Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)
You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.
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PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
This might be excellent for a children’s choir.
PDF • “Organ Interlude” (Manuals Only)
If you play the pipe organ, I encourage you to try out this organ interlude for manuals only.
PDF Download • Roman Catholic Hymnal (1953) with Lyrics in Dutch! — 71 pages
Also Included: a Conversation about famous hymns in Duple or Triple rhythm.
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(Simplified Keyboard Accompaniment) • “Now Thank We All Our God”
(Part 2) • Should congregational hymnals include SATB parts?
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Test Your Gregorian Chant Knowledge!
This melody was found in a Carthusian plainsong book (published hundreds of years ago).
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“Worst Teacher the World Has Ever Seen”
I recently learned that Pope Leo XII honored him with the “Order of the Golden Spur.”
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Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?
Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.
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1,187 Pages • “Dripping With Color, Craft, and Splendor” (Missale Romanum, 1933)
That such a richly-illustrated missal could have been created—much less mass produced—in the 1930s is beyond belief.
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Knox. Has. No. Equal.
Its final verse is the famous “O Salutaris Hostia.”
“Plainsong Propers” • Fascinating 1980s Recordings
Father John Buchanan was a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul–Minneapolis.
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Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
This document shows a “mensuralist” approach to Gregorian Chant.
Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”
We received an email asking whether the “Garnier Gospel Acclamations website” has…
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PDF Download • 1950s Hand Missal including “Priest Photographs” at Mass (944 pages)
Taken with great skill, the photos involved the Right Rev’d Joseph F. Cussen, Rev’d Thomas P. Conley, Rev’d George B. Ford, and Rev’d John F. Carvlin.
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“Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
We received considerable correspondence regarding my article: “Two Ways to Defile a Hymn.”