Is There Truly “Versus Populum” Celebration? Vatican Says No.
Can AD ORIENTEM be excluded from the Novus Ordo? Vatican says: “Negatively, and in accordance with the following explanation.”
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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).
Can AD ORIENTEM be excluded from the Novus Ordo? Vatican says: “Negatively, and in accordance with the following explanation.”
“If some senseless decree were to order the total or partial destruction of basilicas or cathedrals, then
obviously it would be the educated — whatever their personal beliefs — who would rise up in horror to oppose such a possibility.”
His Holiness mentions St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, and others.
Are you bothered by the VANDALISM done to Lectionary Sequence translations?
Are there concrete reasons to prefer the ancient texts from the Roman Gradual? Short answer: Yes!
John Paul II leads the congregation facing the traditional way during his June 1999 visit to Poland.
A book which Bugnini called the “precursor” to the Simple Gradual is now online!
Musicians tend to fight with one another over the DUMBEST things.
This lovely image is courtesy of D.F. — taken at Georgetown University.
Congregations in South Texas normally applaud for the musicians during Mass.
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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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We don’t want to do that. We believe our website should remain free to all.
Our president has written the following letter:
President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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