The Living Parish Hymn Book
Clearing up a mystery of childhood memories for certain Australians.
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1949 Mass at the ruins of the Nagasaki Cathedral
Extraordinary photographs of a 1949 Pontifical Mass for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of St. Francis Xavier in Japan.
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Reason for Encouragement
Great congregational singing points to great work being done by music directors and pastors all over the country. Know that your influence and reach may be much farther than you will ever dream or know.
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Pope Francis’s Counsel: Do Not Waste What God Has Given Us
Pope Francis, no less than Pope Benedict, has a way of formulating universal principles of thought and action that apply to any number of related topics, including the sacred liturgy.
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Reading Honestly
In which I’m tempted to do the same thing I am frustrated by another doing.
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First Look Images! • Campion Second Edition
“The scribes seldom knew Greek, so these renderings of Greek texts in Latin characters teem with mistakes of every kind.” — Dr. Peter Wagner
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Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #28
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”
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The Little Rock Nine
How would you like to have the United States army escort you to school each day?
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Paul VI “Disturbed And Saddened” By Purge Of Latin
“On 26th September, 1964, it was decreed as follows: In celebrating the divine office in choir, clerics are bound to preserve the Latin language.” — Pope Paul VI, 15 August 1966
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Medieval Latin Catholics Sometimes Sang In Greek?
“The scribes seldom knew Greek, and so these renderings of Greek texts in Latin characters teem with mistakes of every kind.” — Dr. Peter Wagner (1903)
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Returning from Rio
Blessed by Silence
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What’s so good about growing up?
“I have the best job in the world, I get to see people grow.” from a nurse looking after young families.
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Chant Belongs to the People
When I spoke to Fr. Pierre Paul about the wholesale abandonment of Gregorian Chant, he said something I’ll never forget – not just the words, but how he said it, with resolute irrefutability: “It belongs to the people.”
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Rediscovering Sacred Music with the Youth of Today
The true youth revolution in the Church will come by way of the mysticism of chant and the power of polyphony, not by way of second-rate imitations of secular music. To pull it off, however, requires real musical knowledge, talent, and a commitment to education.
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From the NPM Convention in Washington, DC
In the circles I typically frequent, NPM is seen as something of a lost cause. I’ll admit that as recently as a few years ago, I thought so, too.
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