What Happened To Our Catholic Artists?
From what I can tell, a trend toward *ugly* artwork in Church publications began in the late 1950s.
Archives for March 2015
St. Paul’s Choir School, Harvard Square, Boston
Are you a priest, are you a music director? Perhaps God is calling YOU!
Is This Where It All Began?
Why do so many traditional priests have an aversion to Pope Pius XII’s revision of Holy Week?
Essential Resources for Holy Week
Knowing What Is Needed
Musical Resources • Palm Sunday (1962)
There are two ways to distribute palm branches in the Extraordinary Form.
Palm Sunday Outline • Extraordinary Form
During the procession, all or some of the following selections may be sung…
Scales and counterpoint
Two part choir exercises – one for every day of the year plus a few dozen to spare.
Five Things Directors and Choirs Must Remember This Week
You may forever change the lives of someone you do not know in ways you will never know.
“O Sacred Head Surrounded”
An easier organ accompaniment, provided by Dr. Eugène Lapierre, teacher of Roger Wagner.
Diversity Of Thought
When it comes to reforming the liturgy, they want “all voices heard.”
Video • Vocation Story Of Bishop Robert C. Morlino
“Scranton is a very Catholic town. Every guy, growing up considered the priesthood.” —Bishop Morlino
Free PDF • Polyphonic Gloria With Practice Videos
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
Do You Know The Hymn Of Saint Casimir?
The *original* meter & rhyme scheme were miraculously kept in English, Polish, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian!
Regensburger Domspatzen
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.
Adoremus & the Way Forward
Continuing the Work of Helen Hull Hitchcock