#121: The Landscape of Our Association (with Meg Matuska and Christopher Ferraro)

#121: The Landscape of Our Association (with Meg Matuska and Christopher Ferraro)

Today on the episode I speak to Meg Matuska. Meg is the Vice Chair for the NPM Board of Directors as well as Director of Music Ministries at Communion of Saints Parish in Cleveland, Ohio. After our first episode with Joe Bazyouros regarding NPM 2.0, we’ve had a lot of questions about the process. “What about chapters?” “Is this already set in stone?” “When can I expect changes to take place?” Meg and I sit down and dig a little deeper intohe process that NPM is undergoing for our future as an association.

After speaking with Meg, I wanted to know more about the regions that she mentioned. How were they crafted for NPM? What was the logic behind them? Why are they important? And so I called Christopher Ferraro to discuss them. Chris sits on the Board of Directors for the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, or FDLC. He shed some light on the regions and their origins.

#119: The Nuts and Bolts of Ministry (with Patrick Nisbet and Patti Such)

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?