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    Tag: music ministry

    Survivor Story: Kateri Lirio

    “The hardest part was feeling that my church community didn’t fight for my heart.” Kateri Lirio, 34, recently graduated with her Master of Arts in Teaching degree.…… Read more “Survivor Story: Kateri Lirio”

    June 21, 2022June 22, 2022 by Erin ODonnell

    Survivor Story: After My Experience with David Haas, I Can’t Sing His Music

    Margaret Hillman was 12 years old when she joined the choir at her parish in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Within a few years, she began serving as a cantor, leading the congregation during Mass. And liturgical music became a family affair; Hillman’s mother soon joined the choir Read more

    October 14, 2020October 19, 2021 by Erin ODonnell

    News About Composer David Haas Grows Worse, and Victim-Survivors Ask for a Ban on His Music

    Warning: This post includes explicit details of sexual abuse. The news about Catholic composer David Haas has grown increasingly troubling. As we shared in August, the organization…… Read more “News About Composer David Haas Grows Worse, and Victim-Survivors Ask for a Ban on His Music”

    October 6, 2020December 3, 2020 by Erin ODonnell

    Should We Sing David Haas’s Songs After He’s Been Accused of Sexual Abuse?

    If you’ve attended a Catholic liturgy sometime in the last three decades, chances are that you’ve heard or sung a composition by David Haas. His songs include “We Are Called,” “Blest Are They,” “You Are Mine,” “Holy Is Your Name,” and “We Have Been Told,” to name just Read more

    August 4, 2020July 9, 2021 by Erin ODonnell

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