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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 · April 8, 2018

The Turns at Benediction

To the Right or to the Left?

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Fr. David Friel · April 3, 2018

Ratzinger’s 1987 Letter to a Former Catechism Student

The Pope Emeritus presents church music as something central to life.

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Fr. David Friel · April 1, 2018

Summer Chant Courses—Dunwoodie

Two course offerings from the St. Cecilia Academy for Pastoral Musicians

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Fr. David Friel · March 25, 2018

Liturgy outside Liturgy

A New Study of the Liturgical Theology of Alexander Schmemann

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Fr. David Friel · March 18, 2018

The Preface of the Holy Cross

An eloquent liturgical text worthy of prayerful reflection

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Fr. David Friel · March 11, 2018

A Literal Translation of the New Testament

David Bentley Hart’s experiment in recovering the conceptual vocabulary of a distant

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Fr. David Friel · March 4, 2018

New Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Invoking Mater Ecclesiae in a new annual feast

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Fr. David Friel · February 18, 2018

St. Thomas More on the Reception of Holy Communion

“Let us not lose this time…for we can hardly tell whether we will ever get in to church again or not.” —St. Thomas More

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Fr. David Friel · February 10, 2018

1940’s Prayer for Priests

“Fit me, I pray Thee, for this task…”

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Fr. David Friel · February 3, 2018

“Transfigured” Young Adult Liturgy Conference

A summer conference at The Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, IL

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Fr. David Friel · January 31, 2018

Sacra Liturgia 2019 in Toronto

Dates for the next Sacra Liturgia conference have just been announced.

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Fr. David Friel · January 28, 2018

The Hillbilly Thomists

A New Dominican CD

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Fr. David Friel · January 21, 2018

Dedication of the Cathedral Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World

Three new choral works featured during this celebration on 13 October 2017.

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Fr. David Friel · January 14, 2018

Should Liturgy Be Practical?

A Thought from G.K. Chesterton

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Fr. David Friel · January 7, 2018

Mutuality vs. Male Headship within Marriage

Liturgical Evidence from Marriage Rituals throughout History

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President’s Corner

    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Mystery! — Re: the “Liber Usualis”

    Even after all these years, nobody has been able to explain this.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘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

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The Latin language, “far from being held in little regard, is certainly worthy of being vigorously defended.”

— Pope Saint Paul VI (15 August 1966)

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