An Outrageous “Paradox” I Cannot Accept
I’m not someone who believes everything was perfect before Vatican II—but calling the EF “worldly” compared to the OF is just silly.
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Sacred Architecture and Brexit
A connecting link in the form of Gothic cathedrals
Update! • Accompaniments for the Brébeuf Hymnal
Oh, if only…if only you knew what’s going on behind the scenes!
The Cantor and Congregational Singing
I wonder if we haven’t lost sight of the cantor’s original purpose of fostering congregational singing…
Breaking! • Father Edwin C. Dwyer Development?
Did Bishop A. Hurley have a change of heart?
“Your Choirmaster” • What Nobody Realizes
Do you see the part where it specifically asks for humiliation?
Fourth-Century Advice for Choir Directors
A passage from Nicetas of Remesiana remains eminently applicable today.
When Hymn Names Don’t Match
I submit to you that calling the same tune by multiple names in the same hymnal is unacceptable.
Formed in Beauty Lectures
Videos have been posted from the 2017 & 2018 conferences of the Catholic Art Guild
New! • Organ Scholarships at Christendom College
Christendom College will offer up to $5,000 for students starting in the Fall of 2019.
Just Released! • 2019 Pastoral Letter on Sacred Music (Archbishop Sample)
“Every pastor and music director has a serious responsibility to read and become familiar with the ‘Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy…” —Archbishop Sample
PDF Download • “Chant Service Book” (208 pages)
An extremely rare book from 1941, containing all your favorite Gregorian chants!
Music Leads Us to Heaven
Franz Schubert’s famous art song, “An die Musik”
2nd Sunday after Epiphany • Saint Vitus Parish (LA)
“New evidence of wondrous pow’r | Behold in Cana’s marriage-dow’r; | Swift its own nature to resign, | The water blushes into wine.” —Msgr. Knox
Trappist Monks in Hong Kong Chanting
Monks in Hong Kong chanting parts of the Missa “Cum Jubilo”…