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Posted on by Janet Gorbitz

Twin Cities Catholic Chorale – All Souls

Now in its 44th season at the Church of Saint Agnes in Saint Paul, MN, the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale will continue its tradition of performing the Mozart Requiem, K 626 with orchestra, at a Solemn Latin Mass at 7:30 p.m.on November 2, 2017.

The Chorale is under the direction of Dr. Robert L. Peterson.

Make plans to join them tomorrow evening to celebrate All Souls’ Day!

Posted on by Kathleen Pluth

Grace and Merit: Cooperators in Charity

As we celebrate the beautiful Catholic Reformation, I thought I’d just reprise an old favorite parody song, which can be sung to the tune of the old Sinatra standard, Love and Marriage.

Grace and merit, grace and merit,
God’s so great He just can’t wait to share it,
‘Specially with His mother; you can’t have one without the other.

Grace and merit, grace and merit,
The cross is heavy but you’ll have to bear it.
Let me tell you, brother: you can’t have one without the other.

Try, try, try to separate them. It’s an illusion.
Try, try, try, and you will only add to the confusion.

Grace and merit, grace and merit:
It’s a legacy we may inherit,
With the blessed mother. You can’t have one. It’s just not done. You can’t have one without the other.

Speaking of the Catholic Reformation on this All Hallows’ Eve, here is a great book on the subject, with special attention to the great reforms and foundings of Religious communities of the period. I highly recommend it. Each chapter follows outstanding heroes of the faith, who gave their lives to God in the Church. “Show me your faith without works,” they seem to say, “and I will show you the faith that underlies my works.”

St. Charles Borromeo makes an appearance in nearly every chapter.

Two other reading recommendations: the sober, careful, and balanced canons of the Council of Trent, and The Foundations by St. Teresa of Avila. The Foundations are too often neglected; they begin where The Autobiography left off, and recount her life’s adventures.

Gaudeamus omnes in Domino diem festum celebrantes
sub honore Sanctorum omnium:
de quorum solemnitate gaudent angeli, et collaudant Filium Dei.

Exsultate iusti in Domino: rectos decet collaudatio.

Posted on by Kathleen Pluth

Phoenix Cathedral Mass Broadcast

Over the last decade or two, a number of US Catholic Cathedral music programs have set an exquisitely high liturgical standard, both in ceremony and music. One of these is the Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude in Phoenix, Arizona, which celebrates its transferred patronal feast tomorrow, October 29, 2017. The worship aid may be viewed here.

The Cathedral’s recent renovation included the installation of a new Peragallo organ. Each Sunday’s live local video broadcast (9 am MST) is archived online at the diocesan website, and can be heard live on local radio channels coast to coast. A list of local stations follows the page break below.

Some say the Novus Ordo cannot be done well. Others say it has been tried and failed–or, not yet been tried. Those interested in an excellent example of a consistently beautiful and reverent Mass may simply tune in.

Alabama
Fairhope 1410 AM WNGL

Arizona
Flagstaff 98.5 FM KXGC-LP
Payson 98.9 FM KPIH-LP

Arkansas
Rogers 96.5 FM KDUA-LP

California
El Centro 95.7 FM KCJP-LP
Palm Desert 97.1 FM KXCP-LP

Georgia
Athens 105.7 FM WXPB-LP

Illinois
Decatur 88.9 FM WDCR-FM
Decatur 96.5 FM W243DF-FM

Indiana
Bloomington 104.1 FM WCYI-LP
Evansville 103.5 FM WIAH
Fort Wayne 106.3 FM WRDF
Michiana 95.7 FM WRDI

Iowa
Charles City 94.7 FM KQOP-LP
Clinton 92.5 FM KXJX-LP
Davenport 103.1 FM KTJT-LP
Davenport/Quad Cities 95.3 FM K237FP
DeWitt 92.5 FM KGYS-LP
Dubuque 98.3 FM KCRD-LP
Iowa City 92.7 FM KOUR-LP
Marshalltown 96.7 FM KCRM-LP

Maine
Augusta 89.5 FM WWTP
Bangor 90.3 FM WXBP
Bath/Brunswick 89.7 FM WTBP
Fort Kent 97.5 FM WFHP-LP
Northern Maine 1390 AM WEGP
Portland 106.7 FM WXTP
Springvale 105.7 FM WSVP-LP

Maryland
Baltimore 92.7 FM WVTO-LP
Hancock 96.3 FM W242AR

Michigan
Stephenson 102.1 FM WVFC

Minnesota
St. Cloud 1180 AM KYES
Perham 100.3 FM KXPM-LP

Missouri
Kansas City 102.9 FM K275BQ
Kansas City 104.7 AM K284CH
Liberty 1140 AM KCXL

