Hillary Clinton’s Emails & Mass Propers
Are you confused yet? You ought to be!
Hymns Replacing Propers
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.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(7 of 7)
We should be more and more convinced that the Propers are “healthier” than alternative songs…
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(6 of 7)
The wife of a Church musician weighs in…
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.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(2 of 7)
How modernism effects music and babies. And how UNICEF is like the Catholic Church.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)
When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…
Bishops Care When Their Names Are “Tacitly” Used
The current GIRM never mentions “tacit” approval.
“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
Elvis Presley, Offertory Processions, & “Alius Cantus”
Offertory processions in the 1940s? Really?
Preparing Funeral Liturgies
Who Should Pick the Readings?
Sound the Bell of Holy Freedom
Hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2015
The Society for Catholic Liturgy
Two Contributions from CCW Bloggers
Some Thoughts On “Englishing” Gregorian Chant
But why bring up this subject at all, when probably 95% of Catholic priests have no familiarity with Gregorian chant? • concerning the challenges of composing Gregorian chant in English+
Mass Propers In English
Roosevelt was President while paralyzed. Churchill gave speeches but couldn’t pronounce “S” correctly. Surely, then, we can implement the Mass Propers with these 11 collections! • the Graduale Romanum has been set in English by many composers; here are some collections with audio samples+
Are Priests Permitted To Add More Scripture To The Ordinary Form? Yes!
Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.
Diary of Cardinal Antonelli (1964): “How Exactly Should The Vatican II Mass Look?”
If Pope Pius V or Gregory the Great were to come back, they ought to see that the Mass after Vatican II has substantially remained the same.” — Secretary of the Consilium
Colloquium Update IV
The Glories of A Single Proper
Antiphons in the Gradual don’t match the Roman Missal, 3rd edition?
Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal? • “Recent research … has made it clear that the antiphons of the Order of Mass were never intended to be sung.” — Bishop Donald Trautman (2007)+
The Vatican II Hymnal • Old Website
The Vatican II Hymnal Website will continue to house free online hymns.