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Views from the Choir Loft

Traditional Latin Mass

Mark Haas · July 4, 2025

“My First Year with the Latin Mass” • A Music Director’s Perspective

“Assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass has changed me.” —Mark Haas

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 14, 2025

Was “Ordinary Time” Found in the 1962 Missal?

The answer might surprise you!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 9, 2022

“A New Era Of Church Music”

Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 1, 2022

“Sample Pages” • Campion Missal (2022 edition)

Sophia Institute Press has made a huge announcement regarding the 3rd edition.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 20, 2021

“Glad Trad” vs. “Rad Trad”

We are called to do something very strange…

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Fr. David Friel · February 14, 2021

New Monthly Companion for the Extraordinary Form

“Benedictus: The Traditional Catholic Companion” is an initiative of Sophia Institute Press.

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Fr. David Friel · August 9, 2020

Missale Meum: Get EF Mass Texts on Your Devices

A new resource for accessing Mass texts on your phone, tablet, or computer

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Guest Author · June 7, 2020

“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals

Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!

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Fr. David Friel · March 10, 2020

Liturgical Custody of the Eyes

Guarding the Sense of Sight so as to Promote Participation

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Veronica Brandt · January 13, 2020

Trad Kids TV

Introduction to the Latin Mass For Kids, By Kids

Take a look at this new introduction to the Latin Mass from the Trad Kids TV.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2019

“Your Choirmaster” • What Nobody Realizes

Do you see the part where it specifically asks for humiliation?

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Fr. David Friel · May 27, 2018

The Centrality of the Sign of the Cross

The Roman Rite revolves around this sign of our salvation

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Fr. David Friel · March 18, 2018

The Preface of the Holy Cross

An eloquent liturgical text worthy of prayerful reflection

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Fr. David Friel · December 24, 2017

Lux Fulgebit: Mass at Dawn of Christmas Day

New recording by the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT

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Fr. David Friel · October 29, 2017

All Saints and the Extraordinary Form of the Mass

The Roman Rite gives strong attention to the presence of the saints.

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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

Random Quote

“A striking detail: at Solesmes, we remember hearing Justine Ward criticize accompaniment sometimes or seeing her cover her ears, especially when the organ accompanied a soloist, which is something she could not accept.”

— Dom Pierre Combe

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