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In this issue…
This issue of Music and Liturgy was a special
edition of the Society’s journal, marking the Society's seventy-fifth
anniversary.
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Fr Allen Morris
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Grace as From a Fountain — Eucharist
During the 2003 SSG Summer School, Grace as From a Fountain, each of the three main talks
focused on one of the Sacraments of Initiation. In this issue, Fr Allen Morris’s talk on Eucharist is
reprinted. (The talks on Baptism and Confirmation were reprinted in earlier issues.) Since the Summer School
was a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the promulgation of Vatican II’s Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy, Fr Morris compares the liturgy we currently celebrate with that envisaged by the Council.
He offers quite a challenge!
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Joseph Gelineau SJ
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Back to the Future Part 1
An Interview with Joseph Gelineau, SJ
Fr Gelineau was interviewed in French by Paul Inwood on 3–4 July 2003 at Fr Gelineau’s home
in Vallorcine, Haute-Savoie, a few miles from the Swiss border. The text was transcribed,
translated and edited by the interviewer. This interview was jointly sponsored by the Society of
Saint Gregory and Oregon Catholic Press.
In this first part of the interview, which also appears in the book Voices from the Council (OCP), Fr Gelineau
discusses the liturgical changes wrought by the Second Vatican Council.
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Time Out for Church Musicians
Marie Long continues her comment on the need for Church musicians to find ‘time out’.
In this article she considers ways of recognising and dealing with stress.
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Marie Long
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Dom Dunstan O’Keefe
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Gregory the Great —
Past Legend and present Inspiration
The 75th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Saint Gregory is also the 1400th anniversary of the
death of St Gregory the Great. Having, in his fist article, traced the history of Gregorian chant distinguishing
myth from reality, in this second article, Dom Dunstan O’Keeffe uses this historical study to asses the
purpose of chant for us today. He suggests that the chant can be a discipline of inner preparation for the study of Scripture.
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Sound Reflections
In his regular column on liturgical music, Paul Inwood discusses the problems and possibilities which
flow from the requirement of Liturgiam authenticam that bishops’ conferences draw up a list
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Paul Inwood
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Ann Blackett Moynihan
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So Great A Work
In this regular column on liturgy, Ann Blackett Moynihan looks at the way we prepare
the funeral rites in our parishes.
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Take the Word of God with You
Continuing the series of occasional articles in which composers write about their compositions,
in this issue, Christopher Walker shares the story behind his composing Take the Word of God with You.
In doing so, Chris throws light on some of the principles of composing music for children to sing.
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Christopher Walker
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Mgr Gabriel Leyden
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Liturgy and pastoral Care of the Sick
Another occasional series reflects on liturgy in different pastoral situations.
In this gently encouraging article,
Mgr Gabriel Leyden, writing about the pastoral care of the sick, demonstrates how this ministry can have a
profound affect on our understanding of what it is to be Church.
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Letter From Western Australia
Angela McCarthy continues the occasional series reflecting on liturgy in different parts of the world, sharing how the
state of Western Australia rises to meet the particular needs of its people. The state is 2.5 million square kilometres,
with a capital city (Perth) which is one of the most isolated in the world. The experience in Western Australia is one of
energetic response to the call from Vatican II, with excellent liturgical education helping to improve the parish experience.
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Angela McCarthy
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Teresa Brown
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Life at the Lord’s Ranch
Teresa Brown has written several articles for Music and Liturgy about parts of the world she has visited.
In this article, she shares her experience of staying at ‘The Lord’s Ranch’ in New Mexico.
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Grace as From a Fountain — Final Talk
This is the text of the brief talk Fr Allen Morris gave at the conclusion of the 2003 SSG Summer School, Grace as From a Fountain.
He sets several challenges: How can one make the liturgy incarnate? What will you take away with you?
And how will you share this with others? |
Fr Allen Morris
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Headquarters’ Scribe
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The Archive Section
In celebration of the Society’s 75th anniversary, this section of Music and Liturgy looks back over the past
three-quarters of a century. The Editors have selected articles from each twenty-five years of the Society’s journal.
Readers will note how much things have moved on — and yet how many of the same matters are still issues today.
1 The New Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy
This article was first published in April 1948 in the Society’s journal, (then called Liturgy). In it, Mgr Crichton
discusses the text of Mediator Dei, an encyclical of Pope Pius XII, published in November 1947.
2 At the Time of the Council
Three items have been chosen to represent the Society’s journal at the time of Vatican II.
The first two items are from the October 1964 issue of the Society’s journal (at that time called Liturgy).
The second item gives us an insight on the profound effect of the Council on the Society.
The third (from January 1965) comments on the first Instruction on the Proper Implementation of the
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.
3 The Missal of Paul VI -
valuable, durable, questionable
This article by Joseph Gelineau, SJ, appeared in Music and Liturgy in 1993 (Volume 19 Number 4). It first appeared in
Pastoral Music, Volume 17 Number 1 (October-November 1992), the journal of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians,
and is reproduced again by kind permission of the Editor.
Obituaries
Archbishop Denis Hurley, OMI (1915-2004)
Fr Brendan Callaghan SJ has written this obituary of one of the leading lights of the South African Church and
of liturgy in the English Speaking world.
Marie Lamigeon (1912-2004)
An obituary of one of the oldest and longest-standing members of the Society, written by Paul Inwood.
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Liturgy Planner
The Liturgy Planner for this issue covers the
Ordinary Time (Autumn), 2004
For each Sunday and major feast you will find:
- Thoughts on the day — a reflection on the day’s readings
- Lists of song psalms for the day’s Responsorial Psalms
- Lists of appropriate hymns and liturgical songs
There are also suggestions for children’s songs and choral works.
Click here
for a digest of the text of the Liturgy Planner for this week.
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Letters
Letters to the Editors are always welcome.
Reviews
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Books
Oh, Won’t You Sit Down (OCP) |
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CDs
Mass of the Children and other sacred music, John Rutter (Collegium Records) |
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Also in this issue…
Photographs from the Society’s Archives
News about the Society of Saint Gregory.
News items about liturgical and ecclesiastical issues.
Details of forthcoming events.
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