Too Many Options
Allowing Adolescents to Choose Their Faith & the Wide-Open Permissions of the GIRM
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Hymns Replacing Propers
The difference between Anything and Everything.
Where free choice can lead to chaos or paralysis.
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Liturgical Silence—But Not What You Think!
When I was young, I would have tried to argue.
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A Criticism & Good News
Another Look at Fr. Weber’s “The Proper of the Mass”
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“Proper Of The Mass” (Ignatius Press) • Part 4 of 7
The Next Big Thing Is Here
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Nixon, Watergate, & Singing The Mass Propers
Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Dean, Nixon, and others made tons of money writing and speaking about Watergate.
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Hillary Clinton’s Emails & Mass Propers
Are you confused yet? You ought to be!
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Six Things To Know About USCCB Hymn Approval
It’s no secret. Anyone who’s been in Church music realizes what happens in 99% of Catholic parishes.
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Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(7 of 7)
We should be more and more convinced that the Propers are “healthier” than alternative songs…
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Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(6 of 7)
The wife of a Church musician weighs in…
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Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(4 of 7)
This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.
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Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(2 of 7)
How modernism effects music and babies. And how UNICEF is like the Catholic Church.
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Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)
When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…
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Bishops Care When Their Names Are “Tacitly” Used
The current GIRM never mentions “tacit” approval.
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“No Approval Needed for Substitute Songs” says USCCB • Exclusive Documentation
“After six months and 70+ letters, I received a letter from the chairman of Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.” —Dan Craig
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