Christopher Berke
Director of Music & Liturgy
Chris Berke is a native of Baltimore,
Maryland. He moved to
Florida with his wife Phyllis and children
in 1993. He has a degree in music specializing in Pipe Organ
Performance from Western
Maryland
College, and has done some graduate
studies in Rome. He has
been involved in professional music ministry since 1976. He is a
member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and Liturgical Art and
Architecture Commission. He is currently Dean of the Nature Coast
Chapter of the American Guild of Organist. He is the Program
Director for the Tampa Chapter of the National Association of
Pastoral Musicians. Parishes Chris has worked in previously in
Baltimore
are Church of the Ascension, Our Lady of Victory, St. Martin of
Tours, St. Peter the Apostle, St. Jerome,
St. Alphonsus, St. Benedict, and St. Peter’s Church in
Waldorf,
Maryland. Here in our Diocese he has worked
at St. Thomas the
Apostle in Homosassa, and St. Joan of Arc in Spring Hill before
coming here to St. Frances Cabrini.
Chris says that St. Frances is a great parish and he loves
working here with the many talented and giving people of the parish,
and our wonderful priests and staff.
