On Singing the Passion Gospel for Palm Sunday
This Lent, consider singing the most important Gospel reading of the year. “Free PDF Download Included!”
Catholic Youth Choir Releases CD, Prepares For Tour
The Blackstone Valley Catholic Youth Choir, currently preparing for a mid-Atlantic tour, has released a new CD, “Clothed With the Sun.”
The Ordinariness of White
Perhaps we are de-sensitized to the symbol, but the color representing the liturgical feast we celebrate today is in fact one of great importance.
“In Medio Ecclesiae” Album Release
The Dominican House of Studies schola has just released its first album, In Medio Ecclesiae, under the aegis of the newly founded Dominicana Records. The album is available now for download at www.dominicanablog.com/records; CD purchase coming soon.
Impressive New Hymnal for the Divine Office
A guest article by Br. Dominic Verner O.P.
New Gregorian Chant Project Needs Your Support!
Chant is beautiful, stunning, transcendent. Yet do we really know how it sounded centuries ago? Can we, by carefully listening, appreciate the differences between the modes?
The first ever Graduale Romanum in English?
Deacon Cunningham was responsible for an early effort to “English” the Roman Gradual, as Msgr. Schmitt would say.
Thousands of Gospel Acclamations for Organ & Voice
A word and a request regarding the musical arrangements by Jon Naples on the Garnier Gospel Acclamations website.
Music Delivered A Young Boy From Dispair
“My father had no job and a daily passion for beer. The situation was hopeless for both him and his seven children. When I was 11 years old, Catholic Charities intervened. They split us up, and sent five of us kids to foster homes, and my older brother Mike and I to Boys Town.”
Responsorial Psalms & Gospel Acclamations
“It is true that the use of the ancient psalm tones for texts in English has been a matter of recent debate, some asserting that it is not possible to fit the cadences of the Gregorian tones . . .”
The Story Behind The Code
A guest article by Benjamin Bloomfield about a new Gregorian chant tool.
New Collection Of Ancient Books About The Mass . . . Free!
Incarnation Catholic Church in Tampa, has begun an initiative to build an E-Library dedicated to building a library of out-of-print books about the Traditional Latin Mass.
Josquin’s Beautiful “Missa Pange Lingua” In Minnesota
St. Benedict Catholic Church in Duluth, Minnesota, will be hosting a Solemn High Mass (traditional Latin Mass), celebrated by the parish pastor, Father Eric Hastings, for the Ascension on Thursday evening at 7 p.m.
Thoughtful Article On Hymns By Fr. Mark Woodruff
“Professor László Dobzay, writing from a classic Latin Catholic perspective, has made constructive proposals for a re-integration and mutual perfection of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite.” — Fr. Woodruff
Sacred Choral Program (Living Water College)
“Open your soul to truth and beauty this Summer. Expand your mind, build your repertoire of church music, and enter into Mass more profoundly than you may have thought possible.” — Ms. Nicole Dunn, Alberta (Canada)