PDF Download • 2022 “Vespers Booklet” (99 Pages)
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“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Corpus Christi Watershed has provided rehearsal videos to assist choir members who do not read music well.
Is it “traditional” to receive Holy Communion on Good Friday?
I never shared this before because pride and perfectionism held me back.
Including a remarkable musical setting by Father Adrian Fortescue (d. 1923).
The conscientious choirmaster takes people where they are and then—carefully and prudently—leads them to something higher.
These problematic assertions by Bishop Stowe will have to be withdrawn at some point.
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Sophia Institute Press has made a huge announcement regarding the 3rd edition.
Only fellow choirmasters know how much work choirmasters do “behind the scenes.”
I recorded all the voices, to demonstrate how it sounds…
Vatican II said: “Pastors must see to it that Vespers is celebrated in parishes on Sundays and the more solemn feasts” (SC §100).
It may be an ugly booklet, but it got the job done yesterday.
Including more information about the “Pope Pius XII Hymnal.”
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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