Owen Alstott

ALSTOTT, Owen. b. 1947. Alstott studied theology and philosophy at Mt Angel Seminary, and organ at Williamette University, both in Oregon. Following a long career in various roles, latterly including publisher, at Oregon Catholic Press (OCP), he relocated to the United Kingdom in 1992. He is married to fellow Roman Catholic author and composer Bernadette Farrell*. His Heritage Mass is a congregational setting widely used in the USA and printed in several major Catholic hymnals and missals. He has paraphrased and set to music many psalms and canticles; his paraphrase of the Magnificat*, which begins ‘My soul proclaims your mighty deeds’ is found in several North American and British hymnals,...