Our Editorial Team

Erika De Urquidi, bilingual editor, joined Bayard, Inc. in July 2018. During her 15 years as a professional translator, Erika has worked in education, human resources, marketing, and legal departments for companies in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. She has a background in teaching, both in public and Catholic schools. Since her high school years, Erika has been an active member of the Catholic Church, serving as coordinator of her Diocese’s Youth Ministries, organizing conferences and retreats, and participating as a speaker at such events. She has also served as a catechist and on the Hispanic Ministry at her local parish.

Erika collaborates with different divisions of Bayard, Inc. She works on the bilingual materials of the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies. She lives in the Cleveland area with her husband, Tomás, and their two children, Tomás and Sofía.

John Burland is a teacher and composer who has been writing and recording religious music for children and adults for over twenty years. During this time, he has written and recorded over 200 songs and published fifteen music collections which are used extensively in school/parish communities across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

In 2008, two of John’s liturgical compositions, Come O Holy Spirit and Lord By Your Cross were included in the official World Youth Day liturgies in Sydney, Australia. John regularly works with children, parents and educators in school/ parish communities and educational institutions promoting catechesis and celebration through song, movement, meditative prayer and story. He is a sought after speaker, workshop leader and internationally published author in the area of music and catechesis.

Over the last fifteen years John has been a regular presenter at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Convention in the United States. Each year John visits more than one hundred Catholic communities in North America, England and Australia celebrating our Catholic Faith through the gift of song.

John is the National Music Consultant for Bayard, Inc. in North America and the Education Officer: Liturgy/ Music for Sydney Catholic Schools in Australia.