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Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Translator of "Parce Domine" in Gather (3rd ed.)

Frank Schoen

Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Composer (Antiphon) of "[Create in me a clean heart]" in Gather (3rd ed.)

James Chepponis

b. 1956 Person Name: James J. Chepponis Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Composer (Antiphon) of "[I will rise and go to my father]" in Gather (3rd ed.)

Michael Joncas

b. 1951 Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Composer (refrain) of "[A sacrifice you accept, O God]" in Gather (3rd ed.)

b. 1942 Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Arranger (refrain) of "[A sacrifice you accept, O God]" in Gather (3rd ed.) Robert J. Batastini is the retired vice president and senior editor of GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago. Bob has over fifty-five years of service in pastoral music ministry, having served several parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago and one in the Diocese of Joliet. He served as executive editor and project director for the Worship hymnals (three editions), Gather hymnals (three editions), Catholic Community Hymnal, and as executive editor of RitualSong. In 1993 he became the first recipient of the Father Lawrence Heimann Citation for lifetime contribution to church music and liturgy in the U.S., awarded by St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and was named "Pastoral Musician of the Year-2000" by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). At its 2006 conference, he was named a Fellow of the Hymn society in the United States and Canada. In his retirement he is active in the music ministry of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Holland, MI. Nancy Naber, from www.giamusic.com/bios/