EF Gospel Illustrations
An Illustrated Book of Gospel Meditations from 1593! Print one for this Sunday to explore and color.
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Sing Praises with Understanding: A Scriptural Approach to Musical Participation
As churches prepare to return from lockdown, what about music in the liturgy makes it essential? In the next essay in his series encouraging liturgical musicians to consider what their vocation entails, Wilfrid Jones shares his thoughts on the nature of active participation.
“Choral Singing post-COVID” • Perspectives from a Hong Kong Doctor & Chorister
A package of measures to keep choral singing safe.
Monsignor Georg Ratzinger Has Died
He died on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood (at least according to the EF calendar) at age 96.
Draft Document • “Church Music Manifesto” (2020)
We’re living in darkness—but, like the phoenix, authentic Church music can rise from the ashes!
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part IV of IV)
We come now to the final installment in my series on our music program at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church in Sacramento, California.
Chanting and Spiritual Health
In a time of contagion and social unrest, we need plainchant more than ever, even when we stay home.
Homeschool Snapshots: Take 1
Summer planning brings homeschooling mother to poetry by Robert Frost and St. Thomas Aquinas. “Poems are the food of faith.”
New Catholic Hymns: 24 Hymns for the Liturgical Year
New compositions in the timeless style of great Catholic hymns for all the major feasts, plus insights into the hymnodist’s creative process.
Sister Goodchild • “Gregorian Chant for Church and School”
This 130-page book can be downloaded for free.
Best Practices with Current Restrictions • New Resource from Detroit
Best practices and a new antiphon project from the Archdiocese of Detroit
Six Points • The Church and Patronage of the Arts
If we want great artists, we must have places to train them in the best of the tradition and be able to crown their studies with a deeply imbued Catholic ethos.
PDF Download • “Saint Edmund Jennings Mass”
Today comes the third setting. A total of five Masses will be released.
More on the subject of “Mutual Enrichment”
My previous post on this subject was misunderstood in some quarters.
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part III)
Far from being a mere complement to our parish choir, our young Choristers are, quite frankly, its core.