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Views from the Choir Loft

Search Results for: simple english propers

Setting an Example Through Funerals

Andrew R. Motyka · February 26, 2014

Funerals can be a good time to demonstrate the possibilities of reverent liturgical music at Mass.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

When in Crisis: Ideology and Diplomacy

Richard J. Clark · February 21, 2014

In cases of constant crisis, diplomacy yields far more fruit than ideology. Demanding the ideal will usually get you nothing but a pink slip.

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“Adoremus In Æternum” … Heretical?

Jeff Ostrowski · September 19, 2013

“Will you still love your girlfriend after she becomes your wife?”

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Heretical GIA Hymns Last Updated: March 24, 2021

“Missa de Jerry Seinfeld” and Praying as a Family

Richard J. Clark · July 19, 2013

What I will remember most is that I knelt side by side with my daughter during the consecration. I will remember reciting the Creed in my fidgety three-year-old son’s ear as I held him.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

07 • Lalemant Conversations: Sequoia Sierra

Corpus Christi Watershed · July 1, 2013

What does a young stylist from L.A. think about the Mass Propers?

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

06 • Lalemant Conversations: Dr. Scott Smith

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 4, 2013

Dr. Scott Smith speaks about the Mass Propers in a “live” phone interview.

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Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth On Sacrosanctum Concilium

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 24, 2013

“The singing of the Proper texts rather than the endless substitution of songs and hymns, are only now being seriously considered and implemented.” — Executive Director of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

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04 • Lalemant Interviews: Fr. David Friel

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 14, 2013

Fr. David Friel speaks about the Mass Propers, bringing many insights, including how Eastern Catholics would view the current practice of the West.

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03 • Lalemant Interviews: Dr. Edward Mulholland

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 10, 2013

Watershed President Jeff Ostrowski said afterward, “Dr. Mulholland shared in this interview several profound insights about the Mass Propers. I can totally see myself poaching these!”

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Josquin’s Beautiful “Missa Pange Lingua” In Minnesota

Guest Author · May 4, 2013

St. Benedict Catholic Church in Duluth, Minnesota, will be hosting a Solemn High Mass (traditional Latin Mass), celebrated by the parish pastor, Father Eric Hastings, for the Ascension on Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

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02 • Lalemant Interviews: Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 3, 2013

Does the Church really allow the Gospel to be replaced by excerpts from Machiavelli’s THE PRINCE? Seriously? Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz of Benedictine College chats about numerous topics, including the Mass Propers.

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01 • Lalemant Interviews: Fr. Christopher Mann

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 23, 2013

Corpus Christi Watershed will be conducting a series of interviews with priests, seminarians, sisters, and lay folks to raise awareness about the Mass Propers.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Free Communion Antiphons!

Andrew R. Motyka · March 27, 2013

Free responsorial-style Communion antiphons for Ordinary Form Mass use.

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Catholic News Agency Praises Vatican II Hymnal

Cynthia Ostrowski · March 18, 2013

“The paper is of the highest quality with a resilient binding, the designs, beautifully appointed. It has the readings for all Sundays and feast days – the complete cycles, A, B, C. It will be about twenty years or perhaps thirty before another translation is made. Here is music for the new evangelization. The Vatican II Hymnal serves as a musical ambassador for Christ.” —Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo

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Msgr. Wadsworth Praises Corpus Christi Watershed

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 6, 2013

The executive director of ICEL notes that “Corpus Christi Watershed has a wide variety of resources that could be immediately helpful in a parish context.”

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: April 26, 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

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When we say: “The people like this” we regard them as unable to develop, as animals rather than human beings, and we simply neglect our duties in helping them towards a true human existence — indeed, in this case, to truly Christian existence.

— Professor László Dobszay (2003)

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