Abbysmum

at TCJ - that's maybe where coordinating clothing or wearing robes will help? If the choir members are visually distinct from the rest of the congregation, maybe it will make people more hesitan…

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Where I live (in Canada), there are scholarships available for prospective organ students through local chapters of the RCCO (similar to the AGO). They have 4 times as many available for under-30…

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It may help to be in a separate choir yourself just as a member, whether it's a community choir or a diocesan choir or something like that. Apart from my own experiences, I have learned the most…

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That’s ridiculous and unacceptable. It would never be tolerated in any other choir that isn’t a volunteer church choir. It’s disrespectful to those who do get there on time. Is there a legitimate rea…

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I agree. Just do the Latin. I've never heard them sung anything but.

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I think you're talking about sung degrees, which is discussed at https://churchmusicassociation.org/sungdegrees/

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You also have to take into account, traditional harmony versus modern harmony… modern harmonies can venture into some pretty wild thirteenths, close seconds and sixths and tritones thrown in, (and be…

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It sounds like a massive project, but would be extremely useful for many of us. Especially those of us that don't have super high music education - things can look deceptively simple, and it tur…

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It was more of a thing in 2011 where some dioceses tried to have a Mass setting in common;

Our diocese did this with the new translation. It was supposed to be for a year. Now, we'…

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I don't know the answer, but I would sure love a resource like that!

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I use this one a lot. I am a terrible organist lol

https://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/22/08/15/10-51-09_0.pdf

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Years ago, the organist at my parish of St. Mary's provided a list of hymns for weddings along with a cassette tape. The same could be done today for weddings and funerals, although I would prov…

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1. I can't sing that ditty without having to resist the urge to segue into "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis (same key - D, same time signature - 6/8, same tempo).

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Verbum Patris has become one of our favorites, too. At Midnight Mass we alternated monophony and polyphony.

What a delight to hear that! Thank you for sharing!

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How is that any different to someone watching a livestream from their own house, or from another location

I'm sure there's a document saying that the latter doesn't coun…

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The problem of people picking that music at funerals goes away if you just have a church policy that they don't get the option of choosing anything. The church does that. It works great when you…

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It also makes me laugh when people think chant is too difficult for a congregation but have no qualms about HMGW (or even “Be Not Afraid,” which I also sang today). I find this contemporary stuff muc…

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I dislike that song intensely, for all the reasons stated above. It does occasionally get requested at funerals. I try to steer them towards Immaculate Mary or something similar, arguing that "e…

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@francis

It very much is a dogma! I have had conversations with priests who will defend "full and active participation" with their dying breaths, but are indifferent on the R…

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P. & S. together: IntroiboAdadDeumaltarequilaetificatjuventutemmeam

JudicaQuiametuDeuses,etDeusdiscernefortitudocausammea:meamquaremerepulisti,etquaretristisincedo,dumaffligitmeini…

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The premise is that the Novus Ordo does not belong to the Church anymore ( or maybe never did) but belongs solely to the priest.[...] If he fell over dead tomorrow, the diocese could send another pri…

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