As many of you might know (and many of you might not), things in the NPM office have been moving in a different direction than we would have anticipated a year ago. 2 weeks ago we were proud to announce that we’ve converted this year’s annual convention to a virtual convention! While we all would prefer to meet in-person, we are the most concerned about the health and safety of all involved. For this reason, we will gather this year in a virtual setting.
As we prepare for our Virtual Convention, we wanted to provide even more value and resource to our podcast listeners. For this reason, we are offering you the first listen of an excerpt of a Mega Breakout scheduled for this year’s convention. Today we hear from Sister Sandra DeMasi, a Sister of Saint Joseph serving as a pastoral associate for liturgy at Saint Rose of Lima Parish in Short Hills, New Jersey. Today Sister Sandy shares a 10-minute excerpt of her Mega Breakout, titled, “Christians are Made, Not Born!” After that excerpt, I ask Sister Sandy about the pastoral considerations we all need to be taking into account in the midst of what will become our new “normal”, as a Church. I’ll indicate this change away from the Mega Breakout conversation with a moment of music in between the recording.
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Bio: Sandra DeMasi, SSJ
Sandra DeMasi, SSJ, is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, PA. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education from Chestnut Hill College, a master’s degree in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a D.Min in Liturgy and Catechesis from the Catholic University of America. Sister DeMasi has worked in education at the elementary school, college, and graduate levels. She has been an adjunct professor of liturgy at Felician College, Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall, St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie, NY, and Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, NY. Sister DeMasi served for 13 years as the Director of the Office of Worship in the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ. She worked as a visiting consultant and writer on the Christian Initiation of Older Children to the Presentation of Texts Committee of International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). She has published articles for Modern Liturgy, Living Light, and Catechumenate Magazine.
Sister DeMasi has presented numerous workshops in liturgy and children, forming children in the liturgical year, the catechumenate adapted for catechetical age children, and liturgy and catechesis. She has presented at NCEA, CASE, and the National Conference of Catholic Cemeteries. She is an active member of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions where she served on the board of directors for a number of years. She was a consultant for RCL Benziger Religion Publishers. Currently, Sister DeMasi serves as pastoral associate for liturgy at Saint Rose of Lima Parish, Short Hills, NJ.
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