sacred music

We Are the Sole Parish Book of Chant Source

April 11, 2008

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (2.4MB) If you haven't heard about this book already and have any interest in promoting good music in your parish, you are going to want to get this book. It will have everything you need to start a chant program in your parish, whether you attend a post [...]

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Nothing Is Too Cheap For God

March 23, 2008

A coworker of mine was recently reading through a discussion forum and came across a post that said "Since Vatican II, it seems that nothing is too cheap for God." I don't think that Vatican II can be blamed for the mediocrity that passes for "art", "architecture", "music", and "education" in the Church today, but [...]

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Sacred Music Workshop Update Update

January 9, 2008

Those 108 registrants I mentioned yesterday? They've been joined by five more.

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Sacred Music Workshop Update

January 7, 2008

Well, we certainly have to hand it to Jamie, our publicist. We had hoped for around 60 signups for the Rocky Mountain Regional Sacred Music Workshop with a maximum group of around 75. We are currently at 106 registrations with two on hold. The biggest problem is that the cathedral in Colorado Springs doesn't have [...]

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Vatican Document on Music Coming?

December 27, 2007

I have now heard from someone who spoke to a cardinal in the know and who also heard the same from one of his instructors in the seminary who is friends with Pope Benedict that a new document is in the works on sacred music. Here's to hoping!

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Bad Music Isn't Confined to the Catholic Church

November 28, 2007

You think Catholic music is bad? The Evangelicals have their own problems: Without theology in music, we are offering fluff that will not comfort when bridges collapse and test reports are negative. Songwriters could provide true hope if they would write about the sovereignty of God rather than crying about “how safe I feel when [...]

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Rocky Mountain Sacred Music Workshop Coming Up!

November 23, 2007

Here's the scoop: Friday January 18 - Saturday January 19 JOIN US for a fun, educational, 2-day workshop on singing and learning about Sacred Music that will leave you inspired and spiritually uplifted: January 18 -19, 2008 at St. Mary’s Cathedral at the foot of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs. This Practicum on Gregorian Chant [...]

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