Short Name: | Robert J. Batastini |
Full Name: | Batastini, Robert J., 1942- |
Birth Year: | 1942 |
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/
Hymnals by Robert J. Batastini (10)![]() | As | Publication Year |
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Gather Comprehensive | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 1994 |
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 2004 |
Hymnal Supplement 1991 | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 1991 |
Hymns for the Gospels | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 2001 |
Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 2012 |
RitualSong: a hymnal and service book for Roman Catholics | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 1996 |
Santo, Santo, Santo: cantos para el pueblo de Dios = Holy, Holy, Holy: songs for the people of God | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 2019 |
Singing Our Faith: a hymnal for young Catholics | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 2001 |
Worship (3rd ed.) | Robert J. Batastini (Editor) | 1986 |
Worship, a Complete Hymnal and Mass Book for Parishes | Robert Batastini (Editor) | 1971 |