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Guest Author · October 21, 2020

Heresy du Jour? • (Orig. Published in 2019)

In the early XIXth century the Duke of Wellington, speaking of infantry battles, is said to have exclaimed, “All soldiers run away. The good ones come back.”

Guest Author · July 5, 2020

Saint Eulalia Gradual • Guest Article by Josh Carey

“This has been extremely successful in my parish, and I plan to continue until I’ve set the entire church year.” —Joshua D. Carey

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Guest Author · July 1, 2020

“Choral Singing post-COVID” • Perspectives from a Hong Kong Doctor & Chorister

A package of measures to keep choral singing safe.

Guest Author · June 29, 2020

Chanting and Spiritual Health

In a time of contagion and social unrest, we need plainchant more than ever, even when we stay home.

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Guest Author · June 7, 2020

“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals

Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!

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Guest Author · September 18, 2019

Catholics Get The “Chants” of a Lifetime…

“I was expecting a lot, and it was more than I expected,” Sutherland said.

Guest Author · July 25, 2019

Jennifer D. Behnke • “Brébeuf Hymnal Review”

“How I love the multiple settings of each text, which can be interchanged as required by seasonal and festal usage.” —Maestro Behnke

Guest Author · June 3, 2019

Heresy du Jour?

Under such circumstances, what should the believer do?

Guest Author · January 26, 2019

New! • Organ Scholarships at Christendom College

Christendom College will offer up to $5,000 for students starting in the Fall of 2019.

Guest Author · October 5, 2018

Success! • Sacred Music Retreat in Ohio

Immersion in what defines our very purpose as members of the choir.

Guest Author · September 17, 2018

Guest Article • “Composing a Responsorial Psalm”

What makes for a good responsorial psalm setting? Is it mere singability, a catchy tune, or something more?

Guest Author · July 30, 2018

Expectations Exceeded at the Symposium!

“If you occasionally share a habit of mine for getting stuck in one style, take new inspiration here!” —Miss Phoebe Wing

Guest Author · May 27, 2018

Marian Concert: Carmelite Sisters and Credo Choir

The Carmelite Sisters at Santa Teresita rarely sing for the public.

Guest Author · April 16, 2018

What does Cicero have to do with the Breviary?

A proposal for “mutual enrichment”

Guest Author · March 24, 2018

Towards An Online (Modern) Palestrina Edition

“I don’t think I need to say why a complete Palestrina online would be a good idea.” —Gervais Frykman

Guest Author · March 12, 2018

Are Canonisations Infallible?

Dogmatic definitions never involve a new doctrine of faith or morals, since whatever a Pope defines must be contained in Holy Writ or in Tradition in order to be infallible.

Guest Author · December 12, 2017

Latin Mass Youth Choir…in Las Vegas!

“I am a firm believer that anyone can learn to sing, even tiny children.” —Andrea Leal

Guest Author · September 1, 2017

“Beatus Vir Editions” Announces New Publication

Responsorial Psalms and Alleluias in honor of St. Therese of Lisieux.

Guest Author · July 19, 2017

Palestrina and the Perfecting of the Medieval Ideal of Music as Rational • (Part 3 of 3)

We look to Mary to understand the “self reflection” of sacred polyphony.

Guest Author · June 14, 2017

Wearing the Veil at Ordinary Form Masses?

A guest article by Danielle Duet.

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16 May 2022 • Harmonized Chant?

This year’s upcoming Sacred Music Symposium will demonstrate several ways to sing the CREDO at Mass. This is because—for many parishes—to sing a full-length polyphonic CREDO by Victoria or Palestrina is out of the question. Therefore, we show options that are halfway between plainsong and polyphony. You can hear my choir rehearsing a section that sounds like harmonized plainsong.

—Jeff Ostrowski
14 May 2022 • “Pure” Vatican Edition

As readers know, my choir has been singing from the “pure” Editio Vaticana. That is to say, the official rhythm which—technically—is the only rhythm allowed by the Church. I haven’t figured out how I want the scores to look, so in the meantime we’ve been using temporary scores that look like this. Stay tuned!

—Jeff Ostrowski
14 May 2022 • Gorgeous Book

If there is a more beautiful book than Abbat Pothier’s 1888 Processionale Monasticum, I don’t know what it might be. This gorgeous tome was today added to the Saint John Lalande Online Library. I wish I owned a physical copy.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The free space which the new order of Mass gives to creativity it must be admitted, is often excessively enlarged. The difference between the liturgy with the new liturgical books, as it is actually practiced and celebrated in various places is often much greater than the difference between the old and new liturgies when celebrated according to the rubrics of the liturgical books.”

— Cardinal Ratzinger (1998)

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