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Show parish pride with your font photo on NPM Facebook
As we kick off the 2020 convention, which focuses on the sacrament of baptism, we’d like to help members connect to the theme—and, as always, to each other. Tis month, we are offering the opportunity to share your community's baptismal font with NPM members at large, via our NPM national Facebook page. Stay tuned to social media. Your photos could even be featured at the Louisville convention!
World Library Publications becomes division of GIA Publications
Two longtime Catholic music publishers and NPM business partners have joined forces. Effective January 2, World Library Publications (WLP) is now a division of GIA Publications. GIA announced the merger last month.
“We are humbled by the opportunity to build on the legacy of World Library Publications,” said GIA president Alec Harris. “We are committed to being dedicated stewards of this truly great liturgical music catalog, as well as of the wonderful composers that WLP represents.”
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Omer Westendorf founded World Library Publications in 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as World Library of Sacred Music. In 1971, the J.S. Paluch Company acquired WLP. Today, the company produces choral music, music collections and songbooks, recordings, books, resources for the RCIA, and artwork. WLP also provides clinicians for workshops and choral reading sessions.
“Te legacy of WLP will continue to enhance the singing and praying Catholic Church as part of GIA,” said Mary Lou Rafferty, owner of World Library Publications. “I am so grateful and proud of the quality and richness World Library Publications has shared with the Catholic Church for almost 50 years as the music and liturgy division of J.S. Paluch.
GIA continues to be a leader in church music and liturgical music publishing and is a recognized publisher of innovative music education resources, including a growing catalog of music for school and community choirs.
According to GIA Senior Managing Editor Kate Williams, the subscription services provided by WLP will continue without disruption.
Founded in 1941, GIA Publications, Inc. is a family- owned company with more than 10,000 choral and
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