Four Steps • “Homeschoolers, learn an Advent hymn!”
As we navigate through this season, the secular world bombards us with decorated Christmas trees, “holiday music” on every station, and house after house drenched in festive lights…
Articles
(Archive) • St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal (2nd Edition)
Foreword by Fr. Berg — Nine Images — 2nd Edition Info Table of Contents — Executive Summary ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENTS (2 vols.) — “How do I open this book properly?” (VIDEOS) INE ART: More than 300 traditional line art illustrations were collected from a special Benedictine archive and […]
Newman on Liturgy
What Does Newman Have to Say?
Fr. Wasilewski: “Evil” to Remove Pachamama Idols
His argument about “theft”—such as removing pornography from a church where children might see it—is incorrect and dangerous.
Are Choirmasters Allowed To Have A Bad Day?
By 1941, Horowitz had been playing Rachmaninov’s 3rd Concerto for 23 years…
Colin Mawby (1936-2019)
We commend his soul to the mercy of our Heavenly Father.
New England Pueri Cantores Choral Festival and Mass • Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Find Registration and info here.
PDF Download • “Erunt Signa In Sole” (Advent)
“One of the challenges of a small choir is having enough singers to pull off any kind of polyphony. ” —Andrea Leal
Where do we go from here?
We need to break away from simply providing music for the next Sunday’s Masses.
Dominican Priest Calls Gregorian Chant “Infantile”
Fr. Gerard Lessard is upset that millennials “seem to be mainly interested in returning to Gregorian chant and organ music of the distant past.”
New Stained Glass Windows of Military Saints
Recently installed at the pastoral center of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
Video • What Are Common Hymn Melodies?
Short demonstrations by a volunteer parish choir!
The Gratuity of Beauty
Thoughts on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
PDF Download • A Eucharistic Piece My Choir Loves
Including a “preview” of the forthcoming Brébeuf Hymnal SATB Choral Supplement.
(1988) • Cardinal Ratzinger Addresses Chilean Bishops
“The grandeur of the liturgy rests upon…rendering tangible the Totally Other, whom we are not capable of summoning.”