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We’re back! Ministry Monday returns after a summer haitus with new episodes! We’ve prepared a fall season of great episodes with topics on, of course, music, ministry, and liturgy. This week Dr. Dan Girardot (Associate Director of the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston) discusses the practical, prayerful, and other musical considerations for cantors ministering in larger-than-normal Masses. Whether it's Christmas Eve, a large funeral or wedding, or a Confirmation Mass, Dan reflects on the changes cantors can anticipate and best serve the liturgy (and its faithful) at hand.
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Bio: Dr. Dan Girardot
Dr. Daniel Girardot, Associate Director of the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, has over four decades of experience in the pastoral practice of liturgy, music, and spiritual formation. Dan holds a BMEd from University of Texas, an MA in Theology (Liturgical Studies) from University of Notre Dame, and a Doctor of Ministry (Liturgical Catechesis/Spirituality) from Catholic University of America. His post-graduate studies are in choral conducting at Westminster Choir College and in Spiritual Direction. Dan is an adjunct professor of liturgy and music for the M.A.L.M. program at Alverno College, and for Assumption Seminary/ Mexican American Catholic College. Dan was a Chapter Director and served NPM in the past on the Board of Directors of the DMMD, the national Cantor Steering Committee, and is on the Membership Forum. He served on the Board of Directors of the SWLC for years, and is a retreat director, clinician for cantor and choirs, author, and consultant for parishes and dioceses in liturgical ministry and spiritual formation. Dan and his beloved wife Ann Marie serve in ministry music together, and thank God for their grandchildren, their three inspiring adult children and their loved ones. Dan strives to offer a voice of joy and hope for pastoral musicians that can give spiritual insight and theological clarity to their faith and ministry experience.
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