Family Von Trapp & Celebration “Versus Populum”
Is the Trapp Family priest saying Mass “facing the people” in the 1930s?
Articles
Colloquium Update IV
The Glories of A Single Proper
Colloquium Update III
“Minding the Gap” — Organ Improvisation
If we took music seriously
“Great importance is to be attached to the teaching and practice of music in seminaries, in the novitiates and houses of study of religious of both sexes, and also in other Catholic institutions and schools. To impart this instruction, teachers are to be carefully trained and put in charge of the teaching of sacred music.”
Colloquium Update II
Resources for Accompanying Gregorian Chant
Should We Sing Patriotic Hymns at Mass?
I love patriotic hymns. But should we sing them at mass?
Colloquium Update I
All the things I love about the Colloquium experience are here in force: an extraordinary faculty, magnificent liturgies, good fellowship, etc.
Music Rules Over Us
Music is like a food that either makes us healthy or sick; indeed, it shapes our souls in its image.
Bishop Conley Sings “Salve Regina” With A Whole Pack Of Bishops
How often do you see a whole bunch of bishops sitting around singing the Salve Regina?
Why On Earth Would Anyone Do This?
Am I a hypocrite?
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #55
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
A Name To Remember
If you don’t know who Divo Barsotti is, his discovery will be for you like “exploring a continent for the first time.”
“No Propers? No High Mass!” — 1933 Article
“…at these High Masses, the choir omits the Gloria, Credo, Gradual, Tract and Sequence.” — Answer: “The method is an abuse and must be done away with.”
Appropriate
I am sure 100% of you will agree that: “a rock band is not going to entertain fans at the sound of Gregorian chant.”
Strong with God’s Strength
Saints Peter & Paul
