The Responsa ad dubia and the Solesmes Chant Restoration
The early history of Solesmes plainchant research provides a historical parallel for responding to current Vatican liturgical rules.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The early history of Solesmes plainchant research provides a historical parallel for responding to current Vatican liturgical rules.
Tired of dense theological issues and historical comparisons about the new Motu Proprio? Take a little time out to read some simpler reflections on the Latin Mass.
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Practical advice for how to start a Traditional Latin Mass in your city.
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St. Jane de Chantal’s Prayer of Abandonment can help you make peace with a liturgical year that was not what any of us expected.
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We come now to the final installment in my series on our music program at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church in Sacramento, California.
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Far from being a mere complement to our parish choir, our young Choristers are, quite frankly, its core.
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We must respect the vision of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
PDF Download: Order of Mass (Latin & English) printed in THE CROWN HYMNAL of 1911.
Including the rubrics for Sung Masses and a special English translation.
A recent blog by Liturgical Press is titled “Growing Up Racist and Misogynist and Catholic.”
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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