“Victimæ Paschali Laudes” • Thirty-One (31) Different Versions — Including Organ Accompaniments
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
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This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!

A disturbing video sent to us from the Diocese of Superior (Wisconsin).

Msgr. Leo Manzetti foolishly wrote: “Church musicians, when experts in vocal art, agree that women’s voices are effeminate, sensuous, and operatic, hence un-churchly.”

I propose that we consider Dom Pothier’s method without making an unnecessary appeal to authority.

I opted for the Church’s official rhythm.

“To Richard Clark, music director of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, few sounds are as joyful to hear as over 100 children singing in unison…”

Professor Bouyer later admitted (in his memoirs) that his team of liturgical reformers had been doomed from the start, since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”

“It would be a barbarous archaism to adopt this ancient custom in our time.” —Dom Guéranger

“I believe any dedicated choirmaster would love to team up with a pastor like this one!” —Jeff Ostrowski

Do we believe sacred music exists?

Sung according to the official rhythm of the Catholic Church.

Excerpt (60 seconds) from an interview done in 1985 by the “Reader’s Digest” magazine.

How dare I broach such a subject?

Saint Paul’s Choir School is the only all boys Catholic choir school in the nation.

In this interview, Diana speaks about (among other things) the “Colorado Sacred Music Conference.”
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