My Personal Lesson Plan for Training Probationers
Here is the entire set of lesson plans I use for training our Probationers.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

Here is the entire set of lesson plans I use for training our Probationers.
Having invited reader input the other day, I offer now my own opinion.

“…most humbly we pray that—since so great is the number of thine elect pleading in our behalf—we may partake, in all their fulness, of thine abounding mercies…”

Whether the Permission to Do So Constitutes an Encouragement to Do So

Dies Irae – day of wrath and day of mourning. Our pets’ passing provided a poignant reminder of our mortality.

Were you aware of this amazing piece by Raphaël Mercier?

Treat the Word of God carelessly, and we will lose our orientation towards the Divine. It is therefore, a pastoral responsibility to ensure the God’s Word reaches the faithful.
A Funeral Guide for helping Catholic pastors, choirmasters and families in America honor our beloved dead.

“I’m sure you’ll enjoy the beautiful poems, songs, and pictures…” —Very Rev. Norbert M. Shumaker

Listen to a young group drawing together many different styles of sacred music into new collection.

World Premiere of my collaboration with poet, Adam Wood
Corpus Christi Watershed is a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to exploring and embodying as our calling the relationship of religion, culture, and the arts. This non-profit organization employs the creative media in service of theology, the Church, and Christian culture for the enrichment and enjoyment of the public.