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Today is week 3 of a 4-week mini-series, focusing on The Singing Priest. Last week we heard from Nicholas Will, a replay episode from January 2020 when he was the Director of Music for the North American Pontifical College in Rome. Today we hear from Fr. Michael Stumpf, Pastor of Mary, Queen of Peace Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fr. Stumpf speaks to us today about the relationship between clergy and music minister: how can it be strengthened, and what can it do for the liturgy? Fr. Michael also discusses the daunting task of learning the Exsultet for Easter Vigil. This is a great episode to forward to your pastor, deacon or other clergy team member.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Simply Liturgical Music. Click the show notes to learn more and to access an exclusive offer just for Ministry Monday listeners!

Last week on Ministry Monday we started a mini-series focusing on The Singing Priest. Last week we heard from Fr. Ricky Manalo on the first episode that inspired this mini-series! This week we’re hearing one more replay episode on this topic. In January 2020 I spoke to Nicholas Will, who was the Director of Music for the North American Pontifical College in Rome. Nick has great experience with developing the singing voice of clergy, and that’s where our conversation takes us today.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Simply Liturgical Music. Click the show notes to learn more and to access an exclusive offer just for Ministry Monday listeners!

Starting this week we are introducing a multi-episode series focusing on this exact topic. For the next several weeks, Ministry Monday is offering a series on The Singing Priest: how to encourage singing with clergy; providing resources for clergy to develop confidence in their singing for things like the Exsultet at Easter Vigil; and, of course, developing the relationship between us as pastoral musicians, and the clergy that lead and guide us all.

We’re starting the Singing Priest series with an episode from the Ministry Monday archives. It was the most popular episode of 2018 here on the podcast, and it’s a great place to start.