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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 22, 2023

Our Editorial Policy

Over the years, we’ve received beautiful messages of encouragement.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 18, 2023

Corrinne May on EWTN (July 2023)

Platinum singer-songwriter Corrinne May, our contributor, recently appeared on EWTN.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 24, 2023

INDEX (1 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries

INDEX (1 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 19, 2023

“We’re In Financial Trouble!” • (June 2023)

We must avoid placing our website behind a paywall.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 13, 2023

A Message For You! • (From Natalia Ferreiro)

Exciting news for the sacred music world—regarding something important starting next week.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 7, 2023

Powerful Images • “Father John Brébeuf”

Stricken with terror, they fled to the mission, where Brébeuf and Lalemant were just finishing the prayers after Mass…

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 2, 2023

“Fifty-Seven (57) Sample Pages” • Brébeuf Hymnal

The last thing church musicians need is another collection of goofy, syrupy, mawkish hymns.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 18, 2023

Father Peter Van Lieshout • “Homily on Sacred Music”

We would like to learn more about this priest!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 1, 2023

Filling Up Fast! • Sacred Music Symposium

“The Sacred Music Symposium was a vehicle of grace that changed my life.” —2019 Participant

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 3, 2023

Document restricting the Latin Mass “broke Pope Benedict’s heart” says Archbishop Gänswein

The motu proprio 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 “hit him pretty hard” says the private secretary to the Pope Emeritus.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 1, 2023

Revealed! • Ratzinger wrote to FSSP after “Traditionis Custodes”

From his place of retirement, he sent a private letter following “Traditionis Custodes” (a document which attempted to strangle the Traditional Mass).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 16, 2022

Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Feedback from Dom Stephen Concordia”

“I greatly appreciate your hospitality and willingness to engage in dialogue.” — Dom Concordia, OSB

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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 3, 2022

“Now Available!” • Campion Missal (3rd Edition)

Three words: “Sleek, Powerful, and Gorgeous”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 2, 2022

“Death stops us; it stops our race.” —Saint Newman

“They were parents, brothers, sisters, children, and friends; but the bond of the kindred is broken, and the silver cord of love is loosed…” —John Henry Newman

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Corpus Christi Watershed · October 26, 2022

“Dates Revealed” • 2023 Sacred Music Symposium

Mark your calendars for this life-changing conference!

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President’s Corner

    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

    Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Insane Baroque-Era Dissonance!
    The sumptuous melody called “JESU LEIDEN PEIN UND TOD” appears no fewer than three times in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal and is harmonized with standard Common Practice Era SATB voice leading and harmonies (which is only natural). However, one who takes the time to examine what Sebastian Bach did with that tune will encounter an incredibly dissonant sound. As far as I’m concerned, there is no more dissonant sound—in the entire Baroque era—than what I highlighted in yellow on that excerpt. Please let me know if you disagree.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Msgr. Knox, but in this instance one cannot help feeling that he has allowed his virtuosity to get the better of him, and, in his anxiety to shield the holy of holies from vulgar intrusion, produced a text that would either pass over the listener’s head as completely as the original Latin, or else leave him groping so long after the meaning that he would be quite unable to keep pace with the officiating priest.”

— Dr. Herbert Patrick Reginald Finberg (University of Leicester)

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