“Let the Choir Have a Voice” • Jeff Ostrowski’s Essay on Choral Music in the Catholic Mass
“In a world filled with a lot of noise, your sacred song lifts our hearts to heaven…” —Parishioner
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“In a world filled with a lot of noise, your sacred song lifts our hearts to heaven…” —Parishioner

My friend is a highly-placed musician at the Vatican.

During my research, I discovered three previously-unseen photographs of Hannibal Bugnini (taken in November of 1979).

“The goal of our active participation is not that we might shape and mold God, but that he might shape and mold us.” —Dr. Samuel Backman

Mother Angelica asks Monsignor Skeris why liturgical music must be sacred.
Probably one of the most valuable PDF scores we’ve ever released.

Guarding the Sense of Sight so as to Promote Participation
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Un recurso para facilitar una participación más profunda
A resource for facilitating deeper participation

Breathtaking statements from the Vatican’s chief liturgist who—while on retreat—goes 72 hours without food or water.

The public singing of Vespers is an antidote to the kind of clericalism frequently condemned by Pope Francis.

Mother Angelica sat down for a wonderful interview with a famous Theologian.
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