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Gibson also will be at all three Our Lady of Lourdes Masses that weekend - 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; and 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 - singing two of her songs at each Mass.
Gibson has been sharing her music via Golden Arrow Catholic Music and Media in Catholic churches and prayer groups, on TV and is a repeating guest at many conferences and events from coast to coast. She can be heard in interview and song on Catholic radio stations across the nation and worldwide on EWTN Global Catholic Network.
Gibson is featured in numerous television programs, including EWTN's "Life on the Rock" and "Backstage," and Familyland Network's "His Love," a Divine Mercy segment and concert program.
Gibson uncovers Catholic treasures hidden in the prayers of the saints, as well as important passages from Scripture, and puts them to music.
After years of working in New York as a professional singer, songwriter and studio musician, she has moved to Washington state where she lives with her husband Matthew and four children, Marie, Christopher, Grace and Elijah.
A lay Carmelite since 1999, Gibson's music is focused on prayer and explaining the truths of the Catholic Church with Scripture. Songs include word-for-word prayers from the Bible (as singing makes for easy memorization) and well-known prayers of the church.
Setting prayers to music is Gibson's way of helping people to "Pray to the Spirit on all occasions with all kind of prayers and requests" (Philippians 6:18).
Initially, the Guardian Angels Association had planned Gibson's concert to be a fundraiser for the group, but decided to make the event free in order to attract as many people as possible.
"We want to enhance and enrich our Catholic faith in music, especially Donna's beautiful songs with the saints on All Saints Day," said Nancy Rogers, a member of the Guardian Angels.
"In this economy, we want to fill that church. The work of the Guardian Angels is to touch everyone spiritually, not just always to make money."
In the past, the Guardian Angels has provided funding for such things as the SFBRHS chapel's "Protector of the Children" statue and Stations of the Cross, class catechisms, pro-life trips, rosaries and chastity speakers for the student body.
For more information on Gibson or to hear clips of her songs, people can visit her Web site, www.donnacorigibson.com or search her name on YouTube.com to see video of her performance.
