“What Must Be Sung Is The Mass” • Susan Benofy
“For decades there were virtually no musical settings for the Propers in English.” —Susan Benofy
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Photograph • Pius X Consecrating French Bishops
A beautiful photograph from Saint Peter’s Basilica on 25 February 1906.
Praying the Divine Office This Lent
Exploring the Sites & Apps Devoted to the “Official Prayer of the Church”
Modal Responsorial Psalms & Gospel Acclamations
283 pages, softcover • View Table of Contents Click here to purchase this bound book. You can also download the entire book [PDF]. Complete Psalms and Gospel Acclamations (Years A, B, C, and ABC) for Sundays, Solemnities, and Feasts (including Chrism Mass and Extended Pentecost Vigil). Also included are Nuptial and Funeral Masses. Features: Durable […]
The modern armchair chant scribes
A great source of chant snippets for your booklets as well as a way to make the internet a better place.
Controversy Over Female Altar Servers
“It will always be very appropriate to follow the noble tradition of having boys serve at the altar.” —Congregation for Divine Worship (15 March 1994)
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Gregorian Hymn)
Oh, what a difference a thousand years makes…
Choir Rehearsal Is Prayer
It is quite possible we won’t get to sing the music we rehearsed — a problem everyone in Boston is facing this Sunday. But choir rehearsal itself is a prayer.
Musical Resources • Quinquagesima Sunday
«GLORIA in EXCELSIS» is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
What If You Never Again Had To “Teach” Your Choir Notes?
“I think of Edison trying a thousand different times to create the light bulb and failing each time.” —Dr. Tappan
Sing Prayerfully
“He who sings prays twice,” but as church musicians, we don’t always feel prayerful and peaceful when we are singing…
Lenten Acclamations To Genevan Psalm Tunes
“Dom Beauduin realised that the singing of psalms and the reading of the Scriptures in divine worship is the greatest bond between Catholics and Protestants.” —Fr. Mark Woodruff
The Facts About Annibale Bugnini’s Death
The difference between correlation & causality.
Teaching Polyphony To Singers Who Can’t Read Music
Your singers can’t read music? No problem!
“No Approval Needed for Substitute Songs” says USCCB • Exclusive Documentation
“After six months and 70+ letters, I received a letter from the chairman of Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.” —Dan Craig