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 Pasto… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Fill us with your love, O Lord]First Line: O Lord, you have been our refugeComposer: A. Gregory Murray, OSB; Joseph Gelineau, SJ; Robert J. BatastiniKey: a minor or modalDate: 1996
Tune Title: [Fill us with your love, O Lord]First Line: O Lord, you have been our refugeComposer: Gregory J. Polan, OSB; Joseph Gelineau, SJ; Robert J. BatastiniKey: a minorDate: 2011Source: Conception Abbey Tone: Mode 4; Gelineau tone: Mode Mi