Are Hymns Boring?
I love hymns … sung properly, that is!
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A priest who sings both energizes the liturgy and fosters interior prayer.
Once the mass began, the children began singing the Gregorian Introit, and fifteen thousand young people immediately stilled to complete silence.
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Why We Need the Greatest Art in Catholic Worship
Was it necessary to change our forms of worship to suit “modern man”? And do we need to set aside our glorious musical heritage? Absolutely not.
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Courses In The Ward Method … This Summer!
This summer, the Catholic University of America is offering training in the Ward method.
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What is Catholic Art?
Help me define the indefinable.
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Saints Who Were Artists
A Catalog
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Audrey Hepburn, Fulton J. Sheen, & Church Singers Who Can’t Read Music
Do you direct choir members with flaws? Do you direct choir members who can’t read music? BE COMFORTED!
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Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent (Year A)
A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.
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Learning the Latin of the Pater Noster
You need to have even just a little bit of understanding to help you love something. You can’t love what you don’t know.
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“Turn Those Altars Around!” — Cardinal Lercaro, Consilium President (1965)
Could this be the missing link explaining why “versus populum” celebrations took over?
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Why Do We Kneel in Church?
Kneeling is a sign that both signifies and helps produce in the soul the disposition of humility before the great King over all the earth.
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“Confusion and Annoyance” — Pope Paul VI on the New Liturgy (1965)
“Previously it was enough to be there; now we must participate. Previously one could doze or perhaps even have a chat; but no longer; now one must listen and pray.” — Pope Paul VI, 17 March 1965
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“The Most Beautiful Thing This Side Of Heaven”
A wonderful 18-minute sermon by Fr. Christopher Smith.
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What did Pope John Paul II think of the Cappa Magna?
The cappa magna has a five-meter-long train. Pius XII shortened it to 3 meters, but it’s said that John XXIII restored the ordinary length.
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Jubilee Museum Sacred Art Biennial 2014
Call for entries for visual artists!
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