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Search Results for: simple english propers

Three Entrance Antiphons for the Celebration of Marriage

Richard J. Clark · October 6, 2017

Free Download: Three Entrance Antiphons For the Celebration of Marriage

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Nine Questions About The Latin Mass You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask

Jeff Ostrowski · April 21, 2017

When I first attended the Traditional Mass, I hated it.

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Fr. Magiera Reviews The Campion Hymnal

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 12, 2017

“These renderings are accompanied by beautiful photos so even the novice should be able to follow the Mass rather easily.”

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When to Teach Children to Sight-Read Plainsong

Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 10, 2017

Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.

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Wonderful Things are Happening in Detroit!

Dr. Lucas Tappan · October 11, 2016

Even more exciting were two developments I learned of while in Detroit.

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Communion Antiphons for Advent & Christmas • NEW • World Library Publications

Richard J. Clark · August 26, 2016

World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent and Christmas. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Propers, World Library Publications Last Updated: December 4, 2020

A Model of Sacred Music at Priest’s First Mass

Richard J. Clark · May 27, 2016

What music does a newly ordained priest, who currently plays the drums in a jazz band, choose for his first Mass? A priest who also has a degree from the Hartt School of Music in Music Production and Technology? The answer will surprise you.

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Instruction on Sacred Music by Bishop John Doerfler

Fr. David Friel · April 24, 2016

Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop John Doerfler Sacred Music, Hymnbooks, Hymns Replacing Propers, ICEL Chants, Propers, Reform of the Reform, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Three Common Misconceptions about Chant

Andrew Leung · February 11, 2016

If we can solve these 3 misunderstandings, people can fall in love with chant easier!

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Musical Resources • Feast of the Holy Family (Extraordinary Form)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2016

“O Lord Jesus Christ, who—in the days of thy sub­jec­tion to Mary and Joseph—didst consecrate home life by ineffable acts of virtue…”

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Is this the “Proper” solution for you?

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · October 1, 2015

I’ve decided to try an experiment that may work in other parishes.

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A Most Devastating Change By Pope Paul VI

Jeff Ostrowski · July 28, 2015

“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop of Chur, Missal Antiphons Dont Match Roman Gradual, Reform of the Reform, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: July 13, 2023

Only Priests Can Save Catholic Music

Jeff Ostrowski · July 1, 2015

Including thirteen (13) complete collections of Mass Propers…with audio examples!

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Regensburger Domspatzen

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 23, 2015

I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.

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Lenten Acclamations To Genevan Psalm Tunes

Guest Author · February 11, 2015

“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

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    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Rubric Challenge”
    The feast of Corpus Christi is special for TLM altar boys. On that day, two of us thurifers got to walk backwards while using the THURIBLE. (That American custom, if memory serves, is not strictly described in the rubrics.) A few weeks ago on the CCW Facebook Page we posted this screenshot from a 1915 Roman Catholic hymnal. The challenge is to guess what the rubric says, which we blocked from view with a red box. So far, nobody has guessed correctly. Feel free to guess! Our email address is listed at the bottom of each page. UPDATE: The answer has been revealed as of 8 June 2026.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The 1960s reformers had no chance of success since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—and in a few months!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”

— Professor Louis Bouyer, close friend of Pope Saint Paul VI

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