Fantastic News For The New Translation!
The crucial question was not asked: “Is the New Translation more accurate than the previous one?”
A monthly subscription fee of $4.95 gives access to the entire website. Thank you for supporting our efforts!
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).

The crucial question was not asked: “Is the New Translation more accurate than the previous one?”

Why do 99% of Catholic Churches replace 100% of the Mass Propers 99% of the time?

Nuptial Mass Responsorial Psalms, Gospel Acclamations, Introits, Offertories, simple organ interludes, training videos, PDF scores, and more . . . all for free!

Can you find all the letters in this ancient symbol? Every Catholic knows how the Preface begins: “It is truly right and just, our duty and salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks . . .”

Did you know Padre Pio was drafted into the army? Did you know his father had to come to America to earn money so Padre Pio could be tutored before being accepted to monastic life?

I have noticed that the “English method” of hymnody prints the musical notes on one page and the words on another. Several experts explain why in this post.

“Music has the capability of evoking a place and a context.” — Dr. William Mahrt of Stanford

The priest who rejected my submission was very professional, polite, and encouraging.

“How can I get rid of those stupid multirests in Sibelius?”

Sheen’s book “Life of Christ” is such a treasure.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

The notion that the texts are there “to remind us that we should be singing something else” could not be further from the truth.

“The Church asks those who will lead and shepherd her communities of Faith to give up the possibility of marital love as a prophetic witness that there is something even more important to our happiness than even beautiful intimacy possible in Christian marriage.” — Archbishop Naumann, 18 May 2013

I took out my iPhone to record his exact words (“we don’t have any more airplanes”) and he called security on me. Classy.

The Sacred Congregation of Rites and the Consilium issued a joint statement on December 29,1966 prohibiting profane music in church. When Consilium spokesman Monsignor Annibale Bugnini was asked at a press conference what was meant by “profane” music, he said that this referred to such things as “jazz” Masses and instruments such as the guitar.
1 (818) 279-5852
chabanel.psalms@gmail.com
Corpus Christi Watershed
8118 Etienne Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Corpus Christi Watershed is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization recognized by the state of Texas on 19 October 2006. Our statement of purpose notes that we “employ the creative media in service of theology, the Church, and Christian culture for the enrichment and enjoyment of the public.”