Tag: Fr. Michael Joncas
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Retrospectives on Composing for the Church’s Worship, Part 3
MICHAEL JONCAS — The General Instruction of the Roman Missal #61 … opened up to me another compositional avenue for creating a setting of the Responsorial Psalm as an art song.
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Retrospectives on Composing for the Church’s Worship, Part 1
MICHAEL JONCAS — My first recorded collection of liturgical music, titled “Singing in the Light,” appeared in 1968.
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Interviewing Liturgical Leaders: Fr. Michael Joncas
“I think it is important to remember that liturgical participation in the Church’s rituals cannot capture the kingdom/reign of God, but can point to it and in some ways embody it. I think it is important that just as Brecht wanted his spectators not to achieve a cathartic release by submerging their critical and reflective…
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Interview with Michael Joncas about “On Eagle’s Wings”
Dela Cruz from Catholic News Service recently did an interview with Fr. Michael Joncas about his very popular song “On Eagle’s Wings.”
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Hymn Society in Richmond, VA
Theme this year is “Tree of Life and Love: The Blossoming of Song since Vatican II.”
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Jeffrey Tucker on “Five Ways to Ruin the Mass”
I believe that this article is worthy of our thoughtful (not splenetic) discussion.
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More about SC 24, Sacred Scripture, and the Lectionaries
All readers of this blog are grateful to Father Joncas for his series on re-reading of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy [SC]. But do these same readers (especially the ‘lurkers’) think that his questions about §24 were answered? They are found in his initial entry, in his seventh comment, in his twenty-fourth comment, and in…
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America on the new translation
“Can we talk about a new edition of the Missal, not someday, but soon? (A costly question, for sure, but something tells me that many a priest would gladly help foot the bill.) Can we keep talking, not letting weariness with the whole business or indifference or fear of reprisals prevent us from talking and…
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J. Michael Joncas wins 2012 Sophia Award
The Sophia Award is one of the highest honors WTU grants to a scholar whose work defines national excellence in theological scholarship contributing to the ministry of the Catholic Church. There is a lecture and reception, open to the public, accompanying the award.