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Twelve Criteria to Help Explain Yourself
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Twelve Criteria to Help Explain Yourself

Start your choir year with inspiration from an unlikely source.

“Do it gradually, with proper catechesis, to avoid shocking the people.” —Most Rev’d Gracida

“Let Thy grace, we beseech Thee, O Lord … make us to be continually zealous in doing good works.”

What Guerrero did with this Advent melody is mind-blowing!

Many of us are gearing up our choir programs. Yet if we do not invest of ourselves time to “know” the Lord, our work may be for our own glorification rather than for God’s.
Macau is the first Roman Catholic diocese in East Asia.

The grandmother of 5 choristers informed me that one of her granddaughters told her rehearsal wasn’t long enough—it seemed to be over just as it was starting!

Art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

This short clip from “It’s a Wonderful Life” helps us understand…

A Reflection on the National Parks, Sacred Architecture, and “Laudato Si”

I’d like to know more about this manuscript.

“Let Thy continual pity, O Lord, cleanse and fortify Thy Church…”

Welsh composer, Paul Mealor, talks about the importance of choral music.

World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent and Christmas. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.
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