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“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)

Site Map • Corpus Christi Watershed

Site Map • Corpus Christi Watershed

Note: “Site Map” is constantly updated.

* Watershed Series: “Commentary on Catholic Hymnals”
—Each contributor comments on the June 7th article by Daniel Craig, who carefully reviewed fifteen (15) traditional Catholic hymnals.

Additional Websites

* [CHABANEL RESPONSORIAL PSALMS] • (Ordinary Form)
— Free Responsorial Psalm scores (organist + vocalist) for all Sundays and Holy Days; Liturgical Years ABC; dedicated to Father Noël Chabanel (d. 8 December 1649).

* [ANTOINE DANIEL KYRIALE] • (Gregorian Chant Mass Ordinaries)
—Complete videos, PDF scores, audio recordings, and organ accompaniments for all eighteen Gregorian Mass settings in Graduale Romanum; dedicated to Father Antoine Daniel (d. 4 July 1648); you should make sure to purchase the Père Daniel Kyriale (126 pages), which has become indispensable for parishes; or you can download that entire book for free in PDF format.

* [GOUPIL GREGORIAN PROPERS] • (Extraordinary Form)
—Complete videos, PDF scores with double English translations, audio recordings, and organ accompaniments for all major feasts of the Extraordinary Form; dedicated to Saint René Goupil (d. 29 September 1642), who assisted Father Isaac Jogues.

* [LALANDE LIBRARY] • (free Sacred Music books in PDF)
—Freely download more than 25,000 pages of incredibly rare books dealing with Gregorian chant in PDF format; dedicated to Saint Jean de Lalande (d. 19 October 1646), who assisted Father Isaac Jogues.

* [GARNIER GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONS] • (Ordinary Form)
—Dedicated to Father Charles Garnier (d. 7 December 1649); Free Gospel Acclamation scores (organist + vocalist) for all Sundays and Holy Days; Liturgical Years A, B, C, and ABC; the website needs repairs, but by clicking on “view all feasts,” you can download settings in honor of holy William Couture; in honor of Reginald Cardinal Pole; Fr Simon Le Moyne; Fr Paul Ragueneau; Fr François Bressani; Fr Pierre Chaumonot; Fr Joseph Le Caron; Fr Claude Dablon; Fr Pierre Chastellain; Fr Jérôme Lalemant; Fr. Marty Jenco; and Fr Barthélemy Vimont • Including settings composed by Matthew Phelps; Royce Nickel; Fr. Samuel Weber, and others • The congregational inserts will be very useful to you, so please print them.

*  PDF • Le Moyne + Le Jeune (172 pages)
—Gospel Acclamations in honor of Father Simon Le Moyne, with Lenten Acclamations in honor of Fr. Paul Le Jeune.

*  PDF • Couture + Quentin (172 pages)
—Gospel Acclamations in honor of William Couture, with Lenten Acclamations in honor of Fr. Jacques Quentin.

* [LALEMANT POLYPHONY] • (for each individual voice)
—Rehearsal videos for amateur choirs; dedicated to Father Gabriel Lalemant (d. 17 March 1649) +

* [NOVA ORGANI HARMONIA] “NOH” • (2,279 pages)
—PDF Download • Organ accompaniments to Gregorian Chant; “Nóva órgani harmónia ad graduále júxta editiónem vaticánam”—published by Flor Peeters, Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel, Monsigner Jules Vyverman, Marinus de Jong, Gustaaf Nees, Henri Durieux, and Edgard de Laet.

* [CHAUMONOT COMMUNIONS] • (simple settings with organ)
—These Graduale Romanum settings (in English) by the “Chaumonot Composers Group” using simple refrains that Catholic congregations will embrace; organ accompaniments are included, and these can be printed freely.

* [HYMNAL COMPARISON] • (15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals)
—A guest article by Mr. Daniel Craig compares: New Westminster Hymnal (1952); Peoples Mass Book (1964); Hymns in the Public Domain (ICEL, 1981); Summit Choirbook (1983); Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles (Marier, 1983); Collegeville Hymnal (1990); Catholic Hymn Book (London Oratory, 1998); Traditional Roman Hymnal (SSPX, 2000), Introit Hymns for the Church Year (Tietze, 2005); Worship IV Hymnal (G.I.A. Publications, 2011); Adoremus Hymnal (2011); St. Michael Hymnal (2011); Hymnal for the Hours (2014); Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal (2014); Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal (Sophia Institute Press) +

* [HISTORIC CATHOLIC HYMNALS] • (Brébeuf source material)
—The committee which produced the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal carefully scanned thousands of pages from old Catholic hymnals so they could draw from traditional sources and be aware of what has been done in the past by Catholic publishers; this article releases (in PDF format) many of these historic Roman Catholic hymn books.

