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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Fundraiser Update From CCW President

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 22, 2024

E ARE UNDER PRESSURE to transfer our website to a “subscription model.” We don’t want to do this. Our website must remain free to all. Can you imagine how annoying it would be to keep track of login credentials? What if you’re away from your desk? And providing login credentials to all your choir members would be such a hassle. On Holy Thursday, JEFF OSTROWSKI (whom our Board of Directors elected president in 2011) released an urgent appeal for donations. Earlier today, he provided the following update:

The response to our appeal has been tremendous. However, we still need a few more people to pledge $5.00 dollars per month. We have no endowment; we have no major donors; we run no advertisements; we have no savings. Your generosity is the only reason we exist.

Chelan, Washington State
CCWatershed is a God sent resource that I can’t function without! Such great work by the team to bring beauty back to our liturgy!

Hawaii
I find your newsletter most interesting. I am just a chorister, but a musician by formation.

Indiana
I have used several of your psalms in a previous parish and have gotten my current parish to use several as well. I honestly did not know you could take donations. Thank you for all you do and the opportunity to support the Lord’s work!

Visalia, California
You are a blessing to our Schola.

El Paso, Texas
Thank you for all the wonderful work! May God Bless you abundantly!

Southlake, Texas
This donation is given in honor of Robert Cardinal Sarah

Pascagoula, Mississippi
I wish I could donate more! I hope I can in the future. I also hope I can make better use of your simply beautiful, incredibly valuable resources. I’m a choir director/cantor/organist but finding the manpower and the permission from pastors to delve into Sacred Music tradition is challenging (not to mention dealing with my own lack of ability). Thank you so much for your dedication to Sacred Music! God bless you!

Chouteau, Oklahoma
God bless your work! The St. Rene Goupil chant page is so helpful! As well as the many free pdfs of SATB hymns.

Rapid City, South Dakota
Thank you for existing. My prep for Sunday Mass would be impossible without CC Watershed.

Haiku, Hawaii
Thank you for your amazing hard work and perseverance

Maumee, Ohio
I have utilized the CCW resources for many years. I’m pleased to make a donation, and would subscribe if it became necessary.

Reseda, Los Angeles
Thank you for all you do to preserve and promote Sacred Music for TLM. May the Lord God bless you and your family. God be willing, we will increase our donations when our family finances improve.

Missoula, Montana
Thank you for all the work you do and all the resources you provide for those interested in and/or involved with Sacred Music! I coordinate a small volunteer choir and CCWatershed is always my go-to! I now know more than I could have imagined about Antiphons, especially the ever-illusive Offertory Antiphons. You guys are amazing.

Colorado Springs, Colorado
I am donating to you from my music ministry budget, since your resources have been helpful in building up my ministry.

Galveston, Texas
I’ve been enjoying your newsletter. Keep up the good work.

Rochester Hills, Michigan
Thank you for your work. I am just a person learning the Psalms and it is nice to be able to download the Psalm Tones. God Bless your work.

College Station, Texas
I am a newly ordained priest. When I was in seminary we constantly used stuff from you guys to help us learn things. Thank you!

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President’s Corner

    Funeral Music “Template” • For Families
    Many have requested the MUSICAL TEMPLATE for funerals we give to families at our parish. The family of the deceased is usually involved in selecting Number 12 on that sheet. This template was difficult to assemble, because the “Ordo Exsequiarum” has never been translated into English, and the assigned chants and hymns are given in different liturgical books (Lectionary, Gradual, Order of Christian Funerals, and so on). Please notify me if you spot errors or broken links. Readers will be particularly interested in some of the plainsong musical settings, which are truly haunting in their beauty.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “To Cover Sin With Smooth Names”
    Monsignor Ronald Knox created several English translations of the PSALTER at the request of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. Readers know that the third edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal uses a magnificent translation of the ROMAN CANON (and complete Ordo Missae) created in 1950 by Monsignor Knox. What’s interesting is that, when psalms are used as part of the Ordo Missae, he doesn’t simply copy and paste from his other translations. Consider the beautiful turn of phrase he adds to Psalm 140 (which the celebrant prays as he incenses crucifix, relics, and altar): “Lord, set a guard on my mouth, a barrier to fence in my lips, lest my heart turn to thoughts of evil, to cover sin with smooth names.” The 3rd edition of the CAMPION MISSAL is sleek; it fits easily in one’s hand. The print quality is beyond gorgeous. One must see it to believe it! You owe it to yourself—at a minimum—to examine these sample pages from the full-color section.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Heretical Hymns
    As a public service, perhaps a theologian ought to begin assembling a heretical hymns collection. A liturgical book—for funerals!—published by the Collegeville Press contains this monstrosity by someone named “Delores Dufner.” I can’t tell what the lyrics are trying to convey—can you? I detest ‘hymns’ with lines such the one she came up with: “Let the thirsty come and drink, Share My wine and bread.” Somehow, the publication was granted an IMPRIMATUR by Most Rev’d Jerome Hanus (bishop of Saint Cloud) on 16 August 1989. It’s a nice tune, but paired with a nasty text!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of Febr. (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
    I will go to my grave without understanding the lack of curiosity so many people have about the rhythmic modifications made by Dom André Mocquereau. For example, how can someone examine this single sheet comparison chart and at a minimum not be curious about the differences? Dom Mocquereau basically creates a LONG-SHORT LONG-SHORT rhythmic pattern—in spite of enormous and overwhelming manuscript evidence to the contrary. That’s why some scholars referred to his method as “Neo-Mensuralist” or “Neo-Mensuralism.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
    I admire the harmonization of “Adeste Fideles” by David Willcocks (d. 2015), who served as director of the Royal College of Music (London, England). In 2025, I was challenged to create a simplified arrangement for organists incapable of playing the authentic version at tempo. The result was this simplified keyboard arrangement (PDF download) based on the David Willcocks version of “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Feel free to play through it and let me know what you think.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

Like all other liturgical functions, like offices and ranks in the Church, indeed like everything else in the world, the religious service that we call the Mass existed long before it had a special technical name.

— Rev. Adrian Fortescue (1912)

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