Today on the podcast we discuss The Nuts and Bolts of Ministry. All of us are encountering our ministerial responsibilities through a different lens at this time. Many of us are working from home, and have limited access to the liturgy planning committees- and physical resources- that we normally have. What’s more, our parishioners are experiencing our parish differently at this time as well. With our numbers drastically reduced in many places due to COVID-19, our parishioners are not experiencing ministry from the pews. And the ministers that are usually our anchors for ministry are unable to attend.

What do we do? How do we plan? Are there opportunities for growth at this time?

Today on the podcast I speak to Damaris Thillet. Damaris is the Director for the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

Today Damaris and I talk about the pastoral needs she tends to in her Diocese, both before and during this time of special ministerial circumstances due to COVID-19. She helps us all consider the needs of those we cannot reach with technology. How do they feel included in a parish community when our access to one another is limited?

Today on the podcast I chat with Joe Bazyouros. Joe is on the core team for NPM 2.0, and is also the Director of Music at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California. It’s been a year since NPM 2.0 was introduced to us at the 2019 National Convention in Raleigh. What has changed? What can we expect?