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Musical Resources • Holy Family

Jeff Ostrowski · January 8, 2015

Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Colloquium Friends & Chant Workshops

Fr. David Friel · November 16, 2014

“Adventus Dona” in the Diocese of San Diego

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: CanticaNOVA Publications, Church Music Association of America CMAA, Gregorian Chant, Propers, Sacred Music Colloquium, Simple Steps To Improve Parish Music Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Preparing for an EF Sung Mass

Veronica Brandt · November 8, 2014

Preparing music folders for a Missa Cantata – all the essentials and a few handy desirables.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: July 19, 2023

The Most Disturbing Change To The 1962 Missal

Jeff Ostrowski · November 3, 2014

We’re not as smart as we’d thought … and our forefathers weren’t as dumb as we’d assumed.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Extraordinary Form 1962 Missal Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Peace and St Francis

Veronica Brandt · October 4, 2014

St Francis worked for peace through prayer. If by singing we pray twice, then this collection of music could multiply our efforts today!

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Breaking News: The Communion Hymn is an Optional Add-On

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · September 11, 2014

Reading the General Instruction of the Roman Missal can bring many surprises. One of them has to do with the ubiquitous communion hymn.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (6 of 7)

Andrew R. Motyka · August 13, 2014

Some free resources for Cantor, Choir, and Organ for furthering the liturgical reform in your parish.

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Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (4 of 7)

Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2014

Should Church music be fun? Yes!!!

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Dom Gregory Murray 100 Organ Interludes, Free Responsorial Psalms Organ Vocalist Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (3 of 7)

Fr. David Friel · August 10, 2014

Public Domain Scores & Published Resources

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Reform of the Reform, Sheet Music Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (2 of 7)

Veronica Brandt · August 9, 2014

Planting the seeds for liturgical reform with a new book of old hymns.

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Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (1 of 7)

Richard J. Clark · August 8, 2014

Some mainstream resources are geared towards maximizing market share; there are a number of others, perhaps lesser known that have the words of St. Pius X and “Sacrosanctum Concilium” in mind.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: CanticaNOVA Publications, Reform of the Reform Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Real Trouble With Missalettes

Jeff Ostrowski · July 14, 2014

Did you catch that last quotation? “Unless proper readings are given.” What does that passage mean?

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Novus Ordo Lectionary, Stop Wasting Money On Missalettes Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Colloquium Update I

Fr. David Friel · July 3, 2014

All the things I love about the Colloquium experience are here in force: an extraordinary faculty, magnificent liturgies, good fellowship, etc.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Sacred Music Colloquium Last Updated: January 1, 2020

An Overview of the Music Program at Our Lady of the Atonement Church & Academy (Part 1)

Guest Author · May 19, 2014

On Fridays, Mass is celebrated in Latin according to the Ordinary Form. Each day, one of the school choirs leads the liturgical singing.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Our Lady Of The Atonement Academy Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Why We Need the Greatest Art in Catholic Worship

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · April 3, 2014

Was it necessary to change our forms of worship to suit “modern man”? And do we need to set aside our glorious musical heritage? Absolutely not.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—knows that music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

The effectiveness of liturgy does not lie in experimenting with rites and altering them over and over, nor in a continuous reductionism, but solely in entering more deeply into the word of God and the mystery being celebrated. It is the presence of these two that authenticates the Church’s rites, not what some priest decides, indulging his own preferences.

— Liturgicae Instaurationes (1970)

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