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As I have said several times, the one hour presentation by Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan was a conference on its own. By the time we got here, I think they were up to warp speed. CWB II 134-139 has … Continue reading →

The talk from Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan continued with Anointing of the Sick. The handout directed us to CWB II 124-129: 124 Useful explanatory summary of the sacrament 125 Blessed be God who heals us (text ICEL, music Jeanne … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan continued their swing through road tested songs for sacraments with songs for penitential rites. Again, they note the suitable songs from CWB II: 120 Forgive our sins as we forgive Text: Rosamund Herklots Music: BELMONT … Continue reading →

The next piece in Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan’s presentation related to Eucharist and First Eucharist in particular. They pointed to CWB II 115-118 which is: 115 Jesus calls us to his table (Jennifer O’Brien) 116 Jesus, you are bread … Continue reading →

When the handout got to confirmation, they don’t mention CWB II’s selections this time but it won’t hurt to go through them. My copy of CWB II has an awful lot of penciled in approximate chords here. In its defence, … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan’s session kicked off with songs for baptism. In the workshop notes they mention the songs from CWB II that are recommended 99-107 – actually 97 as well, so for completeness. 97 Up from the waters … Continue reading →

This was the title of easily the most useful presentation that I attended at the recent APMN conference. It was run by Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan and it was basically advice for parish music liturgy teams on what works. … Continue reading →

Sarah Hart was at the APMN conference this year and was a sparkling asset. I will catch up with a few of the sings she sang that I haven’t yet blogged soon. For now, there is this one that has … Continue reading →

One of the highlights of any APMN conference is the conference mass. Even if you don’t attend the conference, if one turns up in your city go to the mass. When everyone in the assembly is a musician or singer … Continue reading →

I have already blogged this when I did Gather 3, but I noticed my previous parish was using it for Advent this year so I made a new backing for fun. It is by Kathy Powell and based on the … Continue reading →