“Ad Orientem” • Why I’m Rejoicing over Sloppy Errors in the Catholic Herald
His assertion that “smoking out enemies” is best done by appointing them to high positions in the Vatican is absurd.
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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).
His assertion that “smoking out enemies” is best done by appointing them to high positions in the Vatican is absurd.
A liturgical workshop took place in Licheń, Poland from 4-11 August 2016.
“May Thy Sacraments, O Lord, ever purify and fortify us…”
Until recently, most Catholic hymnals didn’t have a metrical index!
A compositional miracle by Rev’d Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611).
Do you understand why I’ve highlighted various points?
Such underlay would be considered loathsome by composers like Guerrero. Indeed, it’s an impossibility!
Anyone care to hazard a guess regarding why a blue biretta would have been used circa 1933?
They will assume—and why shouldn’t they?—that “approved by the USCCB” applies to the hymns and songs…
“To the historian their decisions are disgusting nonsense that people of my kind want simply to ignore.” — Fr. Adrian Fortescue (1919)
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The election of Pope Leo XIV has been exciting, and we’re filled with hope for our apostolate’s future!
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President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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