Response to Fr. McTeigue: A Convert’s View

Column, Linda Graber, Read

Three cheers for Fr. McTeigue! His description of St. Typical’s was spot on! Parishes thrive or stumble toward closure for reasons that are obvious and straightforward, provided we’re willing to see what’s right in front of us. No more excuses! Talking around in...

Response to Father Robert McTeigue

Column, Diana Silva, Read

This column is in response to the article written by Fr. Robert McTeigue, titled “What Many Priests No Longer Believe”, published March 29, 2023 on Homiletic & Pastoral Review (hprweb.com) and reposted here on ChantWorks.com. I offer a heartfelt...

FEAR NOT with Kerry McCarthy

Fear Not, Listen, Watch

ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Kerry McCarthy, Singer, scholar, author.   Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman with Kerry McCarthy, singer,-scholar, published author of director of music, at Wyoming Catholic College recorded...

What many Priests no longer believe

Column, Guest Author, Read

Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. Loosely translated: “The norm of prayer governs the norm of belief; the norm of belief governs the norm of living.” Many priests nowadays (including myself) are asking, “What if there’s deficient lex in the orandi? Won’t that...

WARNING: The music at Mass may be harmful to your soul

Column, Guest Author, Read

Only the most myopic would deny that a kind of mushroom cloud has covered the Catholic Church for the past half-century. A small, but quite significant, part of that spiritual nuclear winter has been the profound collapse of Sacred Music.  Votaries of the “spirit of...