A festschrift in honor of Rev. Virgil Funk, founder and president emeritus of NPM, The Song of the Assembly gathers 23 thought-provoking new essays on music in the liturgy. Contributors include noted liturgists, composers and clergy, among them Nathan Mitchell, Benedictine Fathers Columba Kelly and Anthony Ruff, J. Michael McMahon and Bob Hurd.

Each essay takes as its starting point a particular Church document on music and liturgy published in the past 100 years. The latest release in the Studies in Church Music and Liturgy series from Pastoral Press, the book will be released in summer 2007 on the occasion of Virgil Funk's 70th birthday.

ISBN 978-1-56929-077-4 [112 pp, 6 x 9, softcover]

Surname	Name
Colombari	Bari Colombari
Prendergast	Michael Prendergast

"A snapshot of ... liturgical music renewal in North America."
--Rev. Jan Michael Joncas, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

"I congratulate OCP for publishing The Song of the Assembly: Pastoral Music in Practice. In honoring Virgil Funk, you are recognizing one who single-handedly helped make music come alive in all our parishes."
--Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Richmond, VA