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10 Examples • “Diversity of Musical Styles” (Latin Mass)

April 14, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Ten ways to make your musical selections during Mass a delight for all present.

“The Great Reset” • For Your Choir?

April 12, 2021 By Keven Smith

Consider using this time of disruption as an opportunity to make long-overdue changes in the way your choir operates.

“Adze” • Do you know this word?

April 12, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

William F. Buckley speaking on television about Monsignor Ronald Knox.

PDF Download • Vespers for Holy Thursday?

April 10, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

“Custom preserves many things in liturgy after their first reason has ceased.” —Father Adrian Fortescue

PDF Download • “Sanctus for Three Voices” (Soprano, Alto, and Bass)

April 6, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Can Gregorian Chant be harmonized? Does it work?

Live Recording • “Jesus My Lord, My God, My All”

April 6, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Vernacular hymns at Communion during EF High Mass—your thoughts?

(Hymn) • “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”

April 4, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

…including rehearsal videos for each individual voice.

Thomas à Kempis says …

April 2, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

From a manuscript created circa A.D. 1497.

New Website! • “Restore The 1954 Holy Week”

March 31, 2021 By Corpus Christi Watershed

We are pleased to observe how this site included our liturgical PDF files.

A Short Reflection for Holy Week: On Love

March 29, 2021 By Keven Smith

May these thoughts on selfless love encourage you to persevere through Holy Week.

PDF Download • “Hymn to Christ the King” (SATB)

March 29, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Also included: Five (5) rare rhyming renderings into English.

Vesting Prayers • Part 9 of 9

March 29, 2021 By Fr. David Friel

The Dalmatic

Never Released Before! • Unique Version of “O Sacred Head Surrounded” (SATB)

March 25, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

What is a Catholic Hymnal? How old are these hymns?

Liturgical Translation: Your Thoughts?

March 24, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

The National Association of Pastoral Musicians has created “liturgical” materials honoring Buddha and Darwin.

Hidden Gem: Crux Fidelis (attr. King John IV of Portugal)

March 22, 2021 By Keven Smith

I don’t know who really wrote this motet, but I do know it’s a soothing and highly accessible selection for Holy Week.

“Glad Trad” vs. “Rad Trad”

March 20, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

We are called to do something very strange…

Saint Joseph + Baby Jesus In A Walker

March 19, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

This luscious manuscript was created about A.D. 1453 for a French Noblewoman.

Homeschooling & Consecration To Saint Joseph

March 17, 2021 By Veronica Moreno

The life I lead is not glamorous—nor do I feel like I am making a ‘big difference’ most days…

PDF Download • My Favorite Gregorian Hymn

March 17, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

There are so many wonderful Gregorian hymns, but the “HYMN TO SAINT JOSEPH” is my favorite.

Three Radical Liturgical Changes • (Pope Pius XII)

March 16, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

I love Venerable Pius XII very much, but this particular change was unconscionable.

Spring Lecture Series • Society for Catholic Liturgy

March 16, 2021 By Fr. David Friel

Three virtual lectures have just been announced by the SCL.

PDF Download • “O Sacred Head Surrounded” — Twelve Organ Accompaniments

March 14, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

You can’t have too many harmonizations of this piece!

Holy Week Chants • Clergy Training

March 13, 2021 By Fr. David Friel

An introduction to the English chants of Holy Week for clergy

Re: Music For Two Voices • “Jam Christe Sol Justitiæ”

March 12, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Here’s something we tried recently, and I’d be grateful to hear your feedback.

Secrets Revealed • “Campion Missal, Third Edition”

March 11, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Sophia Institute Press has authorized us to release marvelous secrets about the 3rd edition!

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PDF Downloads

PDF Download • “O Sacred Head Surrounded” … placed into Gregorian Chant!

February 17, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

Also provided: an organ accompaniment for “Jam Christe Sol Justitiae” (an ancient Catholic hymn for Lent).

PDF Download • “Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays” by Dom Lefevbre (2,007 pages)

February 16, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

…including news Re: the 3rd edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal, scheduled to be released in April.

PDF • “Spiritual Mass Plan for Church Organists”

February 16, 2021 By Keven Smith

Some guidance on how to stay recollected at a low Mass while you’re also playing organ.

PDF Download • 1954 “Bragers Hymnal”—Accompaniment Edition (131 pages)

February 11, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

We have scanned this extremely rare hymnal, granted Imprimatur by Francis Cardinal Spellman on 15 February 1954.

PDF Download • “Mass Propers For Sundays And Holydays Set To Simple Melodies” (429 pages)

January 19, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

In 1947, this book was given a double “Imprimatur” by Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York.

PDF Download • “Essential Liturgical Chart”

January 5, 2021 By Jeff Ostrowski

I’ve never spent as much time creating a Liturgical Chart as I did for this one.

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Jeff OstrowskiJeff Ostrowski
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Keven SmithKeven Smith
Sacramento, California
Fr. David FrielFr. David Friel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Veronica MorenoVeronica Moreno
West Covina, California
Andrea LealAndrea Leal
Las Vegas, Nevada
Charles WeaverCharles Weaver
Norwalk, Connecticut
Daniel TuckerDaniel Tucker
South Bend, IN
Veronica Brandt
Sydney, Australia
Richard J. ClarkRichard J. Clark
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Dr. Alfred CalabreseDr. Alfred Calabrese
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Louisville, Kentucky
Corrinne MayCorrinne May
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Cynthia OstrowskiCynthia Ostrowski
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Wilfrid JonesWilfrid Jones
Cambridge, UK
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Dallas, Texas
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Hong Kong, China

Random Quote

Ambrose and Prudentius took something classical and made it Christian; the revisers and their imitators took something Christian and tried to make it classical. The result may be pedantry, and sometimes perhaps poetry; but it is not piety. “Accessit Latinitas, discessit pietas.”

— Fr. Joseph Connelly (1954)

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