CatholicZ09

A blessed and joyous Easter to you all. I hope you are able to get some rest after today!

Thanked by 8Charles kyletoddp francis Geremia davido OMagnumMysterium tomjaw CHGiffen
Yeah, can we re-tune the volunteer old lady cantor that should’ve given it up a few years ago, but everyone is afraid of being uncharitable by telling her it’s time to give it up?

Ask…

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I would say that, yes, a lot of Catholic congregations, especially here in the States, prefer the contemporary slop. There seems to be sentimental value with that genre of music, and that’s why our N…

Thanked by 2Roborgelmeister Chant_Supremacist
So- in an English hymn, like “All Glory, Laud, and Honor,” it should be pronounced as “lawd,” but if singing in Latin, it would sound more like “loud” is what I’m picking up.

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I never had sopranos who could sing high notes without it sounding like their shoes were too tight. But I would be happy to play this as a free harmonization. Exciting!

“Dying cats” i…

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Bump for those who might like to watch

Presider: Very Rev. Mark Eckman, Bishop of Pittsburgh
Director: Ken Danchik, Interim Director of Music at St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh<…

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So sad to hear this. I always admired his direction of the Pittsburgh Diocesan Choir. I didn’t know him personally, but everyone that I know that did know him spoke highly of him.

His…

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Sponsa,

That’s indeed interesting. For several years, we did a more “penitential” opening during the Sundays of Lent where at the start of Mass during the procession, the congregation …

Thanked by 1ServiamScores
It’s merely an invention and not required. I think it’s to emphasize the austere nature of Lent. It often doesn’t work well in practice because people naturally want to fill that new-found void with …

Thanked by 1CHGiffen
This song bothers me for a variety of reasons, but Landry’s verses typically bother me the most.

You were chosen by the Father.
You were chosen for the Son.
You were chos…

Thanked by 4LauraKaz Brian Michael Page CHGiffen Abbysmum
Joanie,

Carol Thomas Andrews’ Gloria from A New Mass for Congregations is pretty versatile for both festive seasons/occasions and Ordinary Time.

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I think a seasonal change in Mass setting can help emphasize the different seasons, but I also think that if you have something good that people sing with gusto, why not just keep using it for a bit …

Thanked by 1Abbysmum
We never used the entire setting but did use that dreadful Gloria when our current MD was new. She used it for a couple years, and then I asked her if we could stop, and she agreed that she was tired…

Thanked by 1SponsaChristi
Have you seen this as a multiyear trend, or is it an artifact of all this falling on the weekend this year, leading to a de facto suppression of All Saints? My free music was pretty much all All Soul…

Thanked by 1Jeffrey Quick
We use this Gloria and just have the congregation come in from the top—no intonation or anything. We go back to the refrain after each “verse” so as to keep the musical structure of Chepponis’ settin…

Thanked by 1discenaj
I try to compare music lists with various parishes in my diocese, and I noticed that a lot of them chose to use “saints” hymns for All Souls’ Day, and I found that rather odd.

Hymns li…

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Bumping in honor of today’s, 18 OT, Franken-psalm.

Thanked by 1ServiamScores
Both men are fabulous musicians and will be sorely missed. They’re leaving behind a wonderful music program. St. Paul Cathedral has a wonderful, traditional Novus Ordo Mass.

Thanked by 1CHGiffen
Ugh - are we at that point where “They’ll Know We are Christians” is now considered “traditional”?

Thanked by 6LauraKaz ServiamScores monasteryliturgist davido CHGiffen MatthewRoth
One of the best things other than the translation itself when it was implemented was the cracking down on these embellishments. It was the wild west for several decades under the old translation. Hec…

Thanked by 2Liam MatthewRoth
Our committee uses the OCP Today’s Liturgy planner, but the suggestions are often abysmal. They suggest things that are more suited for a campfire, and it’s expected because they have to promote thei…

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Dufford’s music has to be the most un-singable stuff out there when we think about the “greatest Catholic hits” from the immediate post-Vatican 2 era. Each verse has a different melody in most of his…

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Sounds as if you have a good rapport with your priest. I’d make him aware of the situation since he should be the ultimate authority (is he the pastor?) I’d ask if he could make his priorities known.

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“They knew that they could, but they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. used this yesterday. I had never heard of it. I think it’s a great alternative to “America the Beautiful.” Author is Henry Scott H…

Thanked by 1GregoryWeber
Looking ahead to the Baptism of the Lord, I was flipping through that section in GIA’s Worship IV, and I was perturbed by what I read in #455, ‘The Strong and Gentle Voice’.

Verse thre…

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