Reader Feedback • Re: “Simplified” Music (Part 2)
“I haven’t been doing parish music that long—only about 3 years at this point.” —Celeste M.
“Entrance Chant” (Feast of the Presentation, 2 Febr.) • Sung by Three Young Women
This ‘live’ video shows three young women singing…
Photograph • Mass at Dachau Concentration Camp
Is that a tiny pipe organ?
Reader Feedback • Re: “Simplified” Organ Music
I’ve lived through various pendulum swings: the “Glory and Praise” phase; the “hymn sandwich” phase; and the “baroque tracker organ” phase.
“How To Prepare A Talk” • Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A television broadcast from the 1960s.
“What A Choral Conductor Must Know” • Interview with Dr. John Paul Johnson
Dr. John Paul Johnson—a frequent guest conductor at Carnegie Hall—served as a conductor-in-residence at the Trinity College of Music (London).
When Does “Christmas” End?
“I believe (though I could be wrong) the USCCB website is correct and Jeff is wrong.” —Father J. Haley
“Prelim. Details” • Sacred Music Symposium 2025
Too many parish choirs don’t sound as nice as they could. We’re here to help!
“Reader Feedback” • 6 January 2025
“Thank you so much for all of your tireless and selfless work…”
Featured on FOX 47 News: “Latin Mass makes a comeback in Jackson, Michigan”
“Interest is growing intensely among the young, some traveling each Sunday from far away…”
Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
Confirmed • Fr. David Friel elected Vice-President: “Society for Catholic Liturgy”
Father Friel holds a Doctorate in Liturgical Studies from the Catholic University of America…
“Lessons and Carols”
Seen online…
Bouyer on Liturgical Reform: “More intolerant and fussy than anything we’ve ever known.”
“Perhaps in no other area is there a greater distance between what the Council worked out and what we actually have.” —Professor Louis Bouyer
Cardinal Arinze • “Recent Latin Mass Restrictions”
Francis Cardinal Arinze served as Prefect of the Vatican’s “Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments” from 2002 to 2008.