The Newman Hymnal

The Newman Hymnal is a new website from the University of Notre Dame. The website is designed to assist liturgy teams with planning. Besides music selections for Sundays and major feasts, the website includes videos of several Mass settings.

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Timothy Johnston

Timothy Johnston is a native of Old Mines, Missouri. Timothy’s love for music and liturgy was nourished by his family and parish community of St. Joachim. After completing a degree in music education at Quincy University, where he also served as Director of the Office of Worship and Prayer, Timothy spent three years as a Canon of the Order of Prémontré (Norbertines) in De Pere, Wisconsin. While there, he worked closely with the Diocesan Office of Liturgy (Green Bay) training liturgical ministers and giving workshops on liturgical theology. Timothy spent three years teaching religion both during and after his time in religious life. As a high school religion teacher, Timothy served as a campus minister, coordinating the student liturgy committee and the student liturgical choir. In 2008, Timothy completed an MA in Liturgical Studies at Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. After completing his MA, Timothy served as the Director of the Office of Liturgy for the Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah and on the board of directors for the Southwest Liturgical Conference for three years. Currently, Timothy is the Director of Liturgical Programs at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

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18 responses to “The Newman Hymnal”

  1. Karl Liam Saur

    That’s a weird calendar. It designates the Baptism of the Lord as part of Ordinary Time (no, it’s the end of Christmastide), and there’s a place for the Second Sunday of Christmas, which is never observed in the US because Epiphany is transferred here (and Holy Family is included because it’s usually a Sunday, and Xmas is not because it’s not – except for this coming liturgical year….).

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    1. J. Thomas

      It also suggests Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi fall within the Easter Season. I haven’t read anything post-liturgical reform that indicates Easter extends beyond Pentecost. Even then it was “after Pentecost.” Maybe its just an issue with their graphics?

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      1. Karl Liam Saur

        Yes, I noticed that too. More weirdness.

    2. Paul Inwood

      Karl, The Baptism of the Lord is the 1st Sunday of Ordinary Time, not the end of Christmastide. Take a look at the Ordo Lectionum Missae if you don’t believe me.

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      1. Karl Liam Saur

        Actually, Christmastide ends with Evening Prayer II of the Baptism of the Lord. So indicates the Liturgy of the Hours, and the Missal likewise indicates that Ordinary Time begins after the Baptism of the Lord.

        The usage “Sunday of Ordinary Time” is a misleading one. More accurately, it is Sunday of the Nth week of the Year, or of Ordinally Counted Time. The first such week is incomplete, in terms of propers – it has a Sunday whose propers are the final propers of the Christmas Season. Much like the week following Pentecost has a Sunday whose propers are the final proper of the Easter Season.

      2. Paul Inwood

        I’m at home with no access to anything other than the 1970 Lectionary for Mass (US) which, however, states at the top of p. 136:

        SEASON OF THE YEAR
        The First Sunday of the Year is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord (see no. 21)

      3. Karl Liam Saur

        Paul

        I suspect the Lectionary text is the anomaly. The General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar indicate as follows: “33. The Christmas season runs from Evening Prayer I of Christmas until the Sunday after Epiphany or after 6 January, inclusive.” (not the “until” is expressly inclusive, therefore not equivocal. Further on, it indicates that the Baptism of the Lord is that Sunday. This concords with indications given in the Missal and the Liturgy of the Hours.

      4. Paul Inwood

        Karl,

        The solution is much simpler.

        The different Consilium working groups did not communicate with each other, and have left many anomalies as a result. This can be seen in many other areas. This means that we are both right, and we are both also wrong.

        The Ordo Lectionum Missae was one of the first documents to be available in draft form (as far back as late 1968), and thus predates the General Norms for the Liturgical Year, etc. In other words, they got in first!

      5. Jeffrey Pinyan

        The different Consilium working groups did not communicate with each other, and have left many anomalies as a result. This can be seen in many other areas.

        Some things never change! “Chalice of my blood” … “and drink this Cup”.

      6. Karl Liam Saur

        And Paul, you know that the later rule modifies the earlier rule…..

      7. Paul Inwood

        I don’t think so. Canon Law states that where a later law cannot be harmonized with an existing law, then it needs to be adjusted (cf. Canon 21)

      8. Bruce Ludwick, jr.

        My experience is that different (legitimate) sources from Holy See or USCCB say either or both. A Canadian lectionary online (www.catholic.sk/download.php?fname=SundayReadings.pdf) seems to indicate that BotL is in Christmastide. A conference of bishops cannot determine the end or beginning of a season, right? So perhaps the US lectionary is in error anyway.

        I assume someone dropped the ball: one can find many psalm refrains in the weekday lectionary that conflict with Sundays due to translation errors, so there is precedent for this sort of “copying error”.

      9. Eduardo Magallanez

        According to the Vatican, Christmastide officially ends on Feb. 2, 2023, The Presentation of the Lord.

        They take down the nativity in St. Peter’s the next day.

    3. Ann Riggs

      Where the Sunday observance of Epiphany is Jan 7 or 8, the Feast of the Baptism is now moved to Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time. It used to be omitted. Perhaps this is unique to the U.S.?

      The LoH includes Baptism in its Advent and Christmas volume. If the Sunday observance of Epiphany fell on (say) the 5th, the rest of that week would still be part of the Christmas season — even where Epiphany remains firmly on the 6th — and Baptism would be observed on the following Sunday.

      In either case, OT begins on the Monday following the Sunday on which the Christmas season is concluded — even though you still have to use Vol 1 of the LoH for the daily Office.

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      1. Karl Liam Saur

        That is not a change in practice in the US: BoTL has been transferred to Monday in the US Ordo in such an instance for as long as I can remember.

  2. Gregg Smith

    Looks like an excellent resource for the students at Notre Dame…hope they don’t mind if I use it also!

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  3. Nick Baty

    Karl Liam Saur :

    and Xmas is not because it’s not

    It was included when I looked. Appears to be a very useful resource.

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  4. Fr. Ron Krisman

    Anyone know why the URL for the Newman Hymnal is no longer active?

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