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 Susan has
devoted her entire adult life to music, most especially for the Church.
At 16 she joined her first folk choir and has served nearly nonstop ever
since. For the last 15 years, she has provided music with her guitar at
the
Family Mass at St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Westboro, MA. She
delights in sharing music as prayer with the congregation and enjoys
carefully choosing just the right song or hymn to match the theme of
that Sunday's liturgy.
Fr.
Stephen LaBaire, pastor,
St. Mary's Parish, Uxbridge, MA
says of Susan's ability as a liturgical music planner and presenter:
"I have
known Susan for over fourteen years in my capacity as
Parochial Vicar [formerly of
St.
Luke the Evangelist, Westborough, MA]. Susan is an
outstanding musician and person of great faith. Susan
brings her faith and her talents together in a variety
of ways in service to our parish community. She is both
musician and song leader at our 9:00AM Sunday Eucharist.
Over the years, she has planned and participated in
numerous special liturgies here at St. Luke’s. She is
highly esteemed by our parishioners for her
contributions to the liturgical life of the community."
 Susan
and her partner Kathleen currently lead music at random
5 pm Saturday masses and 6:30 pm Sunday masses at
St. Luke the Evangelist. Here is their schedule
through June:
- Sun., March 27,
9am
- Sun., April 7,
9am
- Sat., April 10,
5pm
- Sun., April 18,
6:30pm
- Sun, May 16,
6:30pm
- Sat., May 22,
5pm
- Sun., June 6,
6:30pm
- Sat., June 19,
5pm
In
1993, Susan felt a call to take her music to a deeper level and ventured
out from the church folk choir to concerts in the local, regional, and
eventually, national and international arenas. Appearances at
World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, multiple appearances on
CatholicTV,
EWTN and the
Catholic Family
Network are just some of the highlights.
As a songwriter, Susan
desired to share her music with a wider audience and thus released three CDs:
Teach Me to Love (2000), Wait with Me: Advent of
the Promised Son (2002) and Mater Dei (2004).
Combining her writing and graphic arts skills with music, she shared her
devotion to the rosary with her most ambitious 2008 release, the Mary, Queen of Peace Meditation Guide & Sung
Rosary. This project features a totally sung rosary on CD and a scriptural rosary
contained in a 48-page full color booklet illustrated with icons,
stained glass windows and paintings.
Convinced that music touches the heart
and leads
people closer to Christ, Susan continues to share her musical talents
with anyone and everyone.
You can listen to her music here.
Actress and Public
Speaker Linda Gray Kelley,
Theatre Rising
says of Susan's presentation:
"The
interdenominational audience embraced her and her
original music as well as the classics in worship music.
Not only does Susan educate and inspire via her music
programs but her commentary on the music is entertaining
and informative. Her heartfelt prayer-like expression is
conducive to meditation, and her musicianship using
guitar and pre-recorded tracks allows her to deliver a
studio-quality performance." |
