I think it’s safe to say that 2020 has been going differently than many of us had expected. And as we at the National office have felt the shift. But we aren’t complaining. While it’s been a rollercoaster to convert our programming to reflect the COVID-19 pandemic and social change, we aren’t complaining one bit.
Today on the podcast I speak to Steve Petrunak and Berta Sabrio. Steve is the President of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and Berta Sabrio is the Vice President of Programming and Planning for NPM. Steve, Berta and I sat down and reflected on the ways NPM has changed in the last 3 months, and how this is only a starting point for the association. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee and sit with us as we reflect on the next steps for NPM.
SHOW NOTES
We invite you to join this incredible panel of educators, speakers and ministers for “The Welcome Table: Who’s Welcome and Whose Table?” tonight at 7 pm ET here on our YouTube channel.
In this time of pandemic and protest, we will consider issues of racial justice in the Catholic Church. Who is welcome, and how are they welcomed? Whose table is it? What can we, as ministers of the Church, do to learn, grow, and connect across heritage and tradition?
Our panel for tonight’s conversation is:
Fr. Steve Bell, Associate Director of Newman Hall – Holy Spirit Parish, the Catholic campus ministry for the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Kathleen Dorsey, Adjunct Professor at Xavier University of Louisiana
Ms. Lynne' Gray, Music Ministry Director at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Washington, D.C.; Chair, NPM African-American Musicians Interest Section
Dr. Kim Harris, Assistant Professor of African American Thought and Practice in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
Mr. M. Roger Holland II, Composer and Teaching Assistant Professor in Music and Religion and Director of The Spirituals Project at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
Ms. Valerie Lee-Jeter, Teacher of Theology at Mercy Career and Tech High School, as well as coordinator of liturgies and special events for the school.
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