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![6 Ways Clergy and Church Leaders Can Build Trauma-Sensitive Parishes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/1714145033202-0FRWRRI709FW4K911H42/image-asset.jpeg)
![Update: Archdiocese of Milwaukee Will Not Issue Statement on Music by Catholic Composer David Haas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/1714704639292-YN500DW4IL4JQPWJCCIY/image-asset.jpeg)
Update: Archdiocese of Milwaukee Will Not Issue Statement on Music by Catholic Composer David Haas
Readers of the Awake Blog know that we have closely followed the reports of sexual abuse by Catholic composer David Haas, known for songs such as “Blest Are They” and “You Are Mine.”
![Courageous Conversations: Awake Welcomes Three Women Who Spoke Out About David Haas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/4a9ad74a-0d3a-44f0-8e0c-be9f32f52ad7/Stephanie+Krehbiel.png)
Courageous Conversations: Awake Welcomes Three Women Who Spoke Out About David Haas
The speakers at Awake Milwaukee’s latest Courageous Conversation shared how reports of sexual abuse by Catholic composer David Haas were brought to light last year—and then made a powerful case for ending the use of Haas’s music.
![Celebrating Prophetic Voices in Today’s Church](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/d0674a42-e2a5-4f08-be64-ef76779f9441/copy-of-dsc_4622-2016_01_02-16_59_15-utc.jpeg)
![Update: Dioceses and Parishes Consider Survivor-Centered Approaches to David Haas’s Music](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/1714145769292-PI4SCHBKHBHWSK16RZMB/haas678x380.jpg)
![News About Composer David Haas Grows Worse, and Victim-Survivors Ask for a Ban on His Music](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/1714145801313-G8668MSXSPNTPNQK3GBR/haas678x380.jpg)
![6 Ways Clergy and Church Leaders Can Build Trauma-Sensitive Parishes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653bd4d33342f14b4ea28f61/1714145033202-0FRWRRI709FW4K911H42/image-asset.jpeg)