HE Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal does not mimic or “build upon” Protestant hymnals. From first to last, it’s a Catholic publication. We assembled a staggering number of Catholic hymnals, from which we selected only the very best material. Someday, we hope to release all of the source material we discovered. This is not to say that we took absolutely nothing of Protestant origin, and those who carefully examine the following list will spot a few Anglican publications.
PLEASE FEEL FREE to download some of the books we came across during our research for the Brébeuf hymnal. We hope to release the complete collection someday:
1842 • ENGLISH HYMNS in METER (A. D. Wackerbarth) —74pg
1847 • CATHOLIC HYMNAL with HARMONIES (Fr. Stephan Lück) —879pg
1848 • HYMNS OF THE HEART (Matthew Bridges) —97pg
1851 • LYRA CATHOLICA (Edward Caswall) —572pg
1853 • CATHOLIC HYMNS with ILLUSTRATIONS (Cardinal Wiseman) —64pg
1854 • THE HYMNAL NOTED (J. M. Neale) —226pg
ADDITIONAL • Accomp. • Words • Alt. Versions
1854 • ORATORY HYMNS and TUNES (Fr. Faber) —202pg
1850s • THE HYMN of SAINT CASIMIR (Various Translations)
* 1860 • THE CATHOLIC HYMNAL (London) —192pg
1861 • SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOK (Fr. Furniss) {Hymns begin on pg 146}
1862 • HAWAIIAN HYMNAL (Honolulu, Probably Anglican) —251pg
1863 • MEDIEVAL HYMNS and SEQUENCES (J. M. Neale) —242pg
1870 • CATHOLIC HYMNS (Servite Fathers) —92pg
1872 • THE HYMNARY (Benjamin Webb & William Cooke) —665pg
1873 • HYMNS and POEMS (Fr. Edward Caswall) —489pg
1878 • LATIN HYMNAL “Cantiones Sacræ” (Joseph Mohr) —440pg
1880 • HYMN TRANSLATIONS by D. T. Morgan (Anglican) —314pg
1884 • ANNUS SANCTUS (Orby Shipley) —478pg
1884 • THE ROMAN HYMNAL (Fr. J. B. Young) —801pg
1885 • O CHRIST HIE MERK! (Fr. Guido Maria Dreves) —180pg
1889 • MANUAL of PRAYERS (Council of Baltimore) {Hymns begin on pg 599}
1889 • ORIGINAL TEXTS in “Hymns Ancient & Modern” —406pg
1891 • HOLY FACE HYMNAL (Sisters of Mercy)
1900 • BREVIARY HYMNS & MISSAL SEQUENCES (Bishop Bagshawe) —222pg
* 1905 • ARUNDEL HYMNS (Duke of Norfolk) —569pg (202MB)
1905 • NOTRE DAME HYMN BOOK (Birtchnell & Brown) —88pg
1905 • THE HYMNER (Anglican) —166pg
1906 • THE ENGLISH HYMNAL (Anglican) —pg917
1906 • SAINT BASIL HYMNAL (15th ed.) —428pg
1906 • CATHOLIC CHURCH HYMNAL (E. Tozer) —376pg
1907 • SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN BOOK (Sisters of Notre Dame) —187pg
1907 • ANGLICAN HYMN BOOK (Bullock) —1,151pg
1908 • EARLY CHRISTIAN HYMNS (Judge D. J. Donahoe) —278pg
1908 • OFFICE HYMNS together with the PROPER MELODIES (Anglican) —506pg
1909 • THE CATHOLIC HYMNAL (Fr. Alfred Young) —296pg
1910 • SAINT MARK’S CATHOLIC HYMNAL (Peoria) —222pg
1911 • CROWN HYMNAL (Fr. Kavanagh) —610pg
1912 • EUCHARISTICA (Hugh Thomas Henry) —230pg
* 1912 • WESTMINSTER HYMNAL (Sir Richard R. Terry) —423pg
* 1913 • SAINT HUGH HYMN BOOK (Fr. Adrian Fortescue) —168pg
* 1913 • SONGS OF SYON HYMNAL (George Woodward) —613pg
1913 • AMERICAN CATHOLIC HYMNAL (Marist Brothers) —509pg
1913 • DE LA SALLE HYMNAL (New York) —263pg
1913 • BOOK of HYMNS (Fr. Gregory Ould & William Sewell) —572pg
