A Different Offering
What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 1
Simple steps to start moving from the “average” Catholic music program to a more reverent liturgy.
CMAA Colloquium and Hoosier Hospitality
People should always be valued more than systems, and so it was with this gathering.
Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (3 of 8)
We need to avoid profanity “not only in itself, but in the manner in which it is presented by those who execute it.”
Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons
A full set of free English settings of the Communion antiphons for cantor, organ, and congregation.
Propers and “the Menu Approach”
You have Publisher X’s resources in the pews, so isn’t it easier to plan the liturgy using their resources?
OF with an EF Priest
Why the EF seems to have all the good celebrants.
Be Good to Your Choir
Give your choir some acknowledgement for all their hard work.
Singing A Capella During the Easter Triduum
Following the tradition of singing a capella during the Easter Triduum, can lend it a solemnity that “punctuates the entire season.”
Palm Sunday Passion Booklet – Free Download
Free Passion Booklet for Palm Sunday.
Let Me Lent You Some Advice
Remember your own spiritual health during Lent.
Setting an Example Through Funerals
Funerals can be a good time to demonstrate the possibilities of reverent liturgical music at Mass.
The Young and the Extremely Young
“Despite being baptized Catholic, attending Catholic schools, and attending Mass regularly, he never knew about the Church’s musical heritage until the last few years.”
Richard Sherman and Self-Confidence
The importance of confidence in performance.
Tools for the Day
The Communion Antiphon often reflects back to the Gospel.