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Corpus Christi Watershed · December 18, 2024

Confirmed • Fr. David Friel elected Vice-President: “Society for Catholic Liturgy”

Father Friel holds a Doctorate in Liturgical Studies from the Catholic University of America…

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Fr. David Friel · July 20, 2024

Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference 2024

Hosted in Houston, this conference will explore “Liturgy and the Human Imagination.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 6, 2021

Book Review! • “Society for Catholic Liturgy”

Dr. Aaron James has a double doctorate from a reputable conservatory, which is quite impressive!

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Fr. David Friel · March 16, 2021

Spring Lecture Series • Society for Catholic Liturgy

Three virtual lectures have just been announced by the SCL.

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Fr. David Friel · September 24, 2020

Lecture: What Happens to Us in Liturgy?

The first in a series of virtual lectures being offered by the Society for Catholic Liturgy

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Fr. David Friel · June 17, 2020

Devotional Catholicism and the Domestic Church

Part 3 of a webinar series hosted by the Society for Catholic Liturgy

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Fr. David Friel · June 9, 2020

Why We Sing the Liturgy

Part 2 of a webinar series hosted by the Society for Catholic Liturgy

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Fr. David Friel · June 2, 2020

Liturgical Challenges Presented by COVID-19 • A Triptych via Zoom

A webinar series exploring the liturgical, theological, and pastoral implications of this pandemic.

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Fr. David Friel · July 15, 2018

Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference 2018

To be held 27–29 September 2018, the conference will focus on the legacy of Msgr. Romano Guardini.

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Fr. David Friel · May 21, 2017

Antiphon Journal Expands Its Archives

Recent issues now available for preview through Project MUSE.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 3, 2016

Cardinal Sarah’s Missing Paragraph…

This article includes live recordings from a conference (“Society for Catholic Liturgy”) in Los Angeles.

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Fr. David Friel · March 13, 2016

The Rite of Marriage, Second Edition

The release date has been set. What will be new in the new Rite of Marriage?

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Fr. David Friel · November 15, 2015

Should the Liturgy Be Televised?

Introducing a New Book by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

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Fr. David Friel · August 30, 2015

Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference 2015

Featuring Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Dr. William Mahrt, and Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

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President’s Corner

    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Mystery! — Re: the “Liber Usualis”

    Even after all these years, nobody has been able to explain this.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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“Catholics in America have been the heirs of a sentimental and subjective hymn tradition that, for some reason or other, has taken a deep and fast hold on the fancy of the average person.”

— Fr. Francis Brunner (1953)

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