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Richard Terry’s Hymnal in PDF and paperback

Veronica Brandt · September 6, 2014

“There can be no doubt that it will conduce very much to the devotion and decorum of extra-liturgical worship and popular services to have one common manual of Hymns, which at once offers a suitable variety and prevents the undesirable introduction of amateur efforts and unedifying novelties.”

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Hymnbooks Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Assumption Mass

Fr. David Friel · August 13, 2014

Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form this Friday evening in Philadelphia.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Beauty in the Catholic Liturgy, Extraordinary Form 1962 Missal, Latin Mass, Roman Missal Third Edition, Summorum Pontificum, Traditional Latin Mass Tridentine Rite Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Five signs you might be a Hymn Geek

Veronica Brandt · July 26, 2014

Hymns are influential, popular and full of history and trivial details, making a fertile ground for susceptible personalities to develop their geekish tendencies.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Bottega • Aurelio Porfiri

Aurelio Porfiri · June 23, 2014

“Mæstro Porfiri is a true lover of liturgy and music and a serious, honest, and responsible person.” — Domenico Cardinal Bartolucci (Vatican)

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Aurelio Porfiri Last Updated: January 1, 2020

150 Years of Sacred Music

Fr. David Friel · May 25, 2014

A Philadelphia History

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Pipe Organ in Survival Mode

Richard J. Clark · May 2, 2014

Organists can no longer take for granted the dominant use—or for that matter, any use of the organ despite anything Sacrosanctum Concilium states.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Pipe Organ Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Saint René Goupil • Gregorian Chant Propers

Gregorian videos, organ accompaniments, and audio recordings for the 1962 “Graduale Romanum.”

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Time flies! We’ve posted more than 120 feasts!

13th Century Sacred Art Class

Gwyneth Holston · November 14, 2013

Thomas More College Artist-in-Residence, David Clayton, to teach a class on painting in the English gothic style.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Colin Mawby & Annibale Bugnini

Corpus Christi Watershed · August 27, 2013

It’s odd to hear Archbishop Annibale Bugnini talk about “chant in its ever stimulating freshness.”

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Organ Book of Adrian Fortescue

Jeff Ostrowski · July 17, 2013

Charles Cole has saved me a trip!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Rev Fr Adrian Fortescue Liturgy Last Updated: March 22, 2024

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.”

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: April 26, 2020

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    15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    This coming Sunday—13 July 2025—is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). All the chants have been conveniently assembled and posted at the feasts website. The OFFERTORY, Ad Te Levávi, is particularly beautiful.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music Director Job • $80,000 per year
    Our readers will be interested in this job offering for Music Director at Saint Adalbert’s Basilica, located 40 minutes from where I live. My pastor was recently elevated to this basilica. He is offering $80,000 per year, plus benefits. I’m told Saint Adalbert’s Basilica is utterly gorgeous and contains one of America’s most magnificent pipe organs. It would be fantastic to have a colleague nearby!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplest “Agnus Dei” Ever Published
    Our choir is on break during the month of July. I needed a relatively simple “Agnus Dei,” so I composed this setting for organ & voice in honor of Saint René Goupil. It has been called the simplest setting ever composed. I love CARMEN GREGORIANUM (“Gregorian Chant”), especially the ALLELUIAS, INTROITS, and COMMUNION ANTIPHONS. That being said, some have pointed out that certain sections of the Kyriale aren’t as strong as the Graduale or Vesperale. There’s a reason for this—but it would be too complicated to explain at this moment.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

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“To me it is a most inspiring reflection that, while empires and kingdoms have tumbled down, while language and custom of every kind have changed beyond recognition, still day by day the humblest Catholic priest in the remotest mission stands at his altar dressed in the garb of old Rome.”

— Father Adrian Fortescue (8 February 1912)

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