Keeping the song of faith alive in our parishes
It’s probably fair to say that long before COVID-19 came along, there were some real challenges facing music ministry in many of our parishes. For… Read More →
011 ~ BBC Sunday Service Broadcast Replay [PODCAST]
This episode features a replay of Mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year C. It was broadcast live on BBC Radio… Read More →
12 Days of Christmas Playlist 2021
After four weeks of Advent, it can sometimes be difficult to sustain the 12 Days of Christmas all the way through to the great feast of… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for the Season of Christmas
Christmas is more than a day – it’s a season. It seems to be a bit of a challenge to celebrate Christmas for the duration of… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year B (Part III)
After Eastertide and the great mid-year Solemnities of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi, we have some 20 weeks or so of Ordinary Time. In… Read More →
Taste and See Guitar Tutorial [Video]
The ostinato-style Communion processional song, Taste and See was written by the CJM team one Easter week during the Celebrate Conference at Ilfracombe. It debuted during one of… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year B (Part II)
After Eastertide and the great mid-year Solemnities of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi, we have some 20 weeks or so of Ordinary Time. In… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Eastertide, Year B
The 50 days of Eastertide from Easter Sunday to the feast of Pentecost are a time of great joy. We celebrate our encounters with the Risen Christ as “one great Sunday“. Given… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year B (Part I)
We follow Jesus’ early ministry in the weeks of Ordinary Time between Christmastide and the beginning of Lent. In Year B, we begin in John’s… Read More →
010 Longing for the Light ~ with David Wells [Podcast]
In this episode Jo Boyce is back with author, speaker and catechist David Wells to reflect on our longing for light in the darkness. In… Read More →
Give the gift of music with these Special Advent Offers
As we continue to accustom ourselves to living during a pandemic, this Advent and Christmas will be like none we’ve experienced before. In an effort… Read More →
Hail Mary Guitar Tutorial [Video]
In this video tutorial Jo Boyce shares a few useful guitar tips and techniques for playing the very popular setting of Hail Mary from the Boyce &… Read More →
Sustaining Parish Music Ministry in a Pandemic [Online Workshop]
We need to get on with the work of reimagining parish music ministry for this pandemic era. Or simply resign ourselves to music groups and… Read More →
The Lesson of Autumn and the Pattern of Creation [Reflection]
There’s something very powerful about the Autumn season. The colours are breath-takingly rich and beautiful. And yet, there seems so much dying and decaying as… Read More →
Sunday Service on BBC Local Radio with Jo Boyce ~ Replay
Jo Boyce led the Sunday Service broadcast on all 39 BBC Local Radio Stations on Sunday 27th September. It was a service whose theme of Faith… Read More →
009 An Open Door to Music Ministry with Tom Bonard [Podcast]
In this episode Jo Boyce will be talking to Tom Bonard of Crossbeam about the evolution of his music ministry and song-writing. In a season… Read More →
