Jeff’s recent post made me think that perhaps a recap of all the events so far at Westminster Cathedral would be helpful to readers.
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Short But Superb Film • “Westminster Choir Boys”
The resignation of Martin Baker was quite a shock to the Catholic world.
Further Thoughts on Westminster Cathedral
I am reminded of the care with which the Pieta was transported from the Vatican to New York City for the World’s Fair in 1964 and I hope and pray that the Westminster Cathedral Choir will be treated with as much veneration and respect.
To: Headmaster of Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Like the great Cathedral of Notre Dame, this daily musical offering belongs not only to the Church in London and the British Isles, but to the universal Church.
Shocking Developments From Westminster
If Cardinal Nichols had simply sent a letter saying why he prefers “versus populum,” I believe that would have been a better choice.
PDF Download • “New Westminster Hymnal” (1939)
Can Watershed survive? (Part 4)
Evelyn Waugh Requiem Panegyric Preached At Westminster By Fr. Caraman (21 April 1966)
“Evelyn was sad when he read of churches in which the old altar was taken down…”
Westminster Cathedral (London, England)
“They were trapped and could do nothing but grin and bear it.”
Re: The “Restoration” of the Easter Vigil
It’s a strange type of “restoration” that rejoices over innovations that never existed before.
“Win or Lose, a Fight Worth Fighting!” • (Email Received from a Priest)
We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Jeffrey Tucker, who prevented a non-Christian company from securing a monopoly on the (mandatory) English psalm translation!
“What Are the Urbanite Hymns?” (4-Page PDF)
“No one who knows anything about the subject now doubts that that revision of Urban VIII was a ghastly mistake, for which there is not one single word of any kind to be said.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
Livestreams Worth the Reader’s Time
Today I introduce two very different—yet equally sublime—choral foundations.
PDF Download • “What Child Is This” (Harmonized by the Von Trapp Family Singers)
Download this book—129 pages!—free of charge as a PDF: “The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs.”
Rorate Caeli + ICEL + Dynamic Equivalence
There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”
Re: Copyright Status of “Abbey Psalms & Canticles” (PDF Chart)
There’s been considerable online discussion about this. Our readers have a right to know what’s at issue.
