The Revival of Sacred Music
Devoted to preserving the Church’s tradition of sacred music, the men’s choral vocal ensemble Floriani has sung at Masses and concerts in shrines, basilicas and cathedrals across the United States. This summer, they sang before thousands of pilgrims during Eucharistic...
Dancing in the streets
Everyone expected massive demonstrations after the election, no matter who won. It didn’t happen. I suspect no one is disappointed. But I am disappointed that there was no dancing in the streets. Is that considered uncivil for elections? All elections, or just this...
Historic survey of US Catholics blames communion in the hand, homosexual priests for lack of faith in the Eucharist
In the largest survey of American Catholics ever conducted, vast numbers of the faithful blame Communion in the hand, extraordinary Eucharistic ministers, and homosexuality among the clergy as the most powerful reasons for lack of faith in the Eucharist. On Tuesday,...
The Unappreciated Parallels Between Am I Racist? and The Screwtape Letters
One aspect of “Am I Racist?” that has yet to receive any attention is how closely it aligns with the apologetic style of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
Is investment in Sacred Music really necessary?
AS A STUDENT OF MUSIC, I was frequently plagued with a sense of anxiety that the work I had set about was a disposable “extra” or nicety. It seemed to me that, while society would be crippled without farmers, physicians, construction workers, or engineers, there would...
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)…...
The fate of empires and search for survival
Glubb Pasha wrote this in his old age. He was born in the late Victorian era and lived to see the British Empire collapse. He considered well what was right in front of his very eyes, instead of indulging in fashionable mandatory pretending. Today broad historical...
Trump posts Saint Michael prayer on X
President Donald Trump posted the Saint Michael the Archangel prayer on social media Sunday night along with a painting by 17th century artist Guido Reni. The Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel on September 29. Pope Leo XIII composed the...
Bishop finds sacred music essential for liturgy
Sacred music is "integral" to the Catholic Church's liturgy, Bishop Alexander K. Sample said in a Feb. 13 pastoral letter to the people of the Diocese of Marquette. "In any discussion of the...'art of celebrating' as it relates to the Holy Mass, perhaps nothing is...
What does the church really say about music in Catholic Mass?
Since the close of the Second Vatican Council, church music has been at the center of a lot of controversy. In many places liturgy has become mere entertainment or an emotional pep rally. Music has become the very center of a crisis which has profoundly affected the...