“… Courage needs to be shown in recovering elements of our liturgical identity so we can give God the beauty he deserves.”
Fr. Michael Rennier
Another parish discovers that the way forward for the Church involves both truth and beauty, and is revitalized in the process.
Aug. 9 & 10
Music directors, accompanists, interested singers, parish clergy and seminarians: join us at St. Mark Catholic Church in Highlands Ranch for an intensive two-day conference designed to lay out the fundamentals of building a strong, faithful parish music program.
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There’s a lot of weird stuff on YouTube, but every once in a while you stumble across something that makes you think, “Wow—why have I never seen this before?” That’s what I thought when I came across this video (below) by the Catholic musical group Harpa Dei.
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The article from The Catholic Thing linked at the bottom provides an interesting perspective on the ongoing conflict over the two forms of the Latin Rite Mass, a conflict sometimes referred to as “the Liturgy Wars.”
This unfortunate battle involves a small but vociferous minority of Catholics who have only hardened their positions since Pope Francis issued Traditionis custodes. Whether you’re a partisan in these “wars,” or merely a bemused bystander, we should be able to agree on one thing: this is NOT the way forward for Christ’s Holy Church.
Continue readingA significant number of people have asked why we celebrate Mass the way we do, especially the ad orientem posture of the priests and the increasing use of Latin. We realize that Mass at St. Mark may not look like Mass at other parishes. To help both parishioners and visitors understand the reasons why our Masses look and sound the way they do, we created this brief 10-minute video.
Did Vatican II do away with Latin in the liturgy?
This has been a contentious topic over the 50 years, but it didn’t need to be. Here’s a short clip from an interview with Fr. Carl Gismondi on Catholic Answers:
Truth & Beauty 