* [PLAGIARISM FROM BOISE’S BISHOP] • (forbidding ad orientem?)
—These articles explore and document the sad plagiarism by Most Rev. Peter Christensen, who attempted to ban “ad orientem” celebration in his diocese in spite of the recent documents from Rome (conveniently assembled toward the second half of this article).

* [KEVIN ALLEN EMPORIUM] • (Composer of Sacred Music)
—Numerous scores by Kevin Allen, leading composer of sacred choral music, including compositions for SATB, organ/voice, and equal voices.

* [NEW SACRED MUSIC INSTITUTE] • (with free tuition for all)
—If a small percentage of CCWatershed readers would do this, the institute could be built overnight!

* [LALEMANT PROPERS] • (including an option for PDF download)
—The Graduale Romanum in English set to extremely simple psalm tones for all Sundays and Solemnities, including 45 fully pointed Psalms for Singers.

* [SIMPLE ENGLISH PROPERS] • (rehearsal videos)
—This page contains links to all the “SEP” practice videos, which were commissioned by the Church Music Association of America (“CMAA”).

* [LAUDATE COMMUNION ANTIPHONS] • (Andrew R. Motyka)
—A full set of free English settings of the Communion antiphons for cantor, organ, and congregation composed by Andrew Motyka, Director of Archdiocesan and Cathedral Liturgical Music for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

* [CARDINAL NEWMAN BEATIFICATION] • (short films)
—Watershed assisted the Birmingham Oratory with media work leading up to the Papal Visit and Beatification of Cardinal Newman.

* [CHANT TUTORIAL] • (“how to sing Gregorian Chant”)
—The best way to learn how to sing Gregorian Chant is to visit the “René Goupil Gregorian Website” and click on the videos; by carefully following along with those videos, you will learn how to sing plainsong • However, for those who prefer “theoretical” knowledge, these tutorials include practice videos, PDFs, and more; also included is basic information about clefs and sight reading • Make sure to also visit the seven video presentations regarding the secret rhythm of the creation of the Editio Vaticana under Pope Pius X and the secret of the Gregorian mora vocis

* [ORDINARY FORM MASS SETTINGS] • (Roman Missal, 3rd edition)
—Free musical settings by Richard Rice, Brandon Byrne, Royce Nickel, Fr Samuel Weber, Nigel McBain, Ian Williams, Brian Michael Page, Fr David Friel, Jeff Ostrowski, Patrick O’Shea, Br. Joe Babcock, Michael Olbash, Richard J. Clark, and more +

* [MONSIGNOR SCHMITT] • (Father Francis P. Schmitt)
—Monsignor Frank Schmitt was a Catholic Church music legend, and Corpus Christi Watershed has published some fascinating articles about him we think you’ll enjoy.

* [RELIGIOUS CLIPART] • (black and white artwork)
—We are releasing hundreds of these stunningly beautiful drawings for free and instant download each week; they work well in bulletins.

* [ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER] • (13 organ accompaniments)
—PDF Download • Thirteen different organ accompaniments for the Marian Anthem during Advent, including: Father Green, Father Jones, Jeff Ostrowski, Dom Jean-Hébert Desroquettes, Dom Andrew Gregory Murray, Dr. Theodore Marier, Achille P. Bragers, Julius Bas (“Giulio Bas”), Henri Potiron, Nicola A. Montani, Dr. Eugène Lapierre, and others.

* [SALVE REGINA] • (17 organ accompaniments)
—PDF Download • Seventeen different organ accompaniments for the simple “Salve Regina,” including: Father Carlo Rossini, Jeff Ostrowski, Dom Jean-Hébert Desroquettes, Dom Andrew Gregory Murray, Dr. Theodore Marier, Achille P. Bragers, Julius Bas (“Giulio Bas”), Henri Potiron, Nicola A. Montani, Dr. Eugène Lapierre, and others.

Our Articles • Some Examples

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“Completed Feasts” have an incomplete project with Ordinary Form Gregorian chant.

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