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How Bad Was It?
Someday, my children might ask: “Do you remember the first ICEL translation of the Roman Missal?”
Who Likes to be “Pruned”?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like being pruned. Ultimately, this pruning leads to a refinement of the soul.
Organ Accompaniments to Simple Gregorian Chants
PDF organ accompaniment scores for simple chants found in the Parish Book of Chant.
Details About Sung Masses In “The Old Days”
“During a High Mass, the Choir will begin the Graduale etc. while the Priest recites the Epistle.” — St. Gregory Hymnal (1941)
On Aweful Ambos and Lilliputian Lecterns
Why can’t churches have grand furnishings and fixtures—like the lofty pulpits you see in older churches? And why aren’t those pulpits, where they exist, still being used today?
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman
Corpus Christi Watershed assisted the Birmingham Oratory with media work leading up to the Papal Visit and Beatification of Cardinal Newman.
Concerning Proofreading And Capitalization
Some editors believe in their hearts there is only one “correct” way
The Secret “Mora Vocis” of the Vatican Edition
Here are seven (7) videos explaining how to sing according to the rhythm of the Editio Vaticana (Vatican Edition) created by Abbot Pothier at the request of Pope Pius X.
Precious Rehearsal Time
Spending rehearsal time to save more later.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #39
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”
Does The Vatican II Lectionary Distort Scripture?
“I have noticed that when the present Lectionary occasionally proposes a ‘Shorter Form’ for one of the Gospel readings, the lines edited are something Our Lord said that comfortable people would rather He had not said.” — Fr. George W. Rutler
Jimmy Stewart … and Church Music Regulations?
“Whenever school children must be placed in the choir loft at High Mass, the Boys may sing but the Girls must keep silent, unless the whole congregation takes part in the singing.” — Diocese of Pittsburgh Regulations (1931)
Bishop Carroll and Vernacular in the Liturgy c. 1787
“In this country either for want of books or inability to read, the great part of our congregations must be utterly ignorant of the meaning and sense of the publick offices of the Church.” — Archbishop of Baltimore (1787)
Alfons Cardinal Stickler, Peritus during Vatican II
When a certain bishop stood up at Vatican II and expressed concern that “the entire Mass might be held in the language of the people,” the entire hall burst into uproarious laughter.