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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI received two Honorary Doctorates on Sacred Music last Saturday
My mother was present during that Mass and recorded some brief snippets on her iPhone.
Have you noticed that contemporary music was not forced upon congregations the same way contemporary architecture was?
This piece by Fr. Antonin Lhoumeau will knock your socks off!
Pastors and music directors, this is for you!
Medieval manuscripts were normally created by (at least) two monks: one drew, one wrote.
Over the coming weeks, I will present a series of reflections on the vesting prayers.
It may feel like forever, but children do grow up. The days are long but the years are short. Today’s toddlers are tomorrow’s altar servers and choir members. Then we can look back and whisper a “Thanks be to God.”
The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
“Older people have an obligation not to spew their cynicism on our youth.” —Justice Thomas
A dilemma for parents that has resurfaced many times is how to manage raising children in the faith while working for the Church, and I have no idea how to solve it.
Report on the fifth day of the Sacred Music Colloquium in Pittsburgh
“The faithful everywhere have responded generously, and have greeted the new liturgy with great joy.” —Archbishop Bugnini (1967)
Report on the fourth day of the Sacred Music Colloquium in Pittsburgh
“I considered myself to be a good Catholic, but when I went I realized how little I really cared for and lived my Faith.” —Margaret Walsh
