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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
Swedes are more reserved than Italians, less demonstrative, much less touchy-feely Others cite the multi-generational living arrangements in Italy as a very significant factor, along with weight problems not matched in Sweden. Plus, Swedes are blo…

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
As to the relative efficacy of "lockdowns": Many experts make a compelling case that although social distancing is an excellent way for individuals to avoid catching the virus, nationwide shutdowns of the economy and school closures simpl…

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
This continues to look like seasonal flu in all except transimissibility which appears to be higher. The preventive jukes by Bishops (et al) resemble airport-security measures: far more hat than cattle. It's rather interesting that Catholi…

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
@joseph michael: Milwaukee's instructions do NOT include 'wear mask.' However, given the 25% of capacity/every other pew/separate non-families requirements, getting a seat will be like winning the Lotto.

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
Wait a bit and Charles will come up with The Better (Eastern) Way. Just because it was done in the early Church doesn’t mean it was the best way of doing things. Yup. It's the condemned "antiquarianism" which--by the way--was a …

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Performance practice of pre-Solesmes chant?
@jeffrey: you'll be pleased to know that actual Chant singing here in Milwaukee does NOT include accompaniment. However, there are some who accompany who really don't have a clue about 'modal' music. Sad. Back to Chant singin…

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
MIlwaukee issued similar "Directives" and "Suggestions" for resuming public Masses on May 31, Pentecost. Looks like USCC/B conjured up a template that we'll see all over the country.

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
Yah, well, the Milwaukee Archdiocese is headed by a Canon lawyer, and a local parish is headed by a Canon lawyer too, and both maintain the fiction...... Oh, well.

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Diocese of Fort Worth, TX issues guidelines for resuming public Masses
In some parishes, the buildings will remain mostly empty because of the 60+ rule. Yes. And collection plates will be quite bare, too.

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The State of the Arts and Other Reflections
Published numbers of acknowledged cases gives a death rate of 3 percent or thereabouts Two California studies, both released this week, (Stanford and USC) indicate that the death rate is 0.1%, indeed. They covered over 7,000 individuals in Califor…

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The State of the Arts and Other Reflections
a virus like covid-19 will respond to two things, and two things only; a vaccine; or, in the absence of a vaccine, social distancing And a virus with a 0.01% death rate--like Flu-A or -B, is a risk, like driving a car or operating heavy equipment--…

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The State of the Arts and Other Reflections
So how did that Lockdown in NYC work out? Oh. So the "science" may be imperfect? Who'da thunk??

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How Influential is CMAA Compared to NPM?
Standard shift. Makes using the cellphone rather challenging. But it can be done....

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How Influential is CMAA Compared to NPM?
OCP/GIA/NPM are selling convenience, ready-made solutions and packaged resources to pastors and musicians who generally don't know a lot about liturgy and liturgical music. And they succeed in providing a product and service that at least 80% o…

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Time for a church musician's union?
Even more pointed: after wrangling $25 million in the 'coronavirus relief' bill, the Kennedy Center laid off all its (union) musicians. Some 'strength' there, no?

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Time for a church musician's union?
When you can hire aspiring not-quite musicians for a pittance, why pay scale? Fixed it for ya!! Let me add this: a lot of parishes hire not-quite- musicians who are also not-quite-knowledgeable of Catholic liturgical practices and expectations. …

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
the purpose of flattening the curve is to ensure that the hospital system is never overwhelmed Since the fifty percent reduction in projected hospital room requirements announced today, there is near-zero danger of "overwhelmed," although…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
Social distancing appears to work. And yet, just today I watched a video of a German epidemiologist who was a Rockefeller U. prof. In his opinion, "distancing" merely prolongs the scourge--flattening the curve results in a longer time-li…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
Our public health authorities are the experts. Yes, and just today, they Expert-ly reduced their projections of hospitalizations and deaths by about FIFTY percent. That should give you pause, friend.

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
We are talking about the risk to infect others with a deadly disease; Yes, well....have you attended Mass, or a ball-game, or the theatre while having a cold? Did you sit near someone with COPD and pass on your cold which then turned to pneumonia …

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
Another question: why not more "parking lot" Masses? Yes, I said that in Wisconsin, in April, priests might have to wear several layers UNDER the alb and be prepared for sleet, snow, hail, or tornados. Then Chonak came up with a picture…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
NYC (unfortunately used as a model by other cities and States) is now counting deaths of people WITH corona as deaths of people FROM corona. Same in Germany, and perhaps elsewhere. Therefore, although some heavy-hitter research profs at Stanford a…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
It is now demonstrated that the U of Washington projections are nearly fantasy. Sorry, don't have the cite--but an essay appearing yesterday compared U of W's "hospital beds required" projection with actual hospital beds used, a…

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Article by Fr. Longenecker about the reform of the liturgy
Even gladder that you learned your Hardon!

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Article by Fr. Longenecker about the reform of the liturgy
My mother had one and was thrilled by it; she used it in secondary school teaching ... one of my classmates, who was always at the front in the discussions, subsequently became a priest (and still is). So what? I mean no disrespect to your mothe…

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Article by Fr. Longenecker about the reform of the liturgy
Fr. betrays his Anglican roots occasionally and this is one of those instances. I have ignored him for a long while and I will continue to do so happily. We are (not) on the same page. Turned him off about 3 years ago.

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
Chonak: https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-coronavirus-begin-us-matters/?fbclid=IwAR2FDVZ-G1ChR40J1CAN16_JR61O5QV1ueXmVOREu0_WYubWpZnIhUdXye0 As to 'in their cabins,' that excludes dinner, as your WaPo item specifies. They…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
TCJ: I think I had heard about that. Mukwonago area, right? Whatever--the priest had to have at least THREE layers of wooly clothing beneath the alb/chasuble.

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
No one except the priest and an assisting deacon is permitted to be outside of a car. This is March. I daresay that if you make your proposal here in Wisconsin, several priests will hunt you down and tape your mouth shut with duct-tape. As I type…

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Bishop Schneider Speaks Out
...the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was the ultimate petri dish of recycled air circulating an infection, with an elderly population, experienced a 1.25% fatality rate. New York, which seems to be, by far, the worst hot spot now, has a mortal…

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