Sacred, Beautiful, Universal

From Jeffrey Tucker over at NLM:

Ok, it's Friday and lots of people have some sense that they should do something relaxing and uplifting going into the weekend. Here is what you should do: watch this hour-long movie made by Corpus Christi Watershed. To me, this film does the most important thing: it explains to Catholics why music for liturgy matters. We all know that the core of the problem in Catholic music really comes down to indifference. For all the other troubles out there (lack of money, lack of training, lack of resources, etc.) the real issue is that most Catholics don't know why they should care.

For this reason, I really do believe that this is the most important film to hit the Catholic world in a very long time. And I can't say enough great things about Watershed that they decided to release it for free on the internet. This is a wonderfully progressive act of generosity and service. I hope that would will even consider donating to the group for this act of evangelism.

From a quality standpoint, it beats just about everything: beautifully filmed and recorded, with effortless transitions from topic to topic. And get this: there is no narration beyond that spoken by people in the movie itself. I stand in awe at the editors who made this happen.

In any case, please take the time to view the entire movie. It is going to make a huge difference in our times. See if you agree.

SACRED, BEAUTIFUL, & UNIVERSAL: Colloquium XIX from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.

All Souls' Day

All Souls' Day Requiem Ordo

Requiem High Mass in Kinkora, ON

A Requiem High Mass will be offered by Fr. Paul Nicholson on All Souls' Day (November 02, 2009) at St. Patrick's Parish in Kinkora, Ontario. Mass will be at 7:30PM.

All Proper and Ordinary chants will be sung by Schola Nomini Tuo. Here are the chants:

Subvenite Liber Usualis pg 1765

Kyrie: ad libitum III

Dies Irae

Parce Domine

Sanctus Mass XII

Agnus Dei Requiem Mass

Communio

In Paradisum

For directions to Kinkora, click here.

WARNING: Do not trust automated map generators to get you to this location, as they have trouble with country roads and may deposit you twenty minutes away.

Online Liber for Weekly Use

Here for the first time ever, to the best of my knowledge, is a reproduction of the Liber Usualis that can be downloaded one week at a time. You should probably still buy a real one, but this allows you to start singing propers while the hard copy's in the mail, without having to download the entire scanned Liber from Musica Sacra.

http://www.institute-christ-king.org/latin-mass-resources/sacred-music/

Enjoy.

Recent training on singing the Extraordinary Form

Here's a short video about the recent training by the Church Music Association of America in Connecticut for priests and seminarians. 

Anyone interested in attending the 2009 CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium should apply as soon as possible. The registration closing date is May 15.