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.

Bob’s articles have appeared in Worship, Liturgy, Celebration, Liturgical Ministry and Today’s Liturgy. He has been a contributor to two books: That They Might Have Life: Power, Empowerment and Leadership in the Church (Crossroads, 1991) and The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality (Michael Downey/Liturgical Press). He has a doctorate from De Paul University in Chicago.

Bob lives in San Jose, California, with his wife, Pia Moriarty, who has collaborated with him on much of his bilingual music.