Society of Saint Gregory

Just noticed that Michael Joncas has a short critique of the event from three angles: the music used in the ceremony, liturgical art and environment, and the homily of the principal concelebrant Cardinal Marc Ouellet. It can be viewed and commented on at m . He lists the music used in the Eucharist ...

One of the things I find interesting, and somewhat alarming, is that so many of our communion hymns speak of partaking of the body and blood of Christ, when on the ground here in Ireland the reality is that communion under both species is either rare or non-existant. I am music minister in two churc...

I use Finale for my own personal use, and teach Sibelius as a module in school. Sibelius is definitely far more intuitive, and sometimes even seems to predict what you want to do, but in my books, Finale still has the edge, which is why I always use it for my own material. However, if cost is a fact...

The youtube clip is much quicker to load: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6vMJC8qe4.

Michael Joncas has updated the Gloria from the Mass of John Carroll. I don't think there are any plans to update the rest of the Mass, which is one of Joncas's finer mass settings; however, the Penitential Rite, Gospel Acclamation, Amen and Agnus Dei stand fine in the new Roman Missal as they are. T...

In Ireland, there are four mass settings being used throughout the country: Mass of Saint Paul by Ephrem Feeley, Glendalough Mass by Liam Lawton, Mass of Saint Columba by Columba McCann and Mass of Renewal by Bernard Sexton. These have been published jointly by the National Centre for Liturgy and th...

This is probably a bit late - Ronan McDonagh has a setting of Psalm 83 (84) called Blessed are They who Dwell in your House . It has a very usable two-part refrain; the verses are a tad adventurous, in free time, but should suit a good cantor. It's published in the collection Feasts and Seasons , wh...