“Three Reasons To Shun Bad Hymns” • Daniel B. Marshall
Ever wonder why the Church is so particular about sacred music? There’s more at stake than you think.
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“American Catholic Hymnal” (1991)
This one book contains and memorializes every horrible idea from the 1980s.
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Involving Women in the Communion?
Not long ago, I received a weird telephone call from a man appointed “director of music” for a large USA diocese.
“Music List” • 27th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
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“Fulfilled!” • Bride’s Musical Request
Sophia Institute Press has been generous in this regard.
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“Music List” • 26th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
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Unison • “Deceptively Easy, Relentlessly Unforgiving”
“That’s not just music. That’s Catholicism at its most apostolic, most bold, and most timeless.” —Julie Huebner
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“Reminder” — Month of September (2025)
It’s my pleasure to remind you that…
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PDF Download • Communion (26th Sn. Ord.)
This Communion antiphon sparkles with beauty.
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PDF Download • “Hymn by Father Thomas à Kempis” (arranged for 2 voices)
For the upcoming feast on 9 November (which replaces the Sunday Mass).
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“Canonic” • Ralph Vaughan Williams
This is quite a clever arrangement of “Come down, O love divine.”
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Dr. Alfred Calabrese • “Three Recommendations for Children’s Repertoire”
Below are three compositions I’ve used with great success…
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Did they simplify these hymn harmonies?
Looking through a (Roman Catholic) German hymnal printed in 1952…
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Installment #7 • Three (3) Questions Re: Forthcoming USA Lectionary
What is the specific criteria for this most recent tinkering?
PDF Download • “Side-By-Side Comparison”
Re: the special hymn for the upcoming feast (9 November).
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