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Archives for September 2021

Jeff Ostrowski · September 14, 2021

PDF Download • Three Myths About Hymns

Did you know Catholics began translating hymns from Latin into the vernacular about 400 years before the Protestant Revolution?

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Dr. Gregory Hamilton · September 10, 2021

Reflections On A Prophetic Document

There is much here to contemplate, written by a man with a deep reverence for the Sacred Liturgy and Music of the church…

Jeff Ostrowski · September 10, 2021

[re-post] • “Hymn for the Feast of All Saints”

All Saints—November 1st—will be here before you know it!

Jeff Ostrowski · September 8, 2021

PDF Download • “Old Catholic Missal” (1909) … for the Schismatic “See of Utrecht”

Readers will enjoy perusing this book.

Jeff Ostrowski · September 8, 2021

A Truly Insane Liturgical Practice

In 2013, I began speaking of an insane liturgical practice which was allowed by Pope Pius XII—but nobody realizes this. If you tried to do this at the Traditional Latin Mass, you would most likely be run out of town on a rail. However, for the record, the FULTON SHEEN MISSAL (edited by Father Caraman) […]

Jeff Ostrowski · September 7, 2021

“Hand-Communion?” • Provocative Quotes

“Accepting Vatican II” seems to mean deliberately contradicting the actual documents of Vatican II.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 6, 2021

[re-post] • “Famous Italian Actor Regrets Aborting Son”

“It was the mistake of my life. When I was very young, I had the chance to become a father, but I had my son aborted. Now, I’ve become very strongly against abortion.” —Andrea Roncato

Richard J. Clark · September 3, 2021

Saint Cecilia and an Angel Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco

A Call to Publishers and Editors of Roman Catholic Hymnals

Adherence to Roman Catholic doctrine in song is hardly unreasonable. It is imperative. It is the right thing to do.

Corpus Christi Watershed · September 2, 2021

Breaking! • Joint Statement by Superiors General of “Ecclesia Dei” Communities

“We beg for a humane, personal, trusting dialogue, far from ideologies or the coldness of administrative decrees.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 1, 2021

PDF Download • Bishop Donohoe: “I wish you to definitely confront the priest…”

A bizarre 1976 letter seeks “priest hunters” in the diocese of Fresno.

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    Music Director Job • $80,000 per year
    Our readers will be interested in this job offering for Music Director at Saint Adalbert’s Basilica, located 40 minutes from where I live. My pastor was recently elevated to this basilica. He is offering $80,000 per year, plus benefits. I’m told Saint Adalbert’s Basilica is utterly gorgeous and contains one of America’s most magnificent pipe organs. It would be fantastic to have a colleague nearby!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplest “Agnus Dei” Ever Published
    Our choir is on break during the month of July. I needed a relatively simple “Agnus Dei,” so I composed this setting for organ & voice in honor of Saint René Goupil. It has been called the simplest setting ever composed. I love CARMEN GREGORIANUM (“Gregorian Chant”), especially the ALLELUIAS, INTROITS, and COMMUNION ANTIPHONS. That being said, some have pointed out that certain sections of the Kyriale aren’t as strong as the Graduale or Vesperale. There’s a reason for this—but it would be too complicated to explain at this moment.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Our choir is on break during the month of July. However, on the feasts website, the chants have been posted for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), which is this coming Sunday: 6 July 2025.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
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Random Quote

“I am now old but I was young when I was received into the Church. I was not at all attracted by the splendour of her great ceremonies—which the Protestants could well counterfeit. Of the extraneous attractions of the Church which most drew me was the spectacle of the priest and his server at Low Mass, stumping up to the altar without a glance to discover how many or how few he had in his congregation; a craftsman and his apprentice; a man with a job which he alone was qualified to do.”

— Evelyn Waugh (7 August 1964)

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