Ratzinger talks “Ad Orientem” (2003)
Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).
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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).

Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).

“May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin…”

Truth is stranger than fiction.

To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”

Every so often, we stumble across true excellence. Here’s a prime example.

Please let me know your thoughts in the FB combox…

This feast has been moved *four times* since it was created in 1893…but that’s not my problem.

Communion anthem: “Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.”

It’s incorrect to say new Churches must be constructed with table altars.

“Here lies He in the manger, alleluia, Who reigns without end, alleluia, alleluia.”

A snippet caught by a generous alto at Candle-lit Mass in Hollywood.
Several singers shown here helped record the Watershed polyphonic rehearsal videos.

I forgot something important…

This video sharply condemns the choir’s previous director…a dangerous game.

Especially suited for the Ordinary Form—and did you spot the invertible counterpoint?
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