Courage through faith
Fight for truth. Our faith and nation are in peril. We are called to stand our ground, holding to the tradition, knowledge and belief that we’ve inherited from our one true God. Truth, beauty and goodness are necessary to form courage as the battle for our souls continues.
Courage through faith
Fight for truth. Our faith and nation are in peril. We are called to stand our ground, holding to the tradition, knowledge and belief that we’ve inherited from our one true God. Truth, beauty and goodness are necessary to form courage as the battle for our souls continues.
Life’s greatest adventure
Host: When we look at the Catholic church and its decline in recent years—less young people going, less people signing up for a religious life, and since, you could say the 60s… Jordan Peterson: Well, it’s all guitar and hippies. Who the hell cares? Host: (laughing)…...
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ChantWorks Advent
Watch on RumbleJoin ChantWorks in exploration of the historical and spiritual significance of the Advent.
FEAR NOT with Kathleen Carr
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Kathleen Carr, founder of the Catholic Art Institute.
FEAR NOT with Floriani
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Thomas Quackenbush, Graham Crawly, Georgio Navarini and Joe Daly, members of Floriani.
The Chanted Word: Ascension 2023
Ascension is the ascent of Jesus Christ into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection (Easter being reckoned as the first day). The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It is one of the ecumenical feasts, ranking with the feasts of the Passion and Pentecost.
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In Loving Memory: William Peter Mahrt
With great sorrow, but with hope in the resurrection and confidence in God’s providence and mercy, we announce the passing of Dr. William P. Mahrt on January 1, 2025, the Octave Day of Christmas and Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Dr. Mahrt died peacefully, having...
Ugly Buildings, Beautiful Priests
We have a lot of spaceship churches in these parts, here in Northern Virginia, lots of churches in the round. If they look like churches, which most of them really don’t, they look like they may have been Protestant of a certain vintage. The three local churches we...
Chicago: Where Eucharistic Revival Goes to Die
For all its good intentions, the grand project of Eucharistic Revival is barely limping to its finish line. Applause is in order, for at least it noticed a precipitous loss of faith in the central mystery of Catholicism. But its cure was carefully wrapped in the naïve...
Tradition and Treachery
The cardinal of Chicago, Blase Cupich, has issued a directive to demand that parishioners in the archdiocese not kneel to receive Holy Communion, on the grounds that doing so interrupts the flow of the procession and calls attention to the individual. Of course,...
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ChantWorks Advent
Watch on RumbleJoin ChantWorks in exploration of the historical and spiritual significance of the Advent.
The Chanted Word: Christmas Mass during the Night 2021
In many Western Christian traditions Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day. This popular Christmas custom is a jubilant celebration of the Mass or Service of Worship in honor of the Nativity of Jesus.
The Chanted Word: Pentecost
ChantWorks presents: Pentecost. The Catholic holiday of Pentecost is a moveable feast, which is celebrated on the 50th day from Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
The Chanted Word: Easter Sunday Mass
Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
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Chanted Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark—for practice or meditation
Chanted Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark—for practice or meditation
A chanted prayer to Saint Michael
A new chanted setting of the Prayer to St. Michael.