Rediscovering “Musicam Sacram”
I encountered anew this wonderfully clear and concise document about music in the liturgy.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
I encountered anew this wonderfully clear and concise document about music in the liturgy.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look
“May these mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, bring us from heaven a healing medicine…”
Watch for more about the first ever commercial recording from the Sistine Chapel.
The debate between digital and pipe organs as been intensified by a collaboration between Sony’s GRAMMY®-nominated artist, Cameron Carpenter and organ builders Marshall & Ogletree. Is it a revolution?
My children are now grown, but I’m not about to reveal any family secrets!
The “white notes” (as Dr. Joseph Lennards called them) are quite sloppy, which really took me by surprise.
Please, please don’t ever underestimate the power of good music to touch hearts in either the work of evangelization or catechesis.
The older I get, I prepare more not to receive accolades, but to become invisible.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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