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“The current rubrics of the missal … specify the moments when the celebrant must turn toward the people.” —Cardinal Sarah, 23 May 2016
A concert of early music by the ensemble “Pro-Arte Saint Louis”
Who could deny the text painting here?
“O God, Who hast prepared good things unseen for them that love Thee…”
I started asking myself how anyone could argue against something like this. After all, isn’t it good to share joy?
Why is the Basilica community so lively and why are they growing so much?
“The singing of the Communion Antiphon alone, which sufficed at sung Mass when Holy Communion was not given, is insufficient under the new conditions…” —Solesmes (1957)
… composed by a Franciscan monk!
Let’s put the organ back on the pedestal it rightfully deserves.
“The Ordinary of the Mass and the hymn at Vespers are the parts of Divine Service in which the congregation is supposed to join.” —Solesmes (1903)
“May the mysteries we have received purify us, we beseech Thee, O Lord…”
The Church of St. Agnes in Manhattan will be placed under the care of Opus Dei.
2016 marks two milestones: the 140th Anniversary of the Dedication of the E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, Opus 801 and the thirtieth anniversary of Leo Abbott’s tenure as Cathedral Music Director in Boston
I recently discovered some amazing Choral Works by Philip Stopford.
Can you tell which voice is not mine?
