“A New Era Of Church Music”
Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.
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Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.

The brief little SATB piece, O Pater Sancte (PDF), has been requested by many. The full title is O Pater Sancte, Mitis Atque Pie (“Father most holy, gracious and forgiving”). The melody occurs many times in the The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal—including on page 724 with a fabulous translation by Monsignor Knox. The tune […]

John Newton—who wrote “Amazing Grace”—was a slave trader, but ended up being caught and made a slave himself!
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The Fulton J. Sheen Missal (1961) does something rather puzzling…
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“Once there were lost islands, but most of them have been found…”
How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?
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Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)
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Church musicians: Is this what we’re doing wrong?
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What is a Catholic Hymnal? How old are these hymns?
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The question of “Thee, Thy, Thou, Thine” • Speaks about whether referring to the “original version” of a hymn text makes sense • Treatment of the beautiful hymn melody called “Lafitau” and a harmonization by Claude Goudimel (d. 1572) with the melody placed into the Tenor voice+
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Archbishop Sheen immediately replied: “Then I didn’t explain it correctly, because it should be a mystery” • Including Rex Sempiterne Caelitum, Jesu Nostra Redemptio, Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, Auctor Beate Saeculi, A Solis Ortus Cardine, Jesu Redemptor Omnium, Conditor Alme Siderum, Corde Natus Ex Parentis, Pange Lingua Gloriosi, Veni Creator Spiritus, and more!
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Are you familiar with “Thaxted”—a beautiful hymn tune?
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Examples: Non Abluunt Lymphae Deum, Rebus Creatis Nil Egens, Salve Caput Cruentatum, Sancti Venite, Victis Sibi Cognomina, Hoste Dum Victo Triumphans, and Jam Desinant Suspiria.
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How to avoid that sickening feeling when you realize nobody—and I mean nobody—in the congregation knows the hymn you picked!
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Big news! They discovered why Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” was never completed!
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