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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).

Jeff Ostrowski · April 30, 2020

Can Sacred Music Be Saved? • (How exactly?)

I know of no greater composition than this one—and it was written by a devout Catholic priest.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 28, 2020

For Shame! • Collegeville blog says looking at Crucifix “skirts the edge of idolatry”

The Roman Missal explicitly tells the priest to look at the Crucifix at various times during the Holy Mass.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 27, 2020

“Virtual Mass Is Not The Same” • Sermon by Father Mark Ostrowski

On 26 April 2020, Fr. Ostrowski explained an unintended “Covid-19” consequence—from which we can learn.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 23, 2020

Can Ordinary Form Masses Be “Enriched” By The Extraordinary Form?

Do we truly believe the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity becomes present at Mass? Is this how we treat the Sanctissimum?

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2020

Dealing With Calumny

All of us have probably been the victim of calumny. Calumny can be especially painful if the person telling lies is someone you helped. Next time this happens in your life, try an experiment: Write the person’s name on an Index card, place it on your shoulder, and flick it to the ground—meaning you will […]

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2020

“Christ The Lord Is Risen Today” • (Hymn #697)

…including several captivating attempts to translate “Victimae Paschali Laudes.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2020

Rehearsal • “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest”

Including information about a *fabulous* liturgical book from the 1950s.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2020

From “Vexilla Christus Inclyta”

Non ille regna cládibus, | Non vi metúque súbdidit: | Alto levátus stípite, | Amóre traxit ómnia.—“It is not by combat or force or fear that Christ subdues nations but lifted up upon the tree, he draws all things to himself by love.” Servat fides connúbia, | Juvénta pubet íntegra, | Pudíca florent límina | […]

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2020

As Seen On Facebook…

This Covid-19 crisis has caused results I never expected; and not in a good way.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 16, 2020

Yikes! • More Plagiarism from Boise’s Bishop

I did some digging—and the results aren’t pretty. I hope Bishop Christensen will immediately retract his directive, which contains false statements.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 14, 2020

PDF Download • “Victimae Paschali” Organ Accompaniment (Nine Versions)

Organ Accompaniments for “Victimae Paschali Laudes” • Some people love it; others hate it. Regardless, Mocquereau never backed down, and we must admire his tenacity!

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 11, 2020

Without Sacraments • How Saint Isaac Jogues Survived

“His wounds were gangrened, his bare feet left tracks of blood on snow and ice, the deerskin he wore was alive with vermin.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 9, 2020

Brébeuf Hymn #554 • “Victis Sibi” in English

Better late than never!

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 8, 2020

PDF Download • Haunting “Alleluia” for Ordinary and/or Extraordinary Form

This piece probably won’t “make sense” the first time you hear it.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 8, 2020

(2022, Revised) • Saint Vitus Choir Page

6 May 2022 Morales Alleluia = #78969 THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY 78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat) Page 697 from The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal …rehearsal videos are at #697 and also #868 THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY “Christ the Lord is risen today” TUNE: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 […]

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President’s Corner

    Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn
    The Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn is featured in the Brébeuf Hymnal. Indeed, the legendary Father Adrian Fortescue made a translation of it—matching the original’s meter—which was elevated by the Brébeuf team. For years, we’ve been working on a Spanish hymnal: “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.” The progress has been slow but steady, and we encourage anyone fluent in Spanish to consider joining the proofreading team. A few days ago, my wife helped me record a rehearsal video for this Spanish version of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Rare Plainsong Accompaniments
    Our contributor, Veronica Brandt, went deep into Australia to take photographs of organ accompaniments for Gregorian Chant. Some consider these peculiar PLAINSONG ACCOMPANIMENTS—with 3-part harmonies by Barcelona Cathedral organist, Father Josep Muset i Ferrer—to be the rarest in the world. Click here to learn more. Thanks Veronica! 😊
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even the magnificent “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—realizes music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “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). 😊
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    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
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The production of this book was too far advanced for notice to be taken of the new translation of the Hebrew psalter into Latin by the professor of the Biblical Institute at Rome. The Holy Father’s permission to use it in the divine office when properly adapted for the purpose will prove a welcome boon.”

— Father Cuthbert Lattey (15 Nov. 1944)

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