National Association of Pastoral Musicians - Trenton Chapter

02/26/2026

Rest In Peace Robert V. Scara of Burlington County, NJ.
May the Angels lead you into Paradise Bob.
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10/01/2025

🚨 Something big is happening October 1! 🚨

For the first time ever, we’re opening an exclusive presale of just 100 registrations for the 2026 Convention!

Here’s why you don’t want to miss it:
✨ Only 100 spots are up for grabs—once they’re gone, they’re gone.
✨ Every membership level pays just $375—the absolute lowest price you’ll see for convention registration.
✨ Be among the very first to lock in your place at this landmark event.

The countdown is on: 9:00 a.m. ET on October 1, 2025, members will get the registration link by email. These will fly—so be ready to click fast!

06/03/2025

A Benedictine monk in medieval Italy, Guido of Arezzo, devised a groundbreaking method to teach and record music, transforming a once-oral tradition.

Guido, who lived from around 990 AD to 1050 AD, was a music theorist whose work would lay down the basics for Western musical notation.

Before his time, learning music, especially complex chants, meant hours of painstaking memorization, as songs were passed down mainly by ear.

Guido introduced a revolutionary system: a staff of four lines to represent musical pitches with much greater accuracy than older methods. 🎼

This meant melodies could be written down precisely, reducing the reliance on memory and standardizing how music was taught and shared across regions.

He also developed a system of syllables – ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la – for notes, making it easier for singers to learn and sight-read music more effectively.

These syllables were a precursor to the familiar "do-re-mi" scale we know today, a testament to his foundational contribution to music education.

Guido detailed many of his ideas in his influential treatise, the "Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae," which became a key text for music theory throughout the Middle Ages.

While the mnemonic device known as the "Guidonian Hand" is often associated with his name, historical evidence suggests it was likely developed by others after his lifetime.

Guido of Arezzo's innovations fundamentally changed the way music was composed, taught, and preserved, shaping the course of Western music for centuries to come. 📜

Sources: Britannica, Brown University research, Encyclopedia historical records

11/02/2024

November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray especially for those whom they have known and loved. The Holy Souls in purgatory died in the mercy of God, thus they are called "holy." However, because they still had attachment to sin at the time of their death, they must undergo the spiritual purification of their souls before they are able to fully love God with their whole heart, mind, and soul for all eternity. As they are nevertheless part of the communion of saints, they depend upon us to help ease their suffering and quickly advance them through their purification so that they can join the saints in heaven. Those in purgatory cannot pray for themselves, this is why they are also called "poor." They can no longer merit anything for themselves and rely entirely on living souls to pray and make sacrifices on their behalf.

May the Faithful departed rest in peace. 🙏🏽

11/01/2024

All Saints Day
On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs killed during those centuries of brutal persecution before Christianity was legalized. There were so many martyrs that a separate feast day could not be given to each one individually, yet, the Church did not want to leave any martyr without proper veneration. A common feast day developed and was usually celebrated in the Easter season. In the 8th century Pope Gregory III consecrated a chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica to all the saints and moved the feast day to November 1st. The feast of All Saints is a Holy Day of Obligation.

10/30/2024

Enjoy the holiday. 😉

10/09/2024

Let us pray for all who are suffering from the destruction from 2 major hurricanes. The people in North Carolina, as they try to recover from Helena, & the people of Florida as they face Milton. Let us pray for those who lost their lives, those who lost their homes & work, and those who still face another destructive storm. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

10/07/2024

October 7, 2024
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted following the Christian victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V, the "Pope of the Rosary," attributed the naval victory of the Catholic forces, who were greatly outnumbered, to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady was invoked on the day of battle through a papal campaign asking the faithful across Europe to pray the rosary for the triumph of the Church. In thanksgiving for the miraculous victory, Pope St. Pius V instituted a feast to be celebrated throughout the world every year on October 7th. Originally known as "Our Lady of Victory," the feast was changed to Our Lady of the Rosary to honor the spiritual weapon through which the Blessed Virgin Mary saved Catholic Europe from the threat of Muslim invasion.

09/23/2024

Quote of the Day
"You must speak to Jesus, not only with your lips, but also with your heart; actually, on certain occasions, you should speak with only your heart."
— Saint Padre Pio

09/05/2024

Quote of the Day
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
— St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

08/29/2024

Saint Anthony of Padua has a new home, here at the Co-Cathedral of St Robert. St. Anthony is in the Gathering area where parishioners collect food for Open Door. Besides finding lost keys & jewelry, the good Saint also gave bread to the poor. May St Anthony remind us to be grateful for what we have & generous with our blessings. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

08/23/2024

August 23, 2024
Saint Rose of Lima
Quote of the Day
"When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus."
— St. Rose of Lima