Display Title: Where Charity and Love Prevail (Donde Hay Amor y Caridad) First Line: Where charity and love prevail (Donde hay amor y caridad) Tune Title: CHRISTIAN LOVE Author: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997; Henry J. Rael, b. 1921 Meter: CM Date: 2013 Subject: Paschal Triduum | Thursday of the Lord's Supper; Triduo Pascual | Jueves Santo; Rites of the Church | Eucharist; Ritos de la Iglesia | Eucaristía; Amor de Dios para Nosotros | ; Love of God for Us | ; Amor Para Dios | ; Love for God | ; Amor Para Otros | ; Love for Others | ; Brotherhood and Sisterhood | ; Fraternidad y Hermandad | ; Canción | ; Song | ; Christian Life | ; Vida Cristiana | ; Diversidad | ; Diversity | ; Ecumenism | ; Ecumenismo | ; Holiness | ; Santidad | ; Preocupación Social | ; Social Concern | ; Presencia de Dios | ; Presence of God | ; Reconciliación | ; Reconciliation |
Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #591
Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one.
Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “stora… Go to person page >
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