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William F Buckley Jr

Jeff Ostrowski · July 25, 2023

William F. Buckley and Solesmes Abbey

Confirmed: Full archives of “Triumph” (a 1960s Roman Catholic magazine) are available online!

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 15, 2021

Hymn • “Christ is King” (Father Ivor Daniel) + Rehearsal Videos!

“Once there were lost islands, but most of them have been found…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 14, 2021

1975 • Jerry Brown Vs. William F. Buckley: “Was Thomas Aquinas Liberal or Conservative?”

Ronald Reagan stopped being governor of California in 1975; then Jerry Brown was elected. Bizarrely, Brown ended his final term in 2019.

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Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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—Jeff Ostrowski

PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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—Jeff Ostrowski

“Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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“Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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