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Thursday, July 26, 2007

The Children of Contraception

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The following quotes are from a blog about the open dissidence of Canadian bishops to Humanae Vitea, the official prouncement of the Pope o...
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On the Liturgy, with Some Thoughts About Reforming the Benighted Past of the Church

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[M]istrust is always in order when the greater part of living history must be tossed out into the dustbin of old misunderstandings now happi...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Feast of St. Ann: Missa Canonica by Josquin Des Prez and Gregorian Chants Proper to the Feast

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Are you going to be anywhere near Palo Alto, CA Thursday July 26? All are invited to celebrate the Feast of St. Ann with a sung Mass in Lati...
Monday, July 09, 2007

Thank you, Holy Father! from the Rector of the Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Help

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The Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Santa Clara, CA, on Sunday July 8 celebrated the event of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pont...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Liberty's Birthday 2007

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Today the 4th of July is my son Liberty's birthday. This morning, I was planning to start the day with a visit to a rehab center to vis...
Sunday, July 01, 2007

More sights and sounds from the Sacred Music Colloquium

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I'm posting an email here that I sent to St. Ann choir this week because I lack time to write anything more about the CMAA colloquium. S...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The Responsorial Psalm reexamined

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At the June 2007 Sacred Music colloquium, CMAA President Prof. William Mahrt gave a talk Friday night about the Responsorial Psalm, which is...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Hint: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Question: What's an Ember Day?

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Reading Apel's Gregorian Chant Chapter Two about the liturgy, I came across the term Ember days. I remember hearing the term when I wa...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Part Two: Gregorian Chant, my Introduction to an Introduction to an Introduction

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Today's Points from Apel's Gregorian Chant, Chapter One, Definition and Terminology Polyphonic (multivoiced) music developed from ch...
Sunday, June 03, 2007

Gregorian Chant, my Introduction to an Introduction to an Introduction

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This is the start of my second year of singing with St. Ann choir, which performs Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony mostly at St. Th...