Society of Saint Gregory

Furthermore, earlier in Holy Week (not during the Triduum), the same is true of a number of items on Palm Sunday: The antiphon Hosanna to the Son of David The antiphons and psalms during the Procession of Palms (in which, NB, the Missal butchers the layout of the Revised Grail Psalter) The hymn Glor...

As I understand it, texts which are mandatory (Behold the Wood of the Cross or Exsultet) should use the prescribed texts. However, those which are optional (Reproaches or Ubi Caritas) don't have to. I'm sure there are those who will explain this more fully. This is correct. In addition, it's worth ...

Peter , the organist in question also told me that the priest had asked him to find something lively, and the Salazar Gloria was about the liveliest thing he could find in Laudate . You are right, these settings are technically no longer approved for use as substitutes for the corresponding liturgi...

Very sad to see that Tony Boylan, for a number of years author of The Last Word at the back of the SSG journal, went to his eternal reward on 20 November. Tony was a genuinely nice man who did much more to further the cause of liturgical formation in England and Wales than is generally realised. Wit...

Anyone having problems with OneLicense reporting may be interested in the following Facebook thread, where Paul Inwood invites contributions towards a discussion he is having with the company.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/300911236958173/

This group began less than a month ago, set up by Andrew Butler of Tenterden, Kent. It does seem to have a slightly different flavour from the SSG forum. One reason for that could be that the group appears to include a significant proportion of organists who are not Catholic but who are playing in C...

It was good to find the cctv inside the cathedral operating after several years of decline - but the locally vaunted new live diocesan YouTube broadcast failed after about 30 minutes. However, you can view a recording of the entire celebration at https://youtu.be/RWN_MG3nCVk Yes, the failure of the...

I'm having a go at learning to play the Gloria from the Psallite Mass, as I know it from the Cathedral and like it. (and on a separate point, looking at introducing it at my local parish church, to replace the Salazar setting we currently use.) Can I ask if I am playing the right chords here, in re...

The key thing to take away from organist 's comment is The Southwark Catholic Youth service team work really hard to animate these Masses, but I think it can be honestly said that they have a different agenda to what is being sung in many parishes and at diocesan events. That is probably very true, ...

I've heard the folksy version of it, but at both this church and at Salford we have sung it at a much slower pace, and it is better for it IMO. Here's a nice version of it; the same arrangement (and about the same tempo, I think!) that we sang in Salford. Yes, this tempo is good. The versions I hav...

Have to admit 'O Bread of Heaven' isn't one of my favourites, it somehow just came into my head! I do like a lot of the old Anglican hymns, but also quite fond of some of the stuff that came after the folky '70s era; things like the St Thomas More Group and Bob Hurd, Dan Feiton, John Bell, Michael ...

An organist plays: 1) in the church's premises (using the church's light and heating) 2) on the church's instrument, 3) at the time of the church's choosing. 4) Officially, the music they play is chosen or at least approved by the church. The only tool which might be their own is the sheet music th...

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Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:23 am

We have a bishop who never ever lets the final note of a song die before leaping in with what he has to say. Just plain bad manners in my book.

It's because he thinks it's all about him, presumably.

This whole area is fraught with problems because some organists want to have paid holidays and sick pay, and others don't. Traditionally organists' earnings were never taxed, but HMRC is now trying to insist that a regular organist is an employee and therefore needs to be taxed. Parishes, often at t...

Don't understand these mini processions. If each server processed up individually before a Sunday Mass, you'd never hear the end of it! It's an American thing. There are pre-processions of bridesmaids, groomsmen, and most importantly the MOTHERS of the bride and groom who will come in together, or ...