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Father Friel • Article Archive

Ordained in 2011, Father Friel served as Parochial Vicar at Saint Anselm Church in Northeast Philly before earning a doctorate in liturgical theology at The Catholic University of America. He presently serves as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.—(Read full biography).

Fr. David Friel · October 27, 2013

Gerard Manley Hopkins & Beauty

Pondering Papal Poetic Preferences

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Fr. David Friel · October 20, 2013

What to Do with the Prayer of the Faithful

A Critique

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Fr. David Friel · October 18, 2013

Patron Saint of Artists

Saint Luke: An Evangelist in Various Media

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Fr. David Friel · October 13, 2013

Aparecida

Consecration to the IHM

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Fr. David Friel · October 6, 2013

Pope Francis in Context

Teach the Beauty of God’s Ways

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Fr. David Friel · October 4, 2013

The Blessing of Animals

What’s the Purpose?

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Fr. David Friel · September 22, 2013

New Testament Hymns

Mystery as Light

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Fr. David Friel · September 21, 2013

Fringe Fest

The Call of Matthew

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Fr. David Friel · September 15, 2013

Serious about Sacred Music

The Playfulness of God

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Fr. David Friel · September 8, 2013

Catholic Artists Society

The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series

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Fr. David Friel · September 1, 2013

Retreat with the Trappists

Chant as A Unifying Force

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Fr. David Friel · August 25, 2013

Bishop Bans Eulogies

“Dumbing Down” Does No Service to Faith

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Fr. David Friel · August 18, 2013

The Gift of Music

Whose Gift Is It?

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Fr. David Friel · August 14, 2013

Returning Home

The Grace of the Assumption

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Fr. David Friel · August 11, 2013

The Dawkins Delusion

Faith As Evidence

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President’s Corner

    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

    There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

    The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

    Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

    Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

    I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The eminent theologian Suarez (who died in 1617) […] took the position that a pope would be schismatic “if he, as is his duty, would not be in full communion with the body of the Church as, for example, if he were to excommunicate the entire Church, or if he were to change all the liturgical rites of the Church that have been upheld by apostolic tradition.”

— Monsignor Klaus Gamber (1981)

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