The following comes from a Jan. 25 story in the Catholic Sentinel (Portland). Archbishop Alexander Sample on Jan. 25 released a pastoral letter to the Archdiocese of Portland on sacred music for Mass, seeking to highlight “perennial truths”: sanctity, beauty
The following comes from a January 18 CC Watershed blog post by Dr. Alfred Calabrese, music director at Saint Rita Catholic Church. Dr. Calabrese is also the conductor for A Rose in Winter: The life of Saint Rita of Cascia. A Rose in Winter: The
The American Federation Pueri Cantores is sponsoring two sacred music festivals in the Southern California area, one for High School students and one for students in grades fourth through eighth. Singers taking part in the festival will have the opportunity
Why ‘On Eagles’ Wings’ is not liturgical music The following is excerpted from Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s column in the diocesan newspaper, Catholic Sun. …Religious music is, we might say, the earthly expression of a given culture’s faith in Christ; liturgical
