Sacred Music of Nicholas Wilton & Paintings of Fra Angelica (Lovely Video)

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 12, 2014

E HAVE RECEIVED notice of the following beautiful video by Nicholas Wilton (see below) and a personal message from the composer:

“My intention in writing sacred choral music is firstly for the adoration of God and the veneration and glorification of Our Blessed Lady. Secondly it is to help raise minds and hearts to God in the sacred Catholic liturgy. In these troubled times where very few Catholics have sacraments my hope is that my sacred choral music might help Catholics against the assaults of the devil. If my little sub-creations can help even one soul, I should be happy.”

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FEEDBACK • 23 September 2021

From a reader: “Corpus Christi Watershed is the greatest musical organization ever created in the Church!”

—Jeff Ostrowski

Church “Narthex” • What’s that?

Do you know what the church narthex is? It’s kind of like a separate room, blocked off by a wall. A buddy of mine (sitting in the narthex) took some iPhone recordings of our congregation singing Vespers. Here’s how they sound sans organ. [Note: Whenever I play for Vespers, I make sure to have some psalms a cappella.] And here’s how they sound with accompaniment. Our entire parish sings Vespers each Sunday—whoever wants to show up. All are welcome.

—Jeff Ostrowski

16 September 2021 • Fulton J. Sheen

Here is a photo of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen celebrating Mass in Jerusalem. That image was included in the “Fulton J. Sheen Sunday Missal” (1961), which was edited by Father Caramen and has an IMPRIMATUR by William Cardinal Godfrey, who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1956 until his death in 1963. The Fulton Sheen Missal can be freely downloaded as a PDF file, thanks to Corpus Christi Watershed.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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