Even the neotrad 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia admits the Latin Mass was a radical break with tradition! The REAL Traditional Roman Mass is the Greek Mass of the first three centuries. Between the years 400 and 500 a great transformation was made in the Roman Canon. In fact, Pope Gregory the “Great” was an ultraliberal legislator who helped solidify the final destruction of the TRUE traditional Roman Rite.
Read moreMonth: June 2011
National Catholic marriage rate plummets
That’s a pretty steep decline. I’m sure this means something important. What is it, do you think?
Read moreMarquette: Pastoral Letter on Permanent Diaconate
The deacon is called to care in a special way for the modern day “widows and orphans.” This would include, but is not limited to, ministry to the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the imprisoned, the sick, the lonely and the abandoned. The deacon is called in a very special and particular way to be the image or “icon” of Jesus, who “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
Read moreBook Review: Liturgical Reflections of a Papal Master of Ceremonies by Guido Marini
A number of notable ceremonial changes have marked papal liturgy since the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI. Find out why from the Papal Master of Ceremonies.
Read moreWhoops! Heresy in that “your”? The collect for Trinity
by Xavier Rindfleisch
“…before Vox Clara’s 7,000 consultants and experts fiddled with the decrees of Nicea and Constantinople…”
What Settings Will We Sing?
But to start the conversation: What Mass settings will you be using?
Read moreUPDATED: US Musical Settings of the Revised Order of Mass
The listing is intended to be a work in progress with new settings being added as they are announced or published. We welcome your additions and corrections.
Read moreHow are US publishers responding to the early rollout of Mass settings?
More than one person in the industry said that a bit more advance notice might have been helpful. Maybe gradual implementation could have begun this Advent, with a grace period of a year or so until settings with old texts are superseded.
Read morePricey First Communion
Parents in Ireland spend €1,000 (= $1,428) on average on their child’s First Communion.
Read moreUPDATE: National Catholic Youth Choir, days 2 and 4
Here are the choristers of the National Catholic Youth Choir rehearsing Christopher Willcock’s “Give Us A Pure Heart” on the first morning of their summer camp, and C. Jaspers’ “O Quam Gloriosum” on the fourth morning.
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