Mother Angelica • “60 Minutes” (1984)
This video shows Mother Angelica playing the drums at Mass! (Not kidding!)
Archives for March 2016
Promoting a Good Choral Culture at Your Parish
Nothing is impossible with God, everyone can promote a good choral culture at their parish.
Bishop Doerfler’s Stunning Church Music Letter
“All parishes and schools are to have implemented the following directives by December 31, 2020.” —Bishop Doerfler.
Sequence During the Octave of Easter
Singing the sequence, “Victimae Paschali Laudes” is truly appropriate every day this week.
“Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above” • Nine Organ Accompaniments
Why do we love descants so much?
Mother Angelica, How Bad Was It?
“To preside, a person must live from the rich ambiguity of symbolic reality.”
PDF Download • Monsignor Ronald A. Knox “The Trials Of A Translator” (1949)
Your Easter present has arrived!
True Meaning Of Easter?
After all the work we musicians do to make Holy Week special…
Funeral March for Jesus
Annual Good Friday Funeral March in Macau.
Musical Resources • Holy Thursday (1962 Missal)
“By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples: if you have love one for another.”
Tantum Ergo by a French Composer
A setting of Tantum Ergo by Déodat de Sévérac.
A Church Music Issue Nobody Will Touch
Numerous articles have been written about Cardinal Sarah’s “foot washing” communique.
Baptisms in the Extraordinary Form
Reflections on a Recent Experience
Footage From 1968 • Pope Paul VI Giving Out Palms
The Cardinals don’t need to wear red—they have it on already!
PDF Download • “Chants Abrégés des Graduels, des Alleluias, et des Traits”
Simplified according to ancient psalm tones.
As the Tension Grows
As Holy Week approaches, the tension is palpable.
Holy Week — A Week of Love
How can we practice charity during Holy Week?
Printable Passion Booklets (PDF)
These might be helpful to some!
Sean McDermott’s “Virgo Dei Genitrix”
Do you agree this “live” recording is sung with excellence?
St. Paul’s Choir School
I would like to share with you an incredible place where such a musician had a great vision, informed by the mind and heart of the Church.
Brand New • “Saint Paul Hymnal”
Msgr. Andrew R. Wadsworth served on the advisory committee for this hymn book!
“Liturgy Shaming”
They’re doing the very thing they say they deplore!
The Rite of Marriage, Second Edition
The release date has been set. What will be new in the new Rite of Marriage?
Can You Find The Error Here?
The problem with trying to revise liturgical books too quickly…
Suzanne Toolan • Missing Verse From “I Am The Bread Of Life” Hymn
Is this for real?