E. Louis Canter, OEF
E. Louis Canter, OEF, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He most recently was the Pastoral Associate at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lakeland Florida.
While Louis is focused on parish ministry, he gives workshops throughout the United States on topics related to music and worship. He also gives parish missions and concerts. He is involved with interfaith dialogue and has participated in conferences and concerts related to peace efforts and praise and worship. He is a sought-after accompanist and vocalist for numerous Christian artists. His bilingual
ability gives him freedom to work within the Spanish speaking community.
His work, Requiem for the Innocents, will have a huge impact on the pro-life movement and is a voice of hope and reconciliation for those who have had abortions. His new CD As the Deer Thirsts is a collection of his music focusing on peace, healing, and wholeness.
You can contact Louis at: franciscanministryofpeace@gmail.com
You can listen to Louis’s music: http://www.youtube.com/@louiscanter7529
You can view some of Louis’s music: https://franciscan-peace.com/music-2/
Jim Hughes
Jim Hughes most recently retired as the Music Ministries Director at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Orange Park, Florida, where he has served for 48 years.
During this time he has worked with both traditional and contemporary choirs as well as youth and children’s choirs. As a past member of the Diocese of St. Augustine’s Liturgical Commission, Jim has served as a music liaison, directed music for diocesan youth summer camps, served on planning committees for NPM Conventions and diocesan liturgical events, and given many liturgical, youth, and music workshops, both locally and nationally. Jim started composing in the late 1970s and has written over 200 liturgical pieces, including the popular Mass of the Good Shepherd found in the St. Augustine Hymnal. Jim’s newest CD and songbook collection, Christ Be With and Within Me, progresses through the Church year and challenges us to be the living presence of God in our world by practicing the corporal acts of mercy, which is an example of how we live in peace with our neighbor. Jim also works with Incarnating the Kerygma, a retreat program which renews our faith in Christ and challenges us to go and proclaim the gospel message through the way we live our lives.
Jim lives in Middleburg, Florida with his wife Shelly. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.
You can contact Jim at: jimhughesmusic@comcast.net
You can listen to Jim’s music at: www.youtube.com/@jimhughes8009
You can view Jim’s music at: https://franciscan-peace.com/music-2/
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