Diana Macalintal is the director of worship for the Diocese of San Jose in California and holds a master of arts in theology, cum laude, from Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. She has served as a liturgist, music, and catechumenate director in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for many years and has authored numerous articles on liturgy, music, and the catechumenate. In 2003, she received the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions' Tabat Scholarship, and in 2006, she became an adjunct faculty of the Institute in Pastoral Ministries of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Macalintal serves as a team member for the North American Forum on the Catechumenate and has been a music editor, cantor, and liturgical composer, as well as a keynote speaker, workshop presenter, liturgist, and music director for national conferences. She initiated and maintains a blog for the Diocese of San Jose called Work of the People and is a cofounder of TeamRCIA.com.
