in the process of update, and when ready, will be forwarded to our scheduler, Rick Stockstill, who will take care of scheduling EM’s, greeters, and Altar Servers. The lectors will still be scheduled by Jamie Briseno. Lucy is planning to obtain the list of the ministers serving the Spanish Masses, for reference and future training purposes.
Music Licenses All licenses have been renewed this year. Because almost everybody uses the songs licensed by CCLI, we consider dropping the extra licenses once they are found not being needed. It could be more economical to pay per the song reprint, when needed. The usage will be closely monitored. Lucy needs to be informed of all services at which music is to be utilized
Final Items Mary Giniewski mentioned that the new Communion cups started deteriorating due to improper purification process. She noticed that the wine is often left in the cups for longer time than necessary. Doug will take care of purification after 12 PM Mass. She also talked about the possibility of using the church funds to supplement the flower arrangements for the main altar. Kevin mentioned the arrangements need to be larger so we should go to the $100 size and we need a Flower Fund in the budget. The meeting was concluded with the Prayer led by Fr. Martin…OUR CHURCH VALUES YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CATHOLIC FAITH AND COMMUNITY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF TIME AND TALENT