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Fr. David Friel · August 3, 2014

The 15th Station?

The 9/11 Memorial and Conveying Catharsis through Art

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 3, 2014

Please Help Watershed Survive

I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 2, 2014

How Dare We Complain?

Can you imagine trying to feed your family in the year 1300AD?

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Guest Author · August 2, 2014

Homily: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

God is a provident God. This in turn should make us want to love God.

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Richard J. Clark · August 1, 2014

The Necessity of Interior Prayer for Directors, Composers, and Publishers

Are we bringing forth treasures? Are we cultivating these treasures or do we leave them in the back of the storeroom?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 31, 2014

“Convent Mass” For Two Sopranos — A. E. Tozer (1911)

Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · July 31, 2014

Away with the World—Let Heaven Enter

Music, for a Christian, should serve the same purpose as everything else in life: weaning us from excessive attachment to this world and lifting our souls heavenward.

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Andrew R. Motyka · July 30, 2014

A Different Offering

What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?

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Aurelio Porfiri · July 30, 2014

Felix Culpa

Life is not a piece of cake. And the Mass is not a Sunday recreational moment. We need to feel the burning of being close to God.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 30, 2014

Difference Between “Modern” and “Dark Ages”

Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?

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Aurelio Porfiri · July 29, 2014

Missionaries

Maybe today we need missionaries of a different kind, ready to announce the beauty of our faith and tradition with an understanding of the new needs of a changing world.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 29, 2014

Free PDF Download: Complete Gospel Acclamations (172 pages) • Couture & Quentin

Download the entire book for free or purchase the beautiful book (spiral-bound).

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 29, 2014

Are Priests Permitted To Add More Scripture To The Ordinary Form? Yes!

Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.

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Aurelio Porfiri · July 28, 2014

Facebook, Scammers, and the Economy of Words

No, dear girls, I do not want to know more about you, but maybe it would be good for you to know something more about me.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 28, 2014

Staunchly Pro-Life: Former Supermodel, Kathy Ireland

“At the moment of conception, a new life comes into being. The DNA—the genetic blueprint—is there.”

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President’s Corner

    PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

    Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
    Dutch organist, teacher, and conductor HERMAN STRATEGIER (d. 1988) studied under Hendrik Andriessen. He composed this unison setting with organ accompaniment for the LORD’S PRAYER (“Our Father”) which a children’s choir would find both within reach and worthy of the effort. The whole thing fits neatly on a single page. Strategier eventually became organist of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht. He also taught at the “Dutch Institute for Catholic Church Music” (Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“As often as possible they gathered together the children of the village and sat them down in the cabin. Father Brébeuf would put on a surplice and biretta and chant the Our Father, which Father Daniel had translated into Huron rhymes, and the children would chant it after him. Next, he taught them the sign of the cross, the Hail Mary, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Commandments.”

— Biography of St. Jean de Brébeuf

Recent Posts

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  • PDF Download • “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” — Simple Organ Interludes (5 pages)
  • “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

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