Dramatic & Spectacular Testimonies from Last Year’s Sacred Music Symposium
“I had to stop singing for a moment while trying not to cry.” —2023 Participant
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
“I had to stop singing for a moment while trying not to cry.” —2023 Participant
This “Entrance Chant” is used during liturgical years A, B, and C.
Did the good of the Church “genuinely and certainly” require this confusing change in 1970?
This year, we did something unusual.
Two Thomas Aquinas, translations in English by Alan J. Hommerding — settings by Richard J. Clark
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
But they said: “Lord, behold here are two swords.” And He said to them: “It is enough.” —Luke 22:38
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Since Covid-19, many Catholic churches “live-stream” their Masses … and this disturbing footage emerged.
Is Tito Casini correct that vernacular plainsong is a “sin against nature?”
How can we experience peace of soul when most people don’t even understand the mental trauma we deal with?
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Maundy Thursday.
“I’ll be instructing participants in plainsong and Palestrina.” —Corrinne May
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Our president has written the following letter:
President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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