(Installment #15) “Catholic Hymnals” • William Fritz
To (re)Harmonize a Hymn—“Anima Christi” by Dr. Theodore Marier
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The First Time We’ve Ever Done This Correctly!
Abbot Pothier included a section called “De Ritibus Servandis In Cantu Missae.”
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“Blessing the Bell” • Most Rev’d Alejandro D. Aclan
When a monk hears the bell, he stops whatever he’s doing and immediately goes to prayer. It is the voice of God calling us to pray, to avoid sin, and to forget the things of this world and think of Him.
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Saint Paul’s Choir School Presents “Starry Night: Christmas in Harvard Square”
A beacon of light in a dark time, the Saint Paul’s Choir of Men and Boys presents “Starry Night: Christmas in Harvard Square”
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How to Help Children Match Pitch (part III)
Three more tips on what to do and how to act with your young music students. Learn the secret ingredient of success!
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“Rorate Mass” (FSSP) • 12 December 2020
Attendance was standing room only. Afterwards, the children presented roses to Mary—as the entire parish prayed the Rosary—and then we consecrated California to Jesus Christ.
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“Homily — 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year B” • Father Valentine Young, OFM
As the Gloria during Mass suggests, we should “thank Him simply because of His great glory.” When is the last time you did that?
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Safety in Music is a Pro-Life Issue
Updated music protocols in the Archdiocese of Boston include multiple layers of protection: masks, ventilation, distance, time.
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Offertory Compared • “Ave Maria” (4th Sunday of Advent) vs. “Ave Maria” (Immaculate Conception)
Consider the melody found in “Le Graduel Romain,” published in 1800—nine years before Napoleon Bonaparte kidnapped Pope Pius VII
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Gregorian Chant • “How To Sing The Repercussion” (such as: Bistropha, Tristropha, etc.)
Each monastery had its own particular way of singing plainsong.
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How to Help Children Match Pitch (part II)
Got your kids singing in head tone? Good. Next, try these two tips to eliminate obstacles to their success.
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The Prophet Baruch: Surge, Ierusalem, Look to the East!
The communion chant for the Second Sunday of Advent, together with the introit and offertory, invite us to reflect on the Holy City, Jerusalem.
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“Homily — 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B” • Father Valentine Young, OFM
Yes, these are extraordinary times—and they require something extraordinary from us.
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Book Title • “English As She Is Spoke”
One who translates Aquinas expects to be cross-examined by those who understand philosophy and Latin; but Bible translators are liable to be cross-examined by anybody, because everybody thinks he knows what the Bible means.
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(Ecuador) • Archbishop Poisoned on Good Friday
It happened during the “Mass of the Presanctified” celebrated on Good Friday, 30 March 1877.
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