A simply stunning “Salve Regina” and the “Mass of Saint Philip Neri”
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Singing the Mass
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.
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea
Michael Olbash’s “Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea” demonstrates the mandate of Pope Saint Pius X that music for the liturgy be Sacred, Beautiful, and Universal.
Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II on “Sounds from the Spires” and the Youth-Based Chant Movement
On air discussion with Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral – the youth-propelled chant movement, the new economic model of publishing, and how these are reshaping the liturgical landscape…and broadcast of the “Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II”.
Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II
FREE DOWNLOAD of the complete score AND recordings.
Who Should Proclaim the Passion?
The “Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts”
A priest who sings both energizes the liturgy and fosters interior prayer.
Once the mass began, the children began singing the Gregorian Introit, and fifteen thousand young people immediately stilled to complete silence.