First Solemn Mass • Fr. Joseph Favole, FSSP
Capstone to the upcoming Sacred Music Symposium!
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
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).
“Light most blessèd, shine on the hearts of Your faithful—even into their darkest corners…”
“Light most blessèd, shine on the hearts of Your faithful—even into their darkest corners…”
Once upon a time, Catholic composers were trained from birth in a special art of musical composition…
“Sisters in pants distribute communion, while priests sit idle in the sanctuary. This ‘option’ results from a decay of the reverence for the Lord’s Presence.” —Fulton J. Sheen (1976)
Precious few modern masterpieces exist…but this motet by Kevin Allen is one.
Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?
“…He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak…”
Why Do We Produce Rehearsal Videos? And what made more than 600 people show up for Santa Barbara’s first Latin Mass in fifty years?
Sheen replied: “Mr. President, I’m not the least bit impressed with your source.”
“I would go there Sunday morning and sing Palestrina, William Byrd, Mozart…this magnificent choral music.”
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