1913 • Vox Angelica: A New Collection of Catholic hymns (organ edition) DUBLIN —43pg
1914 • HOSANNA CATHOLIC HYMN BOOK (Fr. Ludwig Bonvin) —285pg
1914 • COLLECTED SEQUENCES and HYMNS (J. M. Neale) —460pg
1915 • HOLY CROSS HYMNAL (Cardinal O’Connell) —52pg
1916 • PANGE LINGUA ( Alan G. McDougall) —122pg
1918 • ST. BASIL HYMNAL (“completely remodelled”) —350pg {Very Large File}
1920 • CATHOLIC HYMNAL (Fr. John G. Hacker) —348pg
1920 • SAINT GREGORY HYMNAL (Nicola A. Montani) —512pg
1921 • STANDARD CATHOLIC HYMNAL (James A. Reilly) —171pg
1922 • HYMNS of the BREVIARY and MISSAL (Fr. Matthew Britt) —390pg
1926 • DIOCESAN HYMNAL (Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland) —84pg
1936 • PAROCHIAL HYMNAL (Fr. Carlo Rossini) —291pg
1937 • SAINT CECILIA HYMNAL (J. Alfred Schehl) —272pg
1937 • MOUNT MARY HYMNAL (Sister Gisela) —255pg
1938 • SAINT ROSE HYMNAL (Franciscan Sisters) —222pg
* 1939 • NEW WESTMINSTER HYMNAL (Ronald Knox) —452pg
1941 • CHANT SERVICE BOOK (Achille P. Bragers) —208pg
* 1942 • LAUDATE HYMNAL and CHOIRBOOK (Hohe, Koch, Green) —270pg
1943 • HYMNS OF THE DOMINICAN BREVIARY (Aquinas Byrnes) —694pg
1945 • FATHER SELNER HYMNAL (Father John Selner) —39pg
* 1948 • DAILY HYMN BOOK (Westminster & Desclée) —360pg
1949 • Msgr. Ronald Knox “Trials of a Translator”
* PDF Download • Pius X Hymnal (Australia)
—Edited by Father Percy Jones in 1952.1952 • CANTATE OMNES HYMNAL — Buffalo, New York
1953 • SAINT PIUS X HYMNAL — Organist & Congregational editions
* 1954 • THE MONASTERY HYMNAL — Achille P. Bragers
* 1954 • CATHOLIC HYMMNS — Fr. John Selner
* 1955 • CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL — Rev. Aloysius Knauff
* 1955 • MEDIATOR DEI HYMNAL (J. Vincent Higginson) —114pg
1955 • HYMNS of the ROMAN LITURGY (Fr. Joseph Connelly) —285pg
1957 • PARISH HYMNAL (Sister Catherine Cecilia) —72pg
1957 • LEEDS CATHOLIC HYMNAL (Crosiers) —232pg
1959 • POPE PIUS XII MASS HYMNAL (Joseph Roff)
1964 • “Hymnal of Christian Unity” (Catholic w/ IMPRIMATUR) —113pg
1964 • Scottish: ST. ANDREW HYMNAL (Catholic) —434pg
1966 • The Book of Catholic Worship
1967 • DOMINICAN BREVIARY HYMNS —In four (4) parts
* A red star indicates the book is particularly noteworthy.
Saint Jean de Brébeuf brought the True Faith to the New World and underwent extreme suffering during his martyrdom. It was Brébeuf who said to Jogues, Garnier, and Chastellain in the summer of 1636: “Fear no difficulties; there will be none for you, since it is your whole consolation to see yourself crucified with the Son of God.” While Saint Brébeuf was working in the missions, the hymns of the Catholic Church were being completely revised by Pope Urban VIII, the same pope who granted Father Isaac Jogues special permission to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, even though his fingers had been brutally sawn off by the Iroquois.
The new Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal was recently declared by the New Liturgical Movement to be “hands down, the best Catholic hymnal ever published.”
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