Sacred Music Colloquium XX (Trailer)
A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).
Sacred Music Colloquium XXI (Trailer)
A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).
Sacred Music Colloquium XVIII (Video Trailer)
A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).
Paul VI “Disturbed And Saddened” By Purge Of Latin
“On 26th September, 1964, it was decreed as follows: In celebrating the divine office in choir, clerics are bound to preserve the Latin language.” — Pope Paul VI, 15 August 1966
Sixty-Four Years In A Row? Wow!
(Winooski, Vermont) — “An 87-year-old choirmaster who has not missed a Sunday Mass for more than 64 years will receive an honor from His Holiness Pope Pius XII.”
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke Interview
“In the reforms as they were introduced after the Council, a fundamental misunderstanding took place. Namely, this was that the reforms were undertaken with the idea there had been a rupture …” —Raymond Cardinal Leo Burke
A Personal Remembrance . . .
“Could I have imagined at that time that I was sitting and conversing with the future Pope? Not in a million years!” — Fr. Christopher G. Phillips
Pope Francis Will Canonize Pope John Paul II
“Those who worship are not passive, for instance, when listening to the readings or the homily, or following the prayers of the celebrant, and the chants and music of the liturgy.” — John Paul II
Pope John XXIII To Be Canonized By Pope Francis
Pope John XXIII said that if we cease to value Latin, “poor mortal creatures may well become like the machines they build — cold, hard, and devoid of love.”
Congratulations, Fr. Hubert Coeurderoy!
The 2nd Edition of the Campion Missal will soon be available, but here’s something far more important!
1989 Preface to the Douay-Rheims Bible
St. Jerome had access to ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the 2nd and 3rd centuries which have since perished and are no longer available to scholars today.
07 • Lalemant Conversations: Sequoia Sierra
What does a young stylist from L.A. think about the Mass Propers?
Henri Potiron Organist Vesperale (PDF Download)
Henri Potiron’s 1935 organ accompaniments for Vespers (270 pages) for free download!
Did you know Lasso suffered from depression?
Lassus (†1594) was a celebrity musician in his day, and at least 2,000 of his masses, canticles, motets and hymns have survived. He was also bipolar, then called “melancholia hypochondriaca.”
Gather Hymnal Vs. Gregorian Chant
A picture is worth a thousand words . . .