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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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Westminster Cathedral Choir School: Update

Dr. Lucas Tappan · February 7, 2020

Jeff’s recent post made me think that perhaps a recap of all the events so far at Westminster Cathedral would be helpful to readers.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: February 8, 2020

Short But Superb Film • “Westminster Choir Boys”

Jeff Ostrowski · February 6, 2020

The resignation of Martin Baker was quite a shock to the Catholic world.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: February 6, 2020

Further Thoughts on Westminster Cathedral

Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 21, 2019

I am reminded of the care with which the Pieta was transported from the Vatican to New York City for the World’s Fair in 1964 and I hope and pray that the Westminster Cathedral Choir will be treated with as much veneration and respect.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

To: Headmaster of Westminster Cathedral Choir School

Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 7, 2019

Like the great Cathedral of Notre Dame, this daily musical offering belongs not only to the Church in London and the British Isles, but to the universal Church.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Shocking Developments From Westminster

Jeff Ostrowski · July 13, 2016

If Cardinal Nichols had simply sent a letter saying why he prefers “versus populum,” I believe that would have been a better choice.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Ad Orientem, Robert Cardinal Sarah, Vincent Cardinal Nichols Last Updated: January 1, 2020

PDF Download • “New Westminster Hymnal” (1939)

Jeff Ostrowski · March 7, 2016

Can Watershed survive? (Part 4)

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: August 18, 2021

Evelyn Waugh Requiem Panegyric Preached At Westminster By Fr. Caraman (21 April 1966)

Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2015

“Evelyn was sad when he read of churches in which the old altar was taken down…”

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Father Philip Caraman SJ Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Westminster Cathedral (London, England)

Dr. Lucas Tappan · February 17, 2015

“They were trapped and could do nothing but grin and bear it.”

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Westminster Cathedral Choir Last Updated: January 1, 2020

“Musicam Sacram” (5 March 1967) • Does It Apply?

Jeff Ostrowski · July 14, 2025

During a 2012 job interview with a priest, I was asked…

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Cardinal Lercaro, The Place of Music in Eucharistic Celebrations, Yves Chiron Last Updated: July 14, 2025

Re: The “Restoration” of the Easter Vigil

Jeff Ostrowski · April 7, 2025

It’s a strange type of “restoration” that rejoices over innovations that never existed before.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Archbishop Hannibal Bugnini, Commissio Piana, Dismissal of the Catechumens, Mass of the Catechumens, Memoria Sulla Riforma Liturgica, Memoria Sulla Riforma Liturgica ANTONELLI Last Updated: April 16, 2025

“Win or Lose, a Fight Worth Fighting!” • (Email Received from a Priest)

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 7, 2025

We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Jeffrey Tucker, who prevented a non-Christian company from securing a monopoly on the (mandatory) English psalm translation!

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: CCWatershed Feedback, Gelineau Psalmody, Reader Feedback Corpus Christi Watershed, Revised Grail Psalter USCCB GIA, The Place of Music in Eucharistic Celebrations Last Updated: February 8, 2025

“What Are the Urbanite Hymns?” (4-Page PDF)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 25, 2025

“No one who knows anything about the subject now doubts that that revision of Urban VIII was a ghastly mistake, for which there is not one single word of any kind to be said.” —Father Adrian Fortescue

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Accedit Latinitas Recessit Pietas, Accessit Latinitas Recessit Pietas, Famiano Strada, Girolamo Petrucci, Mathias Sarbiewski, Tarquinio Galluzzi, Urbanite Hymn Reform Last Updated: January 26, 2025

Livestreams Worth the Reader’s Time

Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 9, 2025

Today I introduce two very different—yet equally sublime—choral foundations.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 9, 2025

PDF Download • “What Child Is This” (Harmonized by the Von Trapp Family Singers)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 1, 2025

Download this book—129 pages!—free of charge as a PDF: “The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs.”

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer, The Sound of Music Film, TRAPP FAMILY BOOK OF CHRISTMAS SONGS Last Updated: January 1, 2025

Rorate Caeli + ICEL + Dynamic Equivalence

Jeff Ostrowski · December 20, 2024

There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Bishop Fulton J Sheen, Father Peter Stravinskas, Paul Inwood Composer, The Old ICEL Translation of the Mass Last Updated: December 21, 2024

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President’s Corner

    “What Martin Luther Said…”
    My pastor asked me to write little columns for the bulletin each week. The article for 20 July 2025 has been posted, and it’s called: “What Luther Said…” Martin Luther (an ex-priest and apostate) was an infamous heretic whose ignorance of JESUS CHRIST was only exceeded by his filthy and disgusting vulgarity.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Music List” • 15th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 July 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and propers for this Sunday are also provided at the the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    This coming Sunday—13 July 2025—is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). All the chants have been conveniently assembled and posted at the feasts website. The OFFERTORY, Ad Te Levávi, is particularly beautiful.
    —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.
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    “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).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“The Night Office—Nocturns or Matins—except for Holy Week, Easter Octave, and Christmas, has never appeared in the Vatican edition. The larger part of the mediaeval repertory for the Office thus remains still unpublished in the Vatican edition, and is likely to remain so, for the obvious reason that almost no cathedral chapters or monastic choirs sing the Night Office regularly today.”

— John Merle Boe (1968)

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