Glad it was helpful. Are you involved in liturgical planning? As I pointed out to another poster, chant does not require an organist. The monks chant using their God given voices ;-)
Yes, we (my husband and I) have quite a lot of influence on the liturgy when we're doing the music. I'm tight with the Hispanic Ministry Coordinator, the Spanish Battleaxe (that's a compliment), and we're on the same page, as it were, with our pastor. There's another musical group that's electronic-pop-charismatic, about one week out of three, and people in the congregation have different preferences which everyone gets a chance to mention.
We can definitely work in some of these suggestions, most of which I like, especially in Advent, Lent, and on major feasts. Last Saturday we played for a Quinceanera - 15th birthday celebration for Mexican girls - and we did the whole Mass for the Assumption of Mary.
The monks chant using their God given voices ;-)
My God-given voice can lead an entire congregation two steps flat, even without a microphone :-). The guitar keeps us all more or less on pitch, and Bill on the Latin percussion more or less on beat.