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We Need Assistance! Please Help Watershed Survive!

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2016

602 dollar bill HENEVER I HAVE MADE an appeal for funds—which is my responsibility as Watershed President—our readers have responded with great generosity. I recently created a 5-part series [01 02 03 04 05] asking for funds in a “sneaky” way.

Only a handful responded.

So the sneaky way seems to have failed; but I’m torn on this issue. On one hand, we’re doing just fine. We have generous donors who give $5.00 per month, and we pay our bills. On the other hand, there are important projects which we ardently desire to tackle.

Do you feel called by our Savior to assist?

    * *  CLICK HERE • Donate $5.00 per month

We’re a 100% volunteer organization—so why do we need funding? Because certain items require money, such as improvements to the website. 1 You’ve probably noticed our website avoids many common pitfalls of Catholic blogs. It loads fast, lacks obnoxious ads, provides quality content, and utilizes graphics properly. This requires tremendous efforts, and the young man running our site (who lives in Mexico) gets paid when the website breaks and needs to be fixed. We also pay young Catholics to do certain tasks, 2 such as scanning books—which is what Christian justice demands. We also have many bills you may not expect: web hosting, software, backups, and so forth. Occasionally, we purchase rare books for scanning. PayPal also takes money from us, which is called “the cost of doing business.”

Here’s the bottom line: if anyone wants to become a monthly donor, we need your help. But if God’s plan is for us to stay exactly where we are—even if it means neglecting some important projects and improvements—may His Holy Will be done.

THE FOLLOWING HAS NOTHING to do with our fundraiser—sorry to be random!—but listen to the 38:00 marker:


After those experiences, how cool is it that Dr. Scott Hahn still converted?



NOTES FROM THIS ARTICLE:

1   We’d be happy to use a volunteer webmaster, but such a person must demonstrate knowledge of DJANGO & PYTHON.

2   Watershed has scanned and uploaded something like 200,000 pages of rare books. I’ve done some scanning (as a volunteer) but I cannot do it all myself.

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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    Schola Director Posts ‘Live’ Recording
    As I explained in my article posted earlier today, Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland is actually a Catholic tune (in spite of what some have claimed). The volunteer choir I direct sang that beautiful ADVENT melody last Sunday, and I invite you to listen to the live recording. It will get better the more we sing it.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Message from the Vice-President!
    The Vice-President of the Church Music Association of America, Dr. Horst Buchholz (who also serves as Director of Sacred Music for the Archdiocese of Detroit) sent us an email yesterday regarding the harmonizations (PDF) I composed for the Gregorian Chant psalm tones. Dr. Buchholz says: “Those settings are absolutely exquisite, as I'm used to when it comes from you. Bravo! Well done! Now, as a sequel, if you could write something for accompanying psalms in English that would be awesome.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Requesting Our Advent Eucharistic Hymn
    A young lady named Agnes wrote to us: “Dear Mr. Ostrowski, do you have the PDF score for Ave Corpus Domini set to the ADVENT melody? Last year, we sang the hymn tune “Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland” quite a bit using your contrafactum technique. My choir appreciates the Latin hymns and practice videos, especially in the ADVENT and CHRISTMAS seasons. Your recent article on Gregorian Psalm Tones is a great help to my organist brother, and reminds us of attending VESPERS years ago when we lived in California. Thank you so much for all the effort put into providing these wonderful resources!”   Agnes, if you are listening! Yes, the PDF file you desire can be downloaded for free at the Brébeuf Portal via this URL link. Thanks for writing to us!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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“Ways to receive Our Lord as King of the Universe…read and reflect on the Sunday Scriptures, plan your whole weekend around receiving your King, wear your best garments, spend time in quiet, kneel to receive Him, receive Him on the tongue, offer silent time of thanks after mass.”

— Most Rev. Bishop Strickland (15 December)

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