Press Reviews

Chicago IL - "Planning good liturgies isn't always easy. Let's face it; although studies show that pastors want good liturgies, not every one is good at it. USP has talked with many pastors who privately admit that organizing good liturgy is one of the hardest parts of their jobs. There's help. Lots of it. USP suggests The Liturgy Planner, published by Liturgy House Publications in Portland, Oregon. Here's a magazine that takes you by the hand with weekly liturgies planned to the last detail. It's ideal for the music minister too." US PARISH

San Jose, CA - "The issues are easy to follow and contain more resources than one would expect for the subscription price. Pastors and liturgy committees not need a homily outline will find material here to expand their ideas and adaptations for deeper liturgy." MINISTRY AND LITURGY

Chicago, IL - "Many publishers provide a companion periodical which makes reference to each publisher's songs. THE LITURGY PLANNER is unique because it provides a range of songs from many publishers. With THE LITURGY PLANNER you get good ideas from an independent source, above all, you can get a wide variety of appropriate hymns and Psalms, Sunday after Sunday. Another good feature of The Liturgy Planner is its regular inclusion of the full score of some choral material, so you can get a sampling of what's available. Especially for choir directors, this feature in valuable and important." PARISH LITURGY

LETTERS FROM OUR SUBSCRIBER

Venice, FL - "In my work planning the music for our parish, cathedral, and diocesan functions, as well as our diocesan weekly television Mass series - I have come to rely on your magazine as the primary source. In total I subscribe to and use seven Liturgy/Music planning guides (including the Sourcebook).
Some of the areas I find yours the most valuable are:
- completeness: you obviously research every source available
- fairness: your recommendations give no preferentials for composer or publisher - just the best possible choices
- the other valuable articles contained in each issue - so on-target for the needs of all pastoral musicians
- the interesting music samples contained in each issue: again, it seems, giving equal treatment to all publishers
Your liturgy planner is destined to become the most relied upon tool of most pastoral planners in the country." George Goebel

Kamloops, BC - "Thank you for your past excellent service. The planner has helped me immensely in preparing music for Sunday services." Tina Vigna