Source & Summit Launches to Help Parishes
Elevate the Liturgy as Mountaintop of Catholic Life
New Liturgical Organization Helps Post-Pandemic Parishes Propel Worship to the Peak
Source & Summit, a new Catholic software company that also publishes missals, hymnals, and other musical and liturgical resources, has launched to help parishes everywhere elevate the liturgy by placing the Mass and authentic liturgical prayer upon the mountaintop of Catholic life. Source & Summit places the riches of the liturgy at the fingertips of parish leaders through innovative tools, faithful liturgy and music resources, and reliable training to equip parishes for the success of the New Evangelization.
Founded by Catholic millennials, Source & Summit believes there is common confusion today about the purpose and meaning of the liturgy. Even with all of the right intentions, Mass can often turn into an evangelical, devotional, or catechetical event. Source & Summit recognizes the power of music for both personal devotion and for evangelization. The liturgy, however, transcends these realms and is meant to put Catholics in contact with heaven so as to be poured out as a font into the world to evangelize, disciple, teach, and give witness.
“There is no time today for liturgy wars. As a millennial, my generation isn’t interested in fighting the battles of 50 or more years ago that are no longer ours to fight, especially as we have watched 90 percent of our generation drift away from the Church,” says Adam Bartlett, founder and CEO of Source & Summit. “Our primary focus today has to be on mission. The liturgy is the source and the summit of the Church’s life and mission. That means that we need to celebrate it and participate in it as fully and fruitfully as possible so that we can be as invigorated as possible for the monumental task that lies before us.”
“In the liturgy, we encounter God in the flesh through all of our senses, and from there, we are enabled to go and make disciples of all nations,” reiterated Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS. “Source & Summit is helping the Church fulfill its mission by supporting parishes to celebrate the liturgy beautifully and faithfully, especially through music.”
As parishioners nationwide return to Mass post-pandemic and missals return to pews, many pastors, music directors, and parish administrative teams are reevaluating current practices and best approaches for their liturgies this fall. The new Source & Summit Missal and digital platform, available now, offer the customary components of an annual Catholic missal along with a treasure trove of musical riches aimed at drawing parishes more deeply into the life and mission of the Church.
“The Church is in a place of great vulnerability in which the status quo will no longer carry us forward,” states Bartlett. “It is also a time for great hope! Right now there is an opportunity for deep and lasting renewal that begins with each of us working together to elevate the liturgy in our parishes and in our lives. This new missal and digital platform are launching points further fueled by the National Eucharistic Revival recently called for by the USCCB.”
Every page of the Source & Summit Missal is meticulously designed to help parishes elevate the liturgy, while presenting the standard offerings of a missal, such as the Sunday readings and antiphons, daily Mass propers, and an Order of Mass. The heart of the missal, however, is its immense repertoire of antiphon settings as well as an expansive hymn library above and beyond the familiar hymns of past decades.
While elevating the liturgy is urgent, the task isn’t always simple. Like any effort, it requires vision, preparation, and the tools and resources to aid implementation. The Source & Summit Missal and digital platform were created specifically to meet parishes where they are and to assist them in this gradual effort over time. As part of the launch of the new missal, Source & Summit is offering webinars and training events this fall as a resource to Offices of Worship, pastors, and parish musicians. After more than a year of minimal or even in some cases no music at Mass at all, there is a great opportunity for deeper formation and to consider different approaches to parish liturgy and music programs.
The Source & Summit missal is currently available for pre-order. During the month of August, the digital platform will be offered for free for early adopters of the missal in an effort to help parishes be good stewards of their financial resources during this tumultuous period of recovery.
For more information on Source & Summit and their vision for liturgical renewal and the new missal, view a complete press kit here.
To request an interview with Adam Bartlett or Jethro Higgins, Director of Marketing, or to receive an electronic review copy of the new Source & Summit Missal, contact Carrie Kline.
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Source & Summit is a Catholic software company and publisher of missals, hymnals, and other musical and liturgical resources. The mission of Source & Summit is to help every Catholic parish elevate the liturgy.
