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Veronica Brandt · August 17, 2013

A hymn for St Mary of the Cross

A beautiful hymn from Rev Fr Popplewell FSSP from Canberra, Australia.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2013

Anticipation of Richard . . .

One of our contributors, Richard Clark, plans to write about the 1998 ICEL translation . . .

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Motecta Trium Vocum • Video

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Contemporary Sacred Music: Does It Exist?

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Cantiones Sacrae Simplices • Video

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · August 15, 2013

In This Little House of God

We must do all that we can do for the Lord, since our greatest is the least that is worthy of him. And when we do all the “little things” with love, we give Him great glory.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XXI (Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XVIII (Video Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XX (Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Foreword by Bishop René H. Gracida

Foreword by Bishop René H. Gracida

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Andrew R. Motyka · August 14, 2013

Antiphons for the Dog Days of Ordinary Time

Music for the Communion procession, even for the “summer slog.”

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Fr. David Friel · August 14, 2013

Returning Home

The Grace of the Assumption

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Cynthia Ostrowski · August 13, 2013

Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #29

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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Jeff Ostrowski · August 13, 2013

Monsignor Richard J. Schuler Has Been Vindicated

My dad used to say, “When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail.”

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Guest Author · August 12, 2013

The first ever Graduale Romanum in English?

Deacon Cunningham was responsible for an early effort to “English” the Roman Gradual, as Msgr. Schmitt would say.

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President’s Corner

    Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

    This brief passage seems (in my humble opinion) to be a delightful specimen.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

    Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    ‘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
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

I am convinced that if the Church is to prosper in the present age, it cannot hesitate to embrace and support traditional Catholics, traditional liturgies and traditional moral values. “Do not conform yourself to this age,” St. Paul warned followers of Christ. (Rom 12:2)

— Most Rev. Thomas Tobin, Bishop of Providence (12 August 2022)

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