PDF Download • “Evening Masses and Days of Obligation” (58 pages)
Permission has been given to post this marvelous 2016 dissertation by Fr. Shawn Tunink.
Final Sunday after Pentecost (4th in November)
“And from the fig-tree learn a parable: when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.”
“Simultaneous Fulfillment” of Mass Obligation?
Christmas falls on a Monday this year—but documentation shows “double dipping” is forbidden.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua…
“The heavens and the earth proclaim thy glory…”
PDF Download • Authentic Irish Hymnal (164 pages)
Imagine the amount of time required to typeset something like this!
Choir Members Photograph
Do you take pictures of your choir? Photographs can serve as nice reminders of wonderful experiences.
“23rd” {repeat} Sunday after Pentecost (3rd in November)
“…and without parables He did not speak to them; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
A Hymn That Just Keeps Popping Up
Bach’s music inhabits “a still and serious world…without color, without light, without motion” from which we cannot break away.
The Man Who Thrice Rejected Knighthood
Excerpt from a documentary on “St. Thomas More” (Paul Scofield) which in 1966 won six Oscars at the Academy Awards.
SATB “Alleluia” (Fr. Morales) • for both OF and EF
This piece is perfect for “stealthily” adding polyphony to the Ordinary Form.
Fulton J. Sheen • “Hints On Public Speaking”
We choirmasters are frequently called upon to speak in public.
23rd Sunday after Pentecost (2nd in November)
“Amen I say to you, whatsoever, you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive, and it shall be done to you.”
Image • Francisco Guerrero (d. 1599)
It’s based on Pacheco’s version, created the year Guerrero died.
New English Hymnal • Voice-Leading
Constant critics are corrosive.
Archbishop Sheen Played The Organ!
Sheen told Ferris that he wanted a classical repertoire at the cathedral in Rochester, including Gregorian chant.