Six Things To Know About USCCB Hymn Approval
It’s no secret. Anyone who’s been in Church music realizes what happens in 99% of Catholic parishes.
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
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).
It’s no secret. Anyone who’s been in Church music realizes what happens in 99% of Catholic parishes.
Pressure will be brought to have him walk back his statements, but I don’t believe he will.
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
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I cannot help but think of this hymn collection as his greatest masterpiece.
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The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
A reader from Indonesia kindly sent us these…
Who wouldn’t welcome this fresh & contemporary piece for Easter?
Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.
“Devout people are the ones who will be most disturbed by the new liturgy.” —Pope Paul VI (11/26/1969)
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