Why St. Josemaría Escrivá Only Celebrated The Extraordinary Form
“Such moments had been a part of his spiritual life since boyhood and through his priesthood.”
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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).

“Such moments had been a part of his spiritual life since boyhood and through his priesthood.”

Once we finish revising the scores at Goupil, this will be unnecessary.

“I did my best to give utterance to all those black notes in the missal.” —Fulton J. Sheen

The recessional is bright, happy, and beautiful.

“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)

“Women forced to sell their bodies in desperation and fear” —From a 2013 GIA hymnal

Can anyone shed light on this?
Amazing! Verdelot’s cadence here sounds quite modern!

The organist will play softly at the Offertory.

How could closing down all the schools be a good plan?

Three new auxiliary bishops for Los Angeles!

You can sleep soundly at night, knowing how to correctly pronounce “hagióque pnéumate.”

“…like man, Mary, you are IN—really cool among women.”

“To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.”

Fr. Robert W. Hovda argues that “Little Green Apples” can be sung during Mass.
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