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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Free Musical Settings • Roman Missal, 3rd Edition

HE ST. RALPH SHERWIN GLORIA is a remarkably prayerful musical setting of the text that is sure to serve our worship for years to come—well worth the investment of time to teach your parish community. — Gregory Glenn, Cathedral of the Madeleine

Mass in Honor of Saint Noël Chabanel (2023)
Jeffrey Ostrowski, Composer

Download the complete Mass for free

Mass in honor of St. Isaac Jogues (2014)
Congregational Mass printed in the Jogues Illuminated Missal

Scores: Organist — Congregation — SATB   •   Videos: Click here

*  PDF Download • “Mass of the English Martyrs” (Ostrowski)
—Includes a choral setting of the “Our Father” (SATB).


Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II (2014)
Richard J. Clark, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (29 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Mass in honor of Mary, Star of the Sea (2013)
Michael Olbash, Composer

Accompaniments: Click here   •   Practice Videos: Gloria Video — Sanctus/Preface Video


Mass in honor of St. Ralph Sherwin (2010)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: PDF (17 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Missa Misericordiae Dei (2017)
Nigel Lucas Silvester McBain

Musical Score: PDF (14 pages)


Mass in honor of St. John Neumann (2011)
Fr. David Friel, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (21 pages)


Mass of the Alabaster Jar (2016)
Brandon Byrne, Composer

Removed by the composer on 18 January 2025.


Mass in honor of St. Veronica (2016)
Brandon Byrne, Composer

Removed by the composer on 18 January 2025.


Mass in honor of Fr. Solanus Casey (2017)
Composed by Br. Joe Babcock, OFM Cap. and S.V. Guokas

Score with Assembly inserts: PDF (8 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Anne Line (2011)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: Ostrowski   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Mass of the Mediatrix (2011)
Patrick O’Shea, Composer

Full score: PDF (33 pages)   •   Numerous additional resources are here.


Mass in honor of St. Bernadette (2012)
Richard K. Fitzgerald, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)   •   Additional: PDF   •   Audio Files: Click here


Missal Chants (2011, ICEL)
Organ Accompaniments by Jeff Ostrowski

Accompaniments: PDF (21 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Glory to God — Our Father

*  PDF Download • SANCTUS (English, Latin, & Spanish)

The same thing has been done for the AGNUS DEI.

Jeff Ostrowski in 2024 harmonized the KYRIE from them the ICEL Missal chants.


Mass in honor of Our Lady of Good Help (2011)
Aristotle A. Esguerra, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (5 pages)   •   Practice Video: Holy, Holy, Holy


Mass in honor of Saint Thomas More (2009)
Fr. Samuel F. Weber, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (15 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Theresa the Little Flower (2013)
Matthew Phelps, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (25 pages)


Mass of the Sacred Heart (2010)
Richard Rice, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)


Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe (2011)
Aristotle A. Esguerra, Composer

Accompaniment: Esguerra — Kwasniewski


Mass of St. Theodore (2011)
Richard Rice, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (20 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Mass of the Prophets and Martyrs (2011)
L. Columbkille Simms, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (13 pages)   •   Practice Audio: Click here


Mass in honor of St. Edmund Jennings (2011)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (7 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Missa Stelliferi Conditor Orbis (2011)
Kevin Allen, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)


Mass in Honor of St. Raphael — “Glory to God” (2013)
Heather Hineline and Ben Yanke

Accompaniment: PDF (6 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Patrick — “Glory to God” (2012)
William Finn, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages)   •   Audio File: Click here


Holy Angels Mass (2010)
Brian Michael Page, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (11 pages) — Full Score (26 pages)


Mass of St. Therese (2011)
Royce Nickel, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages) — PDF (Vocalist)


Mass of Saint Benedict (2011)
Albert Ahlstrom, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (13 pages)


Mass of the Holy Spirit (2011)
Albert Ahlstrom, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (24 pages)


Capel-y-ffin Mass (2011)
Ian Williams, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages) — PDF (congregation) — PDF (choir)


Mass in honor of St. Edmund Arrowsmith (2010)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: PDF (Higher Key) — PDF (Lower Key)   •   Practice Videos: Click here

Scores & Videos for the SATB Gloria: Click here   •   Congregational: (Melody-Only)

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President’s Corner

    (Part 2) • Did they simplify this hymn?
    Choirs love to sing the resplendent tune called “INNSBRUCK.” Looking through a (Roman Catholic) German hymnal printed in 1929, I discovered what appears to be a simplified version of that hymn. Their harmonization is much less complex than the version found in the Father Brébeuf Hymnal (which is suitable for singing by SATB choir). Please download their 1929 harmonization (PDF) and let me know your thoughts. As always, the Germans added an organ INTRODUCTION. For the record, I posted a different harmonization a few months ago which was downloaded more than 2,000 times.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Lectionary Comparison Chart”
    Various shell corporations (in an effort to make money selling Sacred Scripture) have tinkered with the LECTIONARY texts in a way that’s shameful. It’s no wonder Catholics in the pews know so few Bible passages by heart. Without authorization, these shell corporations pervert the official texts. Consider the Responsorial Psalm for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year A). If you download this PDF comparison chart you’ll notice each country randomly omits certain sections. Such tinkering has gone on for 60+ years—and it’s reprehensible.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Monsignor Klaus Gamber Speaks!
    An interesting quotation from the eminent liturgist, Monsignor Klaus Gamber (d. 1989): “According to canon law, a person’s affiliation with a particular liturgical rite is determined by that person’s rite of baptism. Given that the liturgical reforms of Pope Paul VI created a de facto new rite, one could assert that those among the faithful who were baptized according to the traditional Roman rite have the right to continue following that rite; just as priests who were ordained according to the traditional Ordo have the right to exercise the very rite that they were ordained to celebrate.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    New Bulletin Article • “12 October 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 12 October 2025) talks about an ‘irony’ or ‘paradox’ regarding the 1960s switch to a wider use (amplior locus) of vernacular in the liturgy.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “American Catholic Hymnal” (1991)
    The American Catholic Hymnal, with IMPRIMATUR granted (25 April 1991) by the Archdiocese of Chicago, is like a compendium of every horrible idea from the 1980s. Imagine being forced to stand all through Communion (even afterwards) when those self-same ‘enlightened’ liturgists moved the SEQUENCE before the Alleluia to make sure congregations wouldn’t have to stand during it. (Even worse, everything about the SEQUENCE—including its name—means it should follow the Alleluia.) And imagine endlessly repeating “Alleluia” during Holy Communion at every single Mass. It was all part of an effort to convince people that Holy Communion was historically a procession (which it wasn’t).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Canonic” • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fifty years ago, Dr. Theodore Marier made available this clever arrangement (PDF) of “Come down, O love divine” by P. R. Dietterich. The melody was composed in 1906 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958) and named in honor of his birthplace: DOWN AMPNEY. The arrangement isn’t a strict canon, but it does remind one of a canon since the pipe organ employs “points of imitation.” The melody and text are #709 in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The Princess of the Palatinate once described German Protestantism to Louis XIV with this formula: “In our country, everyone makes up his own little religion.” Every priest, or almost every priest, is at this point today. All the faithful have to say is “Amen.” They are still blessed when the pastor’s religion does not change every Sunday, at the whim of his reading, the foolery he has seen others at, or at his own pure fancy.

— Professor Louis Bouyer (1968)

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