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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · August 6, 2014

Did The Ancient Mass Really Have Three Readings?

“We are repeatedly assured that there was an Old Testament reading each Sunday morning, but that quite mysteriously these all vanished by the seventh century, and vanished leaving no memory that they had ever existed…” — Fr. John Parsons

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 5, 2014

Intercession by saints? Why not go directly to God?

If I didn’t answer when he called, he’d keep calling my number over and over. If I still didn’t answer, he’d start calling my family members, including siblings who lived 900+ miles away!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 5, 2014

Five Questions No Liturgist Can Answer

“The present welter of discardable booklets, mimeographed sheets, divergent paperback hymnals, and so on … has unfortunate psychological effects.” — Dr. James Hitchcock

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 3, 2014

Please Help Watershed Survive

I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 2, 2014

How Dare We Complain?

Can you imagine trying to feed your family in the year 1300AD?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 31, 2014

“Convent Mass” For Two Sopranos — A. E. Tozer (1911)

Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 30, 2014

Difference Between “Modern” and “Dark Ages”

Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 29, 2014

Are Priests Permitted To Add More Scripture To The Ordinary Form? Yes!

Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 28, 2014

Staunchly Pro-Life: Former Supermodel, Kathy Ireland

“At the moment of conception, a new life comes into being. The DNA—the genetic blueprint—is there.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 27, 2014

The Improbable Triumph Of The Latin Mass

“Complete equality of status for the old rite of Mass alongside the new rite … is just not going to happen.” — Fr. Brian W. Harrison (26 March 1995)

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 25, 2014

PDF Download: Mocquereau’s 1903 “Liber Usualis”

No longer the only one … but that’s OK.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 22, 2014

Altar Servers Caught In The Act?

These altar boys are going to get in trouble.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 22, 2014

The Supreme Court & Traditional Liturgy

In my opinion, Fr. Paul Scalia’s face resembles that of his father (Justice Antonin Scalia) … but I could be completely wrong about this.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 22, 2014

PHOTO: Cardinal Ratzinger Saying The Latin Mass

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass in Weimar (Germany) in 1989 and 1999.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 20, 2014

Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 6

You will not make progress at your parish unless you understand Pope Benedict’s “Unbelievably Big Kite” theory.

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    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

    There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

    The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

    Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

    Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

    I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“[Saint Jerome’s Latin] fairly frequently represents a purer text than does the existing Hebrew, sometimes yielding a plain sense when the Massoretic text fails to do so, and quite often providing a working interpretation of a passage where the Hebrew is doubtful.”

— Sebastian Bullough, O.P. (June 1949)

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