Never Released Before! • Unique Version of “O Sacred Head Surrounded” (SATB)
What is a Catholic Hymnal? How old are these hymns?
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PDF Download • My Favorite Gregorian Hymn
There are so many wonderful Gregorian hymns, but the “HYMN TO SAINT JOSEPH” is my favorite.
“Extra” Offertory & Communion Verses in the Saint Edmund Campion Missal (3rd Edition)
Sophia Institute Press has authorized us to release marvelous secrets about the 3rd edition!
PDF Download • “O Sacred Head Surrounded” … placed into Gregorian Chant!
Also provided: an organ accompaniment for “Jam Christe Sol Justitiae” (an ancient Catholic hymn for Lent).
PDF Download • “Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays” by Dom Lefevbre (2,007 pages)
…including news Re: the 3rd edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal, scheduled to be released in April.
PDF • “Spiritual Mass Plan for Church Organists”
Some guidance on how to stay recollected at a low Mass while you’re also playing organ.
PDF Download • 1954 “Bragers Hymnal”—Accompaniment Edition (131 pages)
We have scanned this extremely rare hymnal, granted Imprimatur by Francis Cardinal Spellman on 15 February 1954.
PDF Download • “Mass Propers For Sundays And Holydays Set To Simple Melodies” (429 pages)
In 1947, this book was given a double “Imprimatur” by Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York.
PDF Download • “Essential Liturgical Chart”
I’ve never spent as much time creating a Liturgical Chart as I did for this one.
PDF Download • “Blessing of Epiphany Water”
An 18-page PDF for the Solemn Blessing of Water on the Eve of the Epiphany.
PDF Download • “Puer Natus In Bethlehem” — Simple Christmas Hymn (2 Pages)
This is one of my favorite Gregorian hymns; very catchy!
PDF Download • “No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or fasting day.”
The “Blue Laws” were a series of fanatical laws enacted by the Puritans of the colony of Connecticut…
PDF Download • Several Useful Plainsong Books
“Variae Preces” (1892) — “Cantus Varii” (1902) — “Cantus Varii” (1928) — “Cantus Selecti” (1957)
PDF Download • Rare 1970 Document Explains “Spoken vs. Sung Propers”
This is perhaps the single most significant liturgical document CCWatershed has ever unearthed—and translated to English! • Explains the origin of “Gradual Antiphons” vs. “Missal Antiphons” (a.k.a. “Sacramentary Antiphons”)+
PDF Download • Beautiful Requiem Mass Image
“Every diocese, almost every church, had its own customs. Our present rule dates from the revived missal of 1570.”