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Dave Regitz |
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As a cradle Catholic and
youngest of three brothers, Dave Regitz grew up in a very
close-knit and spiritually rich family. He followed in the
footsteps of his brothers and attended Texas A&M University in
College Station, TX, graduating with a B.S. in Industrial
Distribution (Engineering route to business) in May 2001. Playing
Christian music first entered his life when he joined the 11:00
a.m. Mass choir at St.Mary's in College Station as a freshman.
Regitz played praise songs during the Mass and received a lot of
positive feedback. A couple of guys from the choir and Dave were
encouraged to record some of these praise songs, and so in January
of 1999 he recorded my first project. The album was named, "Eleven
O' Clock", after the 11:00 a.m. choir where the band had met. The
recording was well received in many areas of the U.S. and has even
found it's way to a couple other countries. The band was dissolved
a year later and Dave began writing and leading worship on his
own.
After being invited by one of his very ecumenical Catholic friends
to a weekly interdenominational praise and worship meeting in the
Memorial Student Center (MSC) on the Texas A&M campus, Regitz
played regularly with non-Catholics (some of them fallen away
Catholics). He saw this meeting as an opportunity to bridge the
gaps between them by talking about differences in their beliefs,
as the Holy Father John Paul II calls us to do, as well as grow in
his own faith. It ended up that meeting those guys was one of the
best things to happen to his faith. Regitz searched for answers
through studying the Scriptures, Apologetics and History of the
Church. His song writing really began to take a deeper and more
poetic form and his love for Jesus and the Church grew. He knew
that Christ was calling me to his my gifts in ministry and expand
the Kingdom of Heaven.
In the Spring of 2001, Regitz recorded his most recent project,
"Delivered", with one of the guys he met in the MSC, Brent Horan.
They decided to convert his house into a temporary recording
studio and record five of each of their original songs. For
approximately a month and a half they recorded "Delivered" and
after mixing and mastering in a studio in Atlanta, GA the album
was released to the general public in the Student Center of
St.Mary's in College Station. Our Lady has been a powerful
intercessor in Regitz’s life and music and he will continue to
pray that the graces of her Son, that flow through her, will
saturate this ministry. Brent and Dave are now in different towns
and so once again he finds himself leading this ministry with the
accompaniment of various singers and musicians.
Regitz’s calling to minister through music becomes more clear
everyday, and after teaching Theology to high school students for
a year and incorporating his music into class, he feels that his
gifts are geared toward the youth and young adults. No occupation
or ministry in which he’s ever been involved gives him the joy and
peace that he finds in leading others in worship of Jesus. He can
identify with St.Augustine, who must have had a roller coaster
faith, because his truthful words penetrate Regitz’s soul..."Our
hearts are restless, until they rest in you, Oh Lord!"
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