St. Bernard's in Benton Harbor to host Chant Workshop

Chant for Beginners
An Introductory Gregorian Chant Workshop

St. Bernard Catholic Church in Benton Harbor will host this workshop on
Saturday, March 28th, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.

St. Bernard Catholic Church
555 E. Delaware
Benton Harbor, MI

The Workshop will include presentations on:
Reading Chant Notation History and Spirituality of Chant Some Fundamental Chants of the Roman Rite

Presenters

Fr. Rob Johansen, MA: Fr. Johansen has an extensive background in music, having studied voice, ‘cello, and conducting at the University of Illinois. He studied Chant at the Catholic University of America with Dr. Theodore Marier, and continued his Chant studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary under Calvert Shenk. He has degrees in Religious Studies, Classics, and Patristic Greek and Latin. He currently serves as Pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Dorr.



Fr. David Grondz, STB: Fr. David Grondz received his S.T.B. from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained to the Priesthood in 2006. Fr. Grondz has studied Chant for 13 years, and served as assistant organist at the Pontifical North American College. He is currently the Parochial Vicar of St. Mary Church, Kalamazoo, where he regularly celebrates the Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

Cost: $30.00 per person (includes lunch & copy of The Parish Book of Chant)

Co-sponsored by the Diocese of Kalamazoo: Office of Christian Worship, St. Philip Neri House,
and SS. John and Bernard Catholic Church.
For More Information Contact SS. John and Bernard Parish at (269) 925-2425