Family Von Trapp & Celebration “Versus Populum”
Is the Trapp Family priest saying Mass “facing the people” in the 1930s?
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Is the Trapp Family priest saying Mass “facing the people” in the 1930s?
The Glories of A Single Proper
“Minding the Gap” — Organ Improvisation

“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.”
Resources for Accompanying Gregorian Chant

I love patriotic hymns. But should we sing them at mass?

Music is like a food that either makes us healthy or sick; indeed, it shapes our souls in its image.

How often do you see a whole bunch of bishops sitting around singing the Salve Regina?
All the things I love about the Colloquium experience are here in force: an extraordinary faculty, magnificent liturgies, good fellowship, etc.

Am I a hypocrite?

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”

If you don’t know who Divo Barsotti is, his discovery will be for you like “exploring a continent for the first time.”

“…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.”

I am sure 100% of you will agree that: “a rock band is not going to entertain fans at the sound of Gregorian chant.”

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