To Persevere is Sanctity
To be a successful choir director is to sacrifice and to persevere in a nearly insane manner.
PDF • “Organ Interludes” (Manuals Only) — 104 Pages
Including Dom Gregory Murray, Flor Peeters, Jacques Lemmens, John Lee, C. H. Rinck, Dom Alphege Shebbeare, Oreste Ravanello, Louis Niedermeyer, Eugène Gigout, Luigi Bottazzo, Johann Sebastian Bach, and many others.
FREE • Sacred Music Symposium Books Available!
These are packed with fascinating historical and musical information!
Musical Resources • “The Season of Septuagesima”
My three (3) musical lineups include music by Henryk Botor, Kevin Allen, and Father Victoria.
What Ever Happened to Advent?
Juanpablo Macias, a seminarian studying for the Archdiocese of Las Vegas, enjoys composing, singing, and playing organ for the sacred liturgy.
It’s Spooky Season! • “Six Ways To Celebrate Halloween Like A Catholic”
“If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek to please anyone but God during your life.” —Saint John Chrysostom
“Catholic Herald” Article Features Our Singing!
One of the things that surprised me was how many traditional choir programs had begun popping up all around the country.
Revealed! • Kevin Allen’s Setting of the “Confíteor Deo Omnipoténti” (SATB) for Compline
I find this melody hauntingly gorgeous.
PDF Download • “Spanish Missal for the Traditional Latin Mass” (Madrid, 1961) — 860 pages!
Let me explain why this 1961 Spanish Missal is so important.
New Lectionary for the USA • Coming in 2028?
“Work hasn’t even begun on the next Lectionary, and there’s nothing definite about 2028 as a date.” — Father Andrew V. Menke, director of the USCCB liturgical committee
PDF Download • Organ Interludes Based on Plainsong (Manuals Only) — 104 pages!
A terrific collection of organ interludes (manuals only) for free PDF download.
FSSP Guadalajara • “Conferencia de Musica Sagrada”
New Sacred Music Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico!
PDF Download • “Regina Caeli for 3 Voices”
I never shared this before because pride and perfectionism held me back.
PDF Download • “Two Easy Advent Hymns”
When you read through the translation, you’ll agree this could certainly be sung during Sunday Masses in Advent…
The Ordination and the Motu Proprio
Pope Francis dropped a bombshell – but around the world many Bishops continue to be faithful keepers of Tradition.