We are working harder than ever. Best practices and a new Antiphon project from Detroit
Silence and The Thoughts of His Heart
The Next Challenge – Encouragement – Resources
As parishes work towards reopening, it is no small change to concede congregational singing and choral singing. So many of you have already sacrificed so much, spiritually, artistically, and economically.
Gregorian Chant – Implementing the First Option
Richard J. Clark • composition sampler
E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801 • Transformed Acoustic!
The removal of a sea of carpeting—replaced by stone and marble—has transformed the sound of the Cathedral’s historic E&G Hook & Hastings organ.
Communion Antiphons • Feasts & Solemnities in Ordinary Time
COMMUNION ANTIPHONS for Solemnities and Feasts in Ordinary Time have recently been published by World Library Publications, now a division of G. I. A. Publications. These are set from the English translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition. All verses set are those prescribed by Graduale Romanum. Scores are available in hard copies and will be available in…
Two Reasons for Fewer Vocations
WE PRAY for vocations quite frequently. We should never despair. There are legions of wonderful men entering the priesthood. But there are many reasons for fewer vocations in years past. The decline began long before the sex abuse scandal that first convulsed Boston in 2002. There are certainly more than two reasons. Causes are complex, at…
Leo Abbott to Rededicate Landmark E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801
ONE OF AMERICA’s landmark pipe organs, the E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801 in Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross has been silent for over two years. Affectionately known as “801,” this organ with over 5,300 pipes and 101 ranks was protected from construction dust during a nearly two-year renovation of…
Broken Rosaries and a Triptych of Wisdom
BROKEN ROSARY beads can be highly frustrating! It happens all too frequently. Such frustration certainly works against prayer and contemplation! First grain of wisdom: simple words of consolation from a friend, now a priest said, “That means they’re being used.” Well, no kidding! That’s pretty obvious. And perhaps profound. What has this to do with…