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Essence, Form, Experience

Fr. David Friel · August 21, 2016

189 FRIEL ECENTLY announced, the line-up of speakers for the 2016-2017 “Art of the Beautiful” lecture series looks impressive. Sponsored by the Catholic Artists Society, the goal of these lectures is to explore how the Catholic faith informs the arts.

Among this round of lecturers is a diverse group of sculptors, painters, playwrights, philosophers, sacred musicians, and even the Bishop of Bridgeport.

The speakers and lectures from previous years of the lecture series may be viewed here: 2013-2014, 2014-2015, and 2015-2016.

This year’s lectures will be presented as follows:

September 17, 2016: Anthony Visco, Image, Likeness, and Transcendence

November 19, 2016: James Patrick Reid, Art and Transformation

December 10, 2016: Dr. Jennifer Donelson, The Sacred Liturgy as Primary Source for the Artist’s Imagination

February 11, 2017: Dr. Daniel McInerny, Keeping Faith in the Philosophy of Stories

March 25, 2017: Dr. Evelyn (Timmie) Birge Vitz, Beauty, Piety, and Delight in Medieval Literature

April 8, 2017: Most Rev. Frank J. Caggiano, Daring to Love the Beautiful One

These lectures will be held in the Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012). Each lecture begins at 7:30 PM and is followed by a reception and sung Compline.

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

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Beauty, Traditional Catholic Artwork Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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About Fr. David Friel

Ordained in 2011, Father Friel served as Parochial Vicar at Saint Anselm Church in Northeast Philly before earning a doctorate in liturgical theology at The Catholic University of America. He presently serves as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.—(Read full biography).

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Feel free to download this Organ Accompaniment Booklet for Trinity Sunday (Second Vespers). Notice how the modes progress by number. Psalm 1 is mode 1; Psalm 2 is mode 2; Psalm 3 is mode 3; Psalm 4 is mode 4; Psalm 5 is mode 5. I am told by an expert that other feasts (such as Corpus Christi) are likewise organized by mode, and it’s called a “numerical office.”

—Jeff Ostrowski
10 June 2022 • “Official” rhythm of plainsong

I continue to search for the most beautiful way to present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores. (Technically, the “pure” rhythm of the official edition is what everyone is supposed to use.) You can download my latest attempt, which is the Introit for this coming Sunday: Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Because this is not an ancient feast, the Introit had to be adapted (perhaps around 750AD). Prior Johner says the adaptation is “not an entirely happy one.”

—Jeff Ostrowski
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—Jeff Ostrowski

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Let us ponder the incontrovertible fact that Eucharistic Adoration in the Ordinary Form (“Novus Ordo”) is always and everywhere celebrated “ad orientem.” Why, then, is there such opposition to Mass being celebrated in that way, which is actually stipulated by the 1970 Missal rubrics?

— A Benedictine Monk (2013)

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