![]() ![]() The final deadline to submit to the 2023 program is Sunday, Septemat 11:59 PM PST. The discounted ‘Early Bird’ deadline to enter is Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 11:59 PM PST (at which point submission prices increase). Kate Scanlon is a national reporter for OSV News covering Washington. We are now accepting original song entries to the 2023 NewSong Music Competition, presented by Citizen Vinyl. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful,” she said, “to discover these new evangelists who use music as their medium of conveying the message?” Santos told OSV News she hopes the contest might help open doors to Catholics who want to pursue music as a vocation. More information, including guidelines and submission instructions, is available at /musicalcompetition. Submissions are being accepted through April 21, with winners announced June 9. “Beauty is the mark of a loving God, and we are excited to see creative expressions from talented Catholic artists that embrace the beauty of Christ and give new light, color, and voice to the truths of our faith,” he said. Tim Glemkowski, executive director of the National Eucharistic Congress, said in a statement that the contest “is just the beginning of a number of initiatives on the horizon for the Revival in 2023 that celebrate the beauty and mystery of the Eucharist.” They will be considered by a panel of judges, including representatives from Oregon Catholic Press, the Society for Catholic Liturgy, Source and Summit, the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, and GIA Publications/World Library Publications. Submissions will be judged on “poetry, musicality, creativity, theological and doctrinal soundness, beauty, appropriateness for liturgical use, and expression of the mission of the Eucharistic Revival (as applicable),” the announcement stated. A $25 entry fee per submission will offset some logistics-related expenses, such as travel costs for volunteer judges, Santos said. Winning composers will receive a $2,500 cash prize. A winning submission in each category is expected to be featured at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, as well as at diocesan Eucharistic Revival events. bishops said they are seeking submissions for hymns and a theme song. Santos said music can help the faithful carry the mystery of the Eucharist “with us in our hearts and in our heads.” It was prompted by studies showing that only 30-40 percent of Catholics profess that belief, and that only 15 percent of Catholics go to Mass every Sunday. bishops to increase the Catholic understanding of and devotion to Jesus’ real presence in Eucharist. Launched last year, the National Eucharistic Revival is a three-year campaign by the U.S. “If you think back in the Old Testament, David danced and the Israelites sang their praises.” The people of God have always sung, she said. Throughout the ages, music has been a beautiful way of “expressing our faith,” she said. (CNS photo/Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post) 8, 2022, during a bistate eucharistic procession. Zinkula of Davenport, Iowa, carries the monstrance with the Eucharist over the Mississippi River on Government (Arsenal) Bridge from Davenport to Rock Island, Ill., Oct. ![]()
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