Arbeit Macht Frei, or Ora et Labora
Lessons from a Trappist Monastery
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“Beatus Vir Editions” Announces New Publication
Responsorial Psalms and Alleluias in honor of St. Therese of Lisieux.
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Implement Vatican II • Pope Francis Invokes “Magisterial Authority”
The liturgical battle over celebrating Mass “ad orientem” is insignificant at this time. Far more important is reverent liturgy and the proper implementation of Vatican II.
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13th Sunday after Pentecost (1st in September)
“Having received Thy heavenly sacraments, O Lord, we beseech Thee that we may profit unto the increase of everlasting salvation…”
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Thoughts That Enter A Choirmaster’s Mind
A word about depression and discouragement.
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John the Baptist and the Meaning of Marriage
‘Til Death Do Us Part
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Very Great Mischiefs Which Arise From The Use Of Polyphony By Religious Orders (1610)
Fourth: musicians who beguile their way into religious orders are for the most part silly, idle, vacillating, vain, effeminate, and even vicious individuals.
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Report • Summer Sacred Music Workshop 2017
About 65 musicians attended the Summer Sacred Music Workshop III and the next annual workshop is already in planning!
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Musical Resources • 12th Sunday after Pentecost
“…and it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him, passed by.”
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Volunteer Choirs • Rehearsal “Tricks”
Only two people in the whole school are forced to publicly demonstrate their work: the choirmaster and the coach.
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Ministry of Consolation • A Case for Congregational Singing at Funerals
“If you, the bereaved, cannot give voice to your grief in this moment, we shall do it for you.”
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What Do Catholic Teenagers Sing?
A lesson in presumptions and realities
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PDF Download • “O Esca Viatorum”
I am deeply saddened that some people still don’t know where these items are located.
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Musical Resources • 11th Sunday after Pentecost 1
“After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.”
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Ordo Missæ from “People’s Mass Book” (1964)
Two words come to mind: inexplicable and bizarre.
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