Montana
Bozeman 88.1 FM KOFK-LP
Helena 97.3 FM KNEH-LP

New York
Highlands 102.3 FM WKBR-LP
Poughkeepsie 94.7 FM WJVQ-LP

North Carolina
Wilmington 93.1 FM WBPL-LP
Wilmington 91.7 FM WJSI-LP
Wilmington 103.1 FM WJSS-LP
Southport 100.7 FM WJSL-LP

Ohio
Hillsboro 106.9 FM WLRU-LP
Columbus 820 AM WVSG

Oklahoma
Broken Arrow 102.9 FM KPIM

Oregon
Portland and Salem 88.3 FM KBVM
Cottage Grove, Eugene, Springfield 94.9 FM/100.5 FM KMME

Tennessee
Nashville 100.5 FM WBOU-LP

Texas
College Station 88.5 FM KEDC
Corpus Christi 89.5 HD-2 KLUX HD-2
Lorena/Waco 98.3 FM KYAR
Palestine 107.9 FM KINF-LP

West Virginia
Berkeley Springs 107.9 FM WDTF-LP

Washington
Leavenworth 103.3 FM KUVB-LP
Olympia 1240 AM KBUP
Seattle 1050 AM KBLE
Vancouver 88.3 FM KBVM

Wisconsin
Ashland 95.5 FM WWMD-LP
Marinette 92.5 FM WLCJ-LP
Oconto Falls 92.9 FM WPPS-LP
Peshtigo 101.9 FM W270BC
Shawano 94.5 FM WRGW-LP

ARIZONA
Phoenix – 1310 AM

CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield – 1050 AM
Eureka – 1400 AM
Fresno – 100.7 FM
Homewood – 94.9 FM
Lemoore – 1240 AM
Los Angeles – 930 AM
Madera – 1250 AM
Modesto – 840 AM
Monterey – 1200 AM
Quincy – 89.3 FM
Sacramento – 1620 AM
San Diego – 1000 AM
San Diego – 99.3 FM
San Francisco – 1260 AM
San Francisco – 101.7 FM
San Luis Obispo – 890 AM
Stockton – 1230 AM
Stockton – 92.7 FM
Susanville – 92.7 FM
Susanville – 90.3 FM
Truckee – 93.3 FM

FLORIDA
Fort Myers – 1410 AM
Fort Myers – 106.7 FM
Naples – 1660 AM

HAWAII
Kihei, Maui – 740 AM

ILLINOIS
Chicago – 950 AM
West Chicago – 930 AM

INDIANA
NW Indiana – 1270 AM

KENTUCKY
Lexington – 1380 AM
Lexington – 94.9 FM

MINNESOTA
Twin Cities – 1330 AM

NEW JERSEY
Newark – 1430 AM

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque – 98.9 FM
Albuquerque – 1550 AM
Clovis – 91.7 FM
Farmington – 95.3 FM
Gallup – 100.7 FM
Portales – 88.7 FM
Roswell – 88.5 FM
Santa Fe – 104.5 FM
Shiprock – 94.1 FM
Socorro – 99.9 FM
Tucumcari – 88.3 FM

NEVADA
Las Vegas – 970 AM
Reno – 920 AM
Stateline – 92.7 FM

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia – 640 AM

RHODE ISLAND
Providence – 550 AM

TEXAS
Austin – 970 AM

UTAH
Salt Lake City – 1010 AM

WISCONSIN
Eau Claire – 1050 AM
Green Bay – 1050 AM
La Crosse – 1570 AM
La Crosse – 94.1 FM
Madison – 1240 AM
Milwaukee – 1640 AM
Milwaukee – 100.1 FM
Middleton – 97.3 FM
Wausau – 92.9 FM
WI Rapids – 93.9 FM

Posted on by Kathleen Pluth

Upside-down times

I was walking along one January day at the March for Life with a couple of families I know, singing the Salve Regina in Gregorian chant with the nine year olds. We passed a group of young people with the banner of a Catholic college; they were singing Renaissance polyphony. Then our paths crossed with a sister, perhaps in her sixties or seventies. She was strumming a guitar and singing a nearly 50-year old song written by a former priest.

Things are awfully upside-down.
Sometimes it seems that the closer a person is to old age, the more they like what at first glance seems to be a “contemporary” style of liturgy–but with closer inspection the ideals are from a generation or two ago. Currently banners seem to be making a comeback, and “creative” phrasing of the prayers of the Mass. 
What is troubling about this is it is people in their late middle age who tend to be in positions of responsibility, and, often without sufficient consultation, have the authority to make decisions about art and Church programming that will purportedly “appeal to young people.” 
When lay persons of a certain age advocate for these positions, their opinions tend to carry the weight of their pocketbooks.
For myself, I was taught to love the sacred primarily by people younger than myself. Very frequently I have been challenged to reverence in prayer and liturgy by young people, whose heads were bowed lower, attentions more focused, lