My choir is devoid of this generation (And it’s a healthy sign)
“This unique vitality is nowhere more visible than in the choir loft.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Mark Haas is a composer and speaker whose liturgical music has been sung in over 600 parishes and 10 countries. He lives in Florida with his wife and seven children.—Read full biography (with photographs).
“This unique vitality is nowhere more visible than in the choir loft.”
“Tending the garden of the liturgy so that, in God’s time, fruit may grow that is destined for eternity.”
“Charlie Kirk has repeatedly spoken about the power of traditional liturgy.”
To call any form of liturgical singing “chant” is to obscure the meaning the Church has always attributed to Gregorian chant.
“A restaurant’s niche—just like a Church’s patrimony—draws people in not by blending with the generic, but by standing apart.”
“There is a sacred calling for those of us who compose and arrange music for the Church.”
“We had 14 singers in the loft—nearly all of them teenagers.”
We often underestimate the spiritual hunger of our youth. But children and teenagers are drawn to beauty, truth, and transcendence.
“Dressing with care and reverence for Mass is a sign—not just to God, but to others—of our awareness of the sacred.”
“Assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass has changed me.” —Mark Haas
Those in the pews are like sheep listening for the voice of the Good Shepherd. Guest article by Mark Haas.
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