Sacred Music US • Website for Fr. Weber’s Resources
A website exists to disseminate Fr. Samuel Weber’s sacred music resources
Singing the Mass
New Musical Settings for the Blessing of the Holy Oils
The USCCB has provided freely downloadable versions of the musical settings of these newly translated texts.
Fourth-Century Advice for Choir Directors
A passage from Nicetas of Remesiana remains eminently applicable today.
What to Do with the “Fourth Option”
A new Adoremus article explores how best to overthrow the tyranny of “alius cantus congruus.”
New Collection of Propers from GIA
The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.
Turning Off the Air Conditioning
Taking Advantage of the Natural Beauty that Surrounds Us
The Choir Isn’t Everything
The priest’s musical role is enormously influential. This can not be emphasized enough.
Composition Contest
Submissions Sought by the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians
Instruction on Sacred Music by Bishop John Doerfler
Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette
Too Many Options
Allowing Adolescents to Choose Their Faith & the Wide-Open Permissions of the GIRM
OFFERTORY: Chant Propers in Three Parts for Sundays & Feasts
Exciting New Collection of Simple English Propers!
Why Should We Sing the Psalms at Mass?
if we do not sing the antiphons proper to the day—and the corresponding Psalm verses—we risk having a narrow view of the Psalms.
A Criticism & Good News
Another Look at Fr. Weber’s “The Proper of the Mass”
“Proper Of The Mass” (Ignatius Press) • Part 4 of 7
The Next Big Thing Is Here
Let This Holy Building Shake with Joy!
Sometimes everything comes together. How is this achieved? Here are a few ways.
Simply Stunning | Sacred Music of Paul Jernberg
A simply stunning “Salve Regina” and the “Mass of Saint Philip Neri”
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(1 of 7)
“Tacit approval” alone isn’t getting the job done. It is abdicating authority to composers and publishers, pastors and liturgists.
Scripture, Sacred Music, and the Actions of Our Lives
Let’s not minimize the role of the psalms in the mass to the Responsorial! Plus a FREE download of the Epiphany Communion antiphon.
Progressive Solemnity
A Reverse Concept?
A self-fulfilling prophecy and why we don’t sing the Creed
But how many times have we heard: “We shouldn’t use that that because nobody can sing it.” This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, is it not?
Can’t sing? Sing the dialogues!
Reverence, prayer, and internal participation increased through this act of external participation.
The Society for Catholic Liturgy
Two Contributions from CCW Bloggers
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 5
Silence is one of the most important sounds of the liturgy.
Unified Repertoire | Piano, Guitar, and Organ Accompaniments for the ICEL Chants
If the ICEL chants (or another Gregorian setting) are used at all the masses in a parish, it develops unity. It also helps a parish refrain from being multiple communities under the same roof.
Archbishop Sample’s Letter on Sacred Music (5 of 8)
The biggest problem in Roman Catholic liturgical music is the prevailing misunderstanding of its very purpose.