Rough PDF • Rubrics & Music, Holy Saturday (1962)
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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).
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Bells are rung and the organ played at the “Gloria”—but then stay silent until the Easter Vigil “Gloria.”
Some have criticized Christ for making Judas part of his special group of friends.
From what I can tell, a trend toward *ugly* artwork in Church publications began in the late 1950s.
Why do so many traditional priests have an aversion to Pope Pius XII’s revision of Holy Week?
There are two ways to distribute palm branches in the Extraordinary Form.
During the procession, all or some of the following selections may be sung…
An easier organ accompaniment, provided by Dr. Eugène Lapierre, teacher of Roger Wagner.
“Scranton is a very Catholic town. Every guy, growing up considered the priesthood.” —Bishop Morlino
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
The *original* meter & rhyme scheme were miraculously kept in English, Polish, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian!
The “Gloria Patri” is not said at the Introit from this day until Easter Sunday, except on Feasts.
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