“Isolation Camps” for Summórum Catholics?
Today is the 15th anniversary of “Summorum Pontificum”—and some clerics are choosing coercion where persuasion has failed.
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Today is the 15th anniversary of “Summorum Pontificum”—and some clerics are choosing coercion where persuasion has failed.

Lyrics in English, with an (optional) version in Latin.
What happened to all that polyphony once Catholicism became illegal?
Your singers might enjoy this vocal warm-up exercise I composed for a volunteer choir.

“As for the subject of whether the music of Tallis, Taverner, and Tye was tainted by the reformation, I would agree with Mr. Ostrowski.” —Reader from Uganda

Reflections on one year with no caffeine. Find out what to expect if you try it.
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“Was Mr. Ostrowski ever forced to see the choir stalls he sang in as a boy demolished by iconoclasts?” — Reader from Atlanta (9/8/2022)
This would make a splendid gift for boys attempting to memorize the Latin Mass responses.
The paradigmatic English sonority can only be described as “haunting.” There’s nothing else quite like it.

Father Ould and William Sewell (organist at the Birmingham Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) produced an impressive collection.

An Online International Gregorian Chant Conference! Eight days of great talks plus time for questions and answers.
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Composer Richard J. Clark has set four (4) well-loved Eucharistic texts for SATB choir.

Cardinal Roche met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on 27 August 2022.
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