Was meeting with a lady today who was leafing through the Anthology and stopped. She was thrilled to find Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All in it.

The book is half English and half Latin, the English primarily in hymns to give a choir something to sing right now and for the next six months or more while getting used to singing in Latin..having some of the best English anthems in the book helps as well, but this book is really built to please old-timers who love the old Catholic hymns and remember them, add new hymns with new music and blend some of the favorite Latin motets from the. St. Gregory Hymnal and Choirbook with more of the great music of the church.

Starting out with the chant Ave Verum in the Anthology, using an audio file sung by Matthew Curtiss, to be shared with choir members, saved to iPods and CD's for car listening, our choir can get the pure Italian/Latin in their ears, mouths and brains. While you are working on that over a few weeks, you can be singing from the English section of the book. Once you have the Ave Verum going well, moving on to the Mozart, Elgar and Byrd and the natural next steps. Member's won;t be complaining about singing in Latin, because they are singing words that they already know....