PDF Download: Two (2) Rare Franciscan Chant Books
Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.
Articles
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(4 of 7)
This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.
Pope Francis Condemned The Reform Of The Reform? Not Quite…
“Devout people are the ones who will be most disturbed by the new liturgy.” —Pope Paul VI (11/26/1969)
Musical Resources • 1st Sunday of Lent
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(2 of 7)
How modernism effects music and babies. And how UNICEF is like the Catholic Church.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)
When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(1 of 7)
“Tacit approval” alone isn’t getting the job done. It is abdicating authority to composers and publishers, pastors and liturgists.
A Practical Secret
“Condition choirs so that you have to tell them only once.”
Bishop Slattery: “Why Did God Make Us?”
It would not be wrong to say that the entire video revolves around Sacred music.
PDF Download: 1896 “Liber Usualis” • Extremely Rare
The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
An Educational Experience
In order to preserve Sacred Music, a treasure and an essential part of the Church, education is very important.
Westminster Cathedral (London, England)
“They were trapped and could do nothing but grin and bear it.”
Brave Schola Director Posts “Live” Recording
Last Sunday, I stuck a recording device in my pocket.
Bishops Care When Their Names Are “Tacitly” Used
The current GIRM never mentions “tacit” approval.
“What Must Be Sung Is The Mass” • Susan Benofy
“For decades there were virtually no musical settings for the Propers in English.” —Susan Benofy