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James MacMillan and the Musical Modes of Mary and the Cross
A report on the recent sacred music conference, โJames MacMillan and the Musical Modes of Mary and the Cross,โ held at the University of Notre Dame.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 2
I do not think that the importance of this article for interpreting the subsequent conciliar discussions as well as for the implementation of the liturgical reforms can be overestimated. The document declares the intimate connection between liturgy and ecclesiology.
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That Old Time Obedience
Centralization brought with it, of course, the danger of authoritarianism. This was resisted by local superiors.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 1
The Council declares that it judges that there is a particular rationale to undertake restoring/renewing (instaurandam) and cherishing/fostering (fovendam) the Liturgy.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: A Project for Pray Tell?
As the readers of Pray Tell are well aware, we are approaching the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, on 4 December 1963. I would like to propose that we commit ourselves to a โre-readingโ of that document, taking one article a week.
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Chanting abbots
Pity the poor guy responsible for chant at this congress.
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“…a wide range of opinions and observations about the Roman Missal…”
I gather the word has worked its way upward that something didn’t work in the whole missal saga.
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Bishop Tobin on Simplicity in Prayer
“I wonder if prayer was intended to be that complicated. When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, did He give them a four volume set of texts, complete with ribbons and tabs?”
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National Catholic Youth Choir 2013
The National Catholic Youth Choir will begin accepting applications of high school students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 in October for its 14th season to be held June 17 – July 2, 2013.
