The Devil Gets in the Details
Just remember to laugh, thank the Good Lord and keep your coffee off of the piano!
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Just remember to laugh, thank the Good Lord and keep your coffee off of the piano!
Modern ears don’t always enjoy the sound of extremely ancient music—do you?
“…grant Thy peoples that they may love what Thou commandest and desire what Thou dost promise…”
“Richer than I you can never be—I had a Mother who read to me.”
Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette
2 groups of high schoolers, over 200 young people, proved that they can sing and pray with traditional church music.
John Paul II: “For compositions of liturgical music, I make my own the general rule of St. Pius X…”
Applause from a congregation for musicians, or musicians that impede congregational singing for the sake of personal artistry, are but symptoms. The church musician has been misidentified as a separate entity—a showpiece—and not properly identified as a servant of the liturgy, a servant of God, a servant of the people.
My friend was in charge of picking music for papal Masses under Pope St. John Paul II.
Your are invited to the MPHM Schola Cantorum’s Spring Concert!
CMAA was formed the same year “Inter Oecumenici” was issued by the Vatican.
Too many columnists focus endlessly on minutiae while leaving untouched a crucial issue.
She passed away when the community’s house collapsed during the earthquake that hit the Ecuadorian coast on 16 April 2016.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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