Homeschool Snapshots: Take 2
A homeschooling mother offers a few verses that inspire her during the dark times of teaching, when cooperation is lacking and patience must grow. Hang them on your walls to remind you of God’s good graces.
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Veronica Moreno is married to a teacher and homeschools five children. While at UCLA, she earned an undergraduate degree in Ethnomusicology and then went on to study special education at Cal State LA. She has been cantor at her local Catholic parish for over a decade.—Read full biography (with photographs).

A homeschooling mother offers a few verses that inspire her during the dark times of teaching, when cooperation is lacking and patience must grow. Hang them on your walls to remind you of God’s good graces.
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Summer planning brings homeschooling mother to poetry by Robert Frost and St. Thomas Aquinas. “Poems are the food of faith.”
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A homeschooling mother teaches a hymn and a chant to her children, in the hopes that they “stick” in their hearts forevermore. The hymn is “O Sacred Heart” and the chant is “Ave Verum Corpus”.
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A mother remembers the time she was chosen to “crown Mary” and describes organizing a “May Crowning” for her family during the pandemic.

A mother recounts her son’s yearning for a return to Holy Communion and she reflects on our absolute necessity for the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.

a mother and musician looks to Our Lady of Ransom for succor.

AM SORRY TO TELL YOU, Dear Reader, that I still didn’t find the answer to the Chant Wars. I am sure they are in these books somewhere. The famous Solesmes-edition blue chant books surely are part of the life of many “veteran” singers. Unlike our visit to Fontenelle Abbey, I actually did know a lot […]

See for yourself. On the left is the letter from 2020; on the right is a blog from 2016.
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My own growth as a musician for the Liturgy has culminated in my pastor allowing me to sing the Propers in English: the realization of a decade-long dream.

Cardinal Dolan at Mass
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Christendom College will offer free organ lessons and $500 in tuition reduction for a student starting in the Fall of 2020.

Christendom College offers up to $4500 in tuition reduction and free voice lessons for students starting in the Fall of 2020.
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Article Categories Liturgical Choices Catholic Beauty Music Life Music Brébeuf Hymnal Music Pieces Liturgical Choices “Church Music Manifesto” (2019) — Mass should be a peaceful experience for the congregation, not an opportunity to be harassed. Where do we go from here? — We need to break away from simply providing music for the next Sunday’s […]

As we navigate through this season, the secular world bombards us with decorated Christmas trees, “holiday music” on every station, and house after house drenched in festive lights…
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