“Glad Trad” vs. “Rad Trad”
We are called to do something very strange…
Follow the Discussion on Facebook
Latin Mass
Part 1 • “Starting Your Own Traditional Latin Mass”
Practical advice for how to start a Traditional Latin Mass in your city.
St. Matthew, St. Jane, and the End of a Liturgical Year
St. Jane de Chantal’s Prayer of Abandonment can help you make peace with a liturgical year that was not what any of us expected.
Why Are You a Church Musician, Anyway?
(Keven Smith) • Now is the perfect time for us all to stop and reflect on where we came from as church musicians. What was it that first made you interested in singing, directing, or playing the organ?+
Missale Meum: Get EF Mass Texts on Your Devices
A new resource for accessing Mass texts on your phone, tablet, or computer
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part IV of IV)
We come now to the final installment in my series on our music program at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church in Sacramento, California.
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part II)
Yes, children as young as seven or eight will focus and listen as you’re teaching them solfege scales, rhythm patterns, beautiful Latin vowels, and more!
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part 1)
At St. Stephen the First Martyr Church in Sacramento, the road to the choir loft begins at age four and is paved with furry puppets.
Printable Card • “Prayers at the Foot of the Altar”
A handy resource for priests and servers
The Miraculous Rise Of The Traditional Latin Mass
A puzzling article appeared in the National Catholic Register by Msgr. Charles Pope.
An Extraordinary Event: NCYC 2015
Traditional Mass offered at National Catholic Youth Conference
Assumption Mass 1
A Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form next Friday evening in Philadelphia.
Rebuild my Church
The Maternal Heart of Mary Church is a collegiate style church in Sydney, Australia and home to the only FSSP parish in the country.
Taking the easy way out, relatively speaking
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
“Ordo Missae” • In Latin & English (1957)
Including the rubrics for Sung Masses and a special English translation.
Assumption Mass
Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form this Friday evening in Philadelphia.
Liturgy & Clericalism
Love of liturgy—and, specifically, employment of its traditional forms—is not clericalism.
Benedict Brought Peace To The Church With “Summorum Pontificum”
“If the right is given to African tribes to include their pagan traditions in the liturgy, I think the same should also be given to the rite of a thousand year-old Christian Church, based on a much older Roman tradition.” — László Dobszay
Hans Memling’s Masterpiece: The Last Judgment
Christmas is coming! For Catholics, that means its time to think about the Apocalypse.
Traditional Latin Hymnal “Facts Sheet”
Folks have been requesting a “breakdown” of the St. Edmund Campion Hymnal … so here it is!
What Do We Think Of Cell Phones At Mass?
I have noticed a certain tendency at EF Masses which causes me concern. Please allow me to “think out loud” and let me know your thoughts, as well.
Alfons Cardinal Stickler, Peritus during Vatican II
When a certain bishop stood up at Vatican II and expressed concern that “the entire Mass might be held in the language of the people,” the entire hall burst into uproarious laughter.