MUSIC LICENSE INFORMATION FOR LIVE STREAMING
T hank you to the many parishes who provide livestreaming services of their liturgies. We want to be sure all parishes are in compliance with copyright laws.

Parishes need a music license in order to sing or print lyrics (in a worship aid) of any copyrighted music during any pre-recorded, internet posted, or livestreamed liturgies or activities (including Rosary services, retreats and other events) unless the music is in the public domain.

In order to follow copyright laws, parishes may choose one of the following options:
  • Livestream the Liturgy with no music or singing.
  • Have the Entrance, Offertory, and Communion Antiphons said or chanted during Mass.
  • Select music in free public domain. (see below for more information about public domain)
  • Purchase a podcast or streaming music license. (All GIA and OCP hymns are available through OneLicence.net. OneLicense is providing a "Podcast/Streaming License" for purchase.)
M usic that is in the public domain may be livestreamed for free without a license. This refers to music published in 1924 or earlier, or when its creator has specifically placed it into the public domain to share for free.

Below are some websites to assist you in finding hymns that are in the free public domain such as "Amazing Grace", "For the Beauty of the Earth", and "Come thou Fount of Every Blessing".





PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF SEATTLE
Holy Mary, we come before you as spiritual children in great need, seeking your intercession, and asking that your mantle of love surround us to console, protect and lead us to your son Jesus.

We entrust all of God’s family, especially the Church in Western Washington into your Immaculate hands. With your Son Jesus’ gentle power you can undo any knot in our Church, and in the lives of believers who entrust themselves to your care.

Today I especially entrust to you  [mention request here/Coronavirus] , and I ask that – through your intercession, and that of Saint James, our Guardian Angels, and the faithful in our diocese – we may be free from every spiritual and temporal ill, and be safely led to encounter your Son’s Merciful, Sacred Heart.

Our Lady of Seattle, Undoer of Knots, pray for us!​