Catholic Education Podcast: Ep. 002

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Show Notes

On this episode:

1. We explore the permeation of faith within the Music Education? What are some strategies and tips that can help bring about permeation? 
2. How can we build relationships between parishes and schools?

This episode is hosted by Daniel Yaretz and Lance Rosen, with special guest Chris Hartman 

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Segment 1

Segment 2

• Permeate faith into anything you do
• Best ear training and to teach simple two part harmony is through church music (5:37)
• Invitations to participate
  
• Among your peers (strength in numbers)
  
• Church music offers more breadth to teach harmony due to the close harmonies such as a third or fifth
  
• Have students listen to the music, sing them the melody then sing them the harmony (Jesus Jams)  
  
• Worship music is like praying twice – deeper connection
  
• Music doesn’t just identify culture, but also identifies feelings, interests, emotions, and beliefs (religion or faith)
  
• Take the time to reflect on what the curriculum wants you to teach
  
• Be eclectic in your approach and you delivery and know your audience
  
• Well planned leads to reading the situation for that day (more self aware)
  
• Learning becomes real when talking about faith
  
• Make the faith their own through music. Example: Teach them what a psalm is all about, King David history – earliest songwriter)
  
• These lyrics you’re singing is older than Jesus Christ and there is a reason why we still sing it today. It’s about uniting your voice with King David to praise God.
  
• Choose music that is based on the readings or theme of the mass!
  
• Explain what this is be it the Eucharist etc.
  
• Make them more exposed to the Church's teachings through music – explain to them the mass
  
• It needs to be special in presentation – I hope your not doing this for attention you are representing your peers,
  
• Pick your moments to bring to heart
  
• Conversation about our voices join the angels in heaven
  
• Death has no power over our family – uniting our praise for the Lord
  
• Planting seeds
  
• Engagement is by getting students to love what they are singing and connect melodically
  
• Identify with the melody so that they can harmonize with it and also identify with the words
  
• Once hooked introduce things that are more rich
  
• Meet the kids were there at especially when it comes to church music
  
• Internalize what they are singing
  
• Come up with different strategies to have with it
  
• Once they realize how good they sound it takes it to a whole new depth of meaning for them (it becomes their own)

• Meet them where they’re at
• So perhaps bring in the clergy to connect with your music group
• Develop a link to the parish
• Communication with pastor
• Invite them (priest) into your classroom
• Introduce them to the other parts of the mass to draw them closer to the Church
• Record cd’s with students
• Invite them to sing the psalm to get them introduce to the life of the Church
• Leads to self motivation to be a part of the parish
• The role of a Catholic educator is to live your faith - be active in your parish and be a role model
• Be present as a catholic educator
• If you don’t’ live it you are falling short as a Catholic educator
• Make yourself visible

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Special thanks to:
The Yaretz Family for the use of the space.​
Chris Hartman

Music: Dance - Bensound.com

*The views expressed in this podcast are the views of the individual hosts. The hosts are not speaking on behalf of any particular school, school division, or educational institution.