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Submission for the 2025 Chambers' Excellence in Liturgical Arts Award Nomination

CHAMBERS’ EXCELLENCE IN LITURGICAL ARTS AWARD NOMINATION FORM

This award shall be called the "Chambers' Excellence in Liturgical Arts Award.”

Meyer Chambers, a gifted liturgical artist, born in 1955 in New Orleans, he earned degrees from Xavier University and the Catholic University of America. Since 1987, he has served the Archdiocese of Boston as a music director at St. Sebastian’s School, St. Katharine Drexel Parish, and the Black Catholic Choir. He also spent over 20 years as a Boston College campus minister.

Nationally, Meyer contributed to the second edition of Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal, composed music for a Mass, and has played a key role in various liturgical music initiatives.

Award Criteria

This award shall be presented to a practicing Black Catholic:
  • Has made outstanding contributions to the liturgical arts in the Black Catholic community.
  • Has demonstrated imagination in the service of others in his/her practice of liturgical arts; and
  • Has faithfully served with distinction as a mentor, teacher, or minister to others in the Black Catholic community.
For all purposes relating to this award, the “liturgical arts” shall include music, dance, drawing, painting, calligraphy, floral design, architecture, sculpture, homiletics, textile arts, acoustical arts, cinematic arts, digital arts, applied arts, decorative arts, visual arts, and any other form of art that embodies and enhances Black Catholic worship and prayer.
1.Nominator's Name
2.Nominator's Phone Number
3.Nominator's E-mail Address
4.Nominator's Parish
5.Nominee's FULL Name
6.Nominee's Address
7.Nominee's Phone Number
8.Nominee's E-mail Address
9.Nominee's Parish
10.How long have you known the nominee?
11.How do you know the nominee?
12.Please explain in detail why you believe he/she should receive the Chambers' Excellence in Liturgical Arts Award.
13.In what ways has this person made outstanding contributions to the Liturgical Arts?
14.In what ways has this person demonstrated imagination in the service of others in his/her practice of the Liturgical Arts?
15.In what ways has this person faithfully served with distinction as a mentor, teacher, or minister to others in the Black Catholic community?