Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua…
“The heavens and the earth proclaim thy glory…”
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PDF Download • Authentic Irish Hymnal (164 pages)
Imagine the amount of time required to typeset something like this!
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Choir Members Photograph
Do you take pictures of your choir? Photographs can serve as nice reminders of wonderful experiences.
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A Hymn That Just Keeps Popping Up
Bach’s music inhabits “a still and serious world…without color, without light, without motion” from which we cannot break away.
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“23rd” {repeat} Sunday after Pentecost (3rd in November)
“…and without parables He did not speak to them; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
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The Man Who Thrice Rejected Knighthood
Excerpt from a documentary on “St. Thomas More” (Paul Scofield) which in 1966 won six Oscars at the Academy Awards.
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Music and Evangelization
It’s an incredibly refreshing and dare I say beautiful movement within the Church today…
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SATB “Alleluia” (Fr. Morales) • for both OF and EF
This piece is perfect for “stealthily” adding polyphony to the Ordinary Form.
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Fulton J. Sheen • “Hints On Public Speaking”
We choirmasters are frequently called upon to speak in public.
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Vox Antiqua’s Debut
My new choir made its debut on the Feast of Christ the King.
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Image • Francisco Guerrero (d. 1599)
It’s based on Pacheco’s version, created the year Guerrero died.
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23rd Sunday after Pentecost (2nd in November)
“Amen I say to you, whatsoever, you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive, and it shall be done to you.”
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The Real Reason We Sing
Let’s not make this about ourselves.
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New English Hymnal • Voice-Leading
Constant critics are corrosive.
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6 Suggestions • “Promoting The Latin Mass”
Msgr. Charles Pope has several sagacious suggestions!
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