This week is our first podcast episode during the Lenten season. We are walking our Lenten journey, and we are helping others alongside as well. From music to prayer services, to Triduum preparations and everything in between, we are truly and engrossed and living this Lenten season.
Amidst all of our work, how much time have we committed to truly, deeply walking alongside the RCIA candidates in our parishes?
That is the topic of our conversation today.
Today I have the great honor & opportunity to speak with Fr. Paul Turner, pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri. He is also the director for the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Fr. Paul and I talked about the RCIA, in all of its subtleties and depth, and how we as pastoral musicians can be a part of that journey as well.
Fr. Paul speaks to us from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri.
SHOW NOTES
Fr. Paul Turner’s website houses an abundance of resources for liturgists. You can check out his website here. You can also check out his blog here.
Here is the description of Fr. Paul’s Opening Plenum Address for the NPM 2020 National Convention:
Initiation and Paschal Mystery: Death to New Life
Those who minister in the field of Christian Initiation derive great satisfaction from accompanying believers on their journey of faith toward the Catholic Church. But why is dying and rising part of this experience? Can't we just focus on welcoming, and not on the paschal mystery - whatever that is?
Fr. Paul Turner- Bio
Paul Turner is pastor of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri. A priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, he holds a doctorate in sacred theology from Sant’ Anselmo in Rome.
His publications include Guide for Celebrating Confirmation (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2016), Whose Mass Is It? (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2016), and Pastoral Companion to the Roman Missal (Franklin Park: World Library Publications, 2010). He is a regular contributor to Worship magazine’s “The Amen Corner”. He is a former President of the North American Academy of Liturgy, a member of Societas Liturgica and the Catholic Academy of Liturgy. He is a recipient of the Jubilate Deo Award (National Association of Pastoral Musicians) and the Frederick McManus Award (Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions). He serves as a facilitator for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and as the Ecumenical Officer for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
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