Composers & Authors
The OCP family of composers and authors includes many of the best-known, most beloved liturgical composers, contemporary songwriters, authors and event presenters in the Church today. Hailing from all parts of the world, from England, Canada and Spain to Australia, Latin America and the U.S., they combine decades of pastoral ministry experience with incredible artistic gifts.
Bob Hurd
Bob Hurd has served as a teacher, composer and liturgist in various pastoral and academic settings, including the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California, the Graduate Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University and St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, California. His liturgical music is published by OCP and is featured in numerous hymnals in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia.
Grayson Warren Brown
Grayson is now dividing his time between writing, composing and traveling the country giving workshops, speaking at conventions and conducting parish missions. His down-to-earth approach to liturgy and Scripture, coupled with his dynamic speaking style, has made him one of the most sought-after presenters in the United States today.
Genevieve Glen, OSB
Genevieve Glen, OSB, is a Benedictine nun at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado, and a highly regarded author, poet and composer of hymn texts. As prioress of the community, she is responsible for creating an education curriculum for the women in formation, to be staffed by herself and a number of the nuns qualified to teach.
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Mary Jo Tully is the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, and the former director of religious education for the Archdiocese of Chicago. The first laywoman to fill the chancellor position, she is the author of a major Catholic religious education textbook series, a weekly column for the Catholic Sentinel (the weekly newspaper for the Archdiocese of Portland/Diocese of Baker), and The Catholic Catechist's Companion. She continues to write and lecture on the subject of catechetics.
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