Dane commented that over the years some people have commented on how to pray the psalms based on their experience in a community or parish some people like the variety and others claimed they weren’t following the Church’s prayer. As you listen to the podcast you will hear a variety of styles for praying the psalms – sung, spoken, and responsorial. You can also see the printed text of the prayer. It also includes some resources for the Office of the Dead and the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours. You can download the audio for the Invitatory, Office of Readings, and Morning Prayer, part of Daytime Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer. What types of resources are on the website? When the iPhone was released it opened up some new possibilities and they introduced an app. At one point, they were the number one download on the iTunes. The group soon realized that the social media market and the networks were different and that the audience is the one who promotes the product. Christine acknowledged that all of this was possible because of Dane’s company and the resources he could provide. They saw this as the Church’s prayer and wanted everyone to have access to it and learn about it. “Wouldn’t it be cool if people were to put this on their iPod as they go to work,” Dane said. Ultimately, they wanted to get people praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Some of the music used comes from our own Madeleine Choir School.Īt first, they were only online, but as the iPod and other technologies developed, they envisioned more possibilities for this project. They started out reciting the text and eventually began to incorporate sung hymns and psalms. At first, they struggled to stay ahead, but now they record, in some cases, a week or two in advance. The sense of community came from the comments, suggestions, and request of the listeners.ĭane’s company, Surgeworks provides the space and equipment to produce these podcasts. Because of its popularity, Christine stated, “the group decided to look at Easter.” During the season of Easter that first year, they focused on Sundays as a way to help the neophytes during the period of mystagogy.Ĭommunity began to be developed as more and more people began to download the material and use the website. His mindset changed as the project evolved and realized that there was a type of community forming between those who downloaded the material. Greg also stated some concerns that this somehow wasn’t liturgy and that the project could proceed because it was just a tool for catechizing people about the Liturgy of the Hours. “Again, our intention was to teach people how to maneuver the book,” Greg said. The group started with podcasts for Morning Prayer on Fridays during the season of Lent about four years ago. we were going to just put out a few examples of how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours.” Greg said, “We set off to teach people how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Eventually the group wanted something a little more consistent, which was designed to help those in the RCIA or the newly baptized learn how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. They didn’t know each other, but Greg drew them in to help record material for a website designed to help catechumens and candidates to further explore topics discussed in the local parish’s RCIA gatherings. They didn’t set out with the mission to record the Office for people to pray. Below follows a summary of our conversation.Īs I began the interview, the group quickly decided that their common connection was Greg. The people behind this wonderful ministry are: Dane Falkner, Denise Winters, Greg Pedroza, and Christine Sharer. I was very excited to learn that this project has its roots right here in Salt Lake City. Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with the folks at to discuss how they got started and what the future holds for them.
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