About us
Who we are?
Liturgical Song ® is a registered trademark and a registered Australian business name (ABN 23 976 079 300). Liturgical Song design, build and publish print and digital resources for Church organisations, with a special focus on website content development related to liturgy and music. We provide development strategy and planning services. We partner with specialists in creative design and identity, including branding and logo development. We are based in Wollongong NSW Australia and we are a publisher specialising in Christian liturgy and music. Launched in 2016, Paul Mason is the CEO, Publisher and principal Composer, trading as Liturgical Song. Our Team provides more details about us.
What is our mission?
We work with authors, composers, Church organisations and other publishers to provide Christian liturgy and music resources to pastors, musicians, singers and teachers in parishes, schools and other religious communities throughout Australia and New Zealand.
What do we do?
We own and operate an online business publishing the complete catalogue of compositions by Paul Mason, including collaborations with other composers. We are actively seeking to expand our stable of composers of Christian ritual music. In October 2019 we released "Psalms for the Church's Year" and "Masses for the Church's Year" by renowned Melbourne composer Roger Heagney, and "Simply Singable Psalms" by Newcastle composer Anne Millard. Also released in 2019 is a compilation of hymns and spiritual songs by various composers including Fr Carmelo Sciberras, Mana Nankivell and Marie-Louise Nankivell of Adelaide.
Composers seeking to publish their works through Liturgical Song should Contact Us with a brief outline of the proposed works to be published.
How we do it?
The online business publishes Christian ritual music in various formats:
- Music books
- Music e-books
- Music digital downloads
- Music CDs
- Music CD-ROMs
- Music Apps
- Planning and learning resources for liturgy and music
- Avid Sibelius 7.1 and 8.7.1, Steinberg Dorico, Steinberg Dorico SE and musicXML music capture services.
- Steinberg Dorico Pro 3.5 music arranging, editing and engraving services.
- Apple Pages 11.1, Apple Numbers 11.1, Apple Preview 11.0, Microsoft PowerPoint 16.52, Affinity Photo 1.10, Affinity Designer 1.10, Affinity Publisher 1.10, Inkscape 1.0, PDF Converter OCR 7.4 and Steinberg Dorico Pro 3.5 for document development and graphic production services for print and digital distribution formats.
- Apple Logic Pro X audio recording, editing, mixing and production services for audio CD and mp3 distribution formats.
- Steinberg WaveLab 10 for CD mastering services.
- Claris (FileMaker) Pro Advanced for custom app development and deployment services.
- Treepl CMS (by Upgrade Parade) all-in-one cloud computing platform, including
- Site Administration and Report services
- CMS services
- WebApps and Content Module services
- CRM services
- Email Marketing and Hosting services
- eCommerce services
How long have we been doing this?
Paul Mason has twenty-eight years experience in the IT industry. He began composing Christian ritual music in 1994 and has been publishing his works since 2004, initially collaborating with Willow Publishing. The liturgicalsong.com website launched in 2007, initially providing a resource for learning about Christian ritual and liturgical music. The site was augmented in 2010 to enable online ordering of the new Mass settings. Liturgical Song was registered as a business in October 2015, and established direct publishing business operations during 2016 using the Business Catalyst all-in-one cloud computing platform.
Liturgical Song has sub-licensing arrangements with Morning Star Publishing (Catholic Worship Book II) and Willow Publishing (As One Voice series of hymnals and Mass booklets) and is a Member Publisher of One License Church Copyright Agency.
Other Services Provided by Liturgical Song
Liturgical Song has extensive experience and expertise in website development, typesetting of liturgical music. Please contact us if you are in need of typesetting services.
In 2010 Paul Mason established the initial website for the Australian Pastoral Musicians Network. In response to the 2011 Diocesan Pastoral Plan, Paul established in 2012 the Digital Handbook of Liturgy Resources for the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong. In 2013 Paul developed the Lift Up Your Hearts National Liturgical Conference website, with principal sponsor APMN. Subsequently Paul developed APMN Conference websites for 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023. In 2016 Paul re-developed the Liturgical Song website and on-line business platform using Adobe Business Catalyst. In 2017 Paul upgraded the Australian Pastoral Musicians Network (APMN) website using Adobe Muse and established their cloud computing platform using Adobe Business Catalyst. In 2020-2021 Paul migrated and redeveloped the Liturgical Song website and on-line business platform using Treepl CMS and the WebInOne platform. More recently in 2024, Paul re-developed the APMN website using the WebInOne platform. The platform manages their blog, membership database, annual membership renewals, members' secure zone page access, member photo galleries, member newsletter emails, as well as conference and event email marketing. In 2025 Paul developed the 2025 Pilgrims of Hope website for APMN and the National Liturgical Council using the WebInOne platform.
Since 2011 Paul Mason has typeset liturgical music for inclusion in booklets and presentation formats. Formats include jpg, png, svg, PDF, Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote. Liturgical Song was contracted by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference to producePDF and PowerPoint formats of the Catholic Worship Book II Pew Edition. The project successfully completed in July 2022. These resources are yet to be made available pending the appointment of a new publisher for Catholic Worship Book II.
Liturgical Song has extensive experience and expertise in liturgical music ministry roles, including Director of Music Ministry, Music Coordinator, Choir Director, Cantor and Piano Accompanist. Please contact us if you are in need of liturgical music ministry services.
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