Bishop of Manchester • Letter Re: “Ad Orientem”
A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”
“Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our lowliness…”
Our Church is notoriously horrible at keeping up with cultural fads—because they’re so ephemeral.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pete Avendaño at the Sacred Music Symposium, held each year in Los Angeles.
“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple…”
“Ever wonder why McDonald’s decided in 1962 to put a piece of fish into a hamburger bun?” —Bishop Earl Boyea
This gem by Fr. Nicolas du Peron (d. 1963) incorporates Christmas carols in a most ingenious way.
If 500 people attend Mass and one acts as lector, there are still 499 people “not participating” by that flawed logic…
Quite interesting, containing additional mysteries for those who look carefully…
He said, “Make room there; for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth.” And they laughed Him to scorn.
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