Is it okay for choirmasters to program the same piece several Sundays in a row?
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Three Entrance Antiphons for the Celebration of Marriage
Free Download: Three Entrance Antiphons For the Celebration of Marriage
Nine Questions About The Latin Mass You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask
When I first attended the Traditional Mass, I hated it.
Fr. Magiera Reviews The Campion Hymnal
“These renderings are accompanied by beautiful photos so even the novice should be able to follow the Mass rather easily.”
When to Teach Children to Sight-Read Plainsong
Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.
Wonderful Things are Happening in Detroit!
Even more exciting were two developments I learned of while in Detroit.
Communion Antiphons for Advent & Christmas • NEW • World Library Publications
World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent and Christmas. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.
A Model of Sacred Music at Priest’s First Mass
What music does a newly ordained priest, who currently plays the drums in a jazz band, choose for his first Mass? A priest who also has a degree from the Hartt School of Music in Music Production and Technology? The answer will surprise you.
Instruction on Sacred Music by Bishop John Doerfler
Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette
Three Common Misconceptions about Chant
If we can solve these 3 misunderstandings, people can fall in love with chant easier!
Musical Resources • Feast of the Holy Family (Extraordinary Form)
“O Lord Jesus Christ, who—in the days of thy subjection to Mary and Joseph—didst consecrate home life by ineffable acts of virtue…”
Is this the “Proper” solution for you?
I’ve decided to try an experiment that may work in other parishes.
A Most Devastating Change By Pope Paul VI
“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
Only Priests Can Save Catholic Music
Including thirteen (13) complete collections of Mass Propers…with audio examples!
Regensburger Domspatzen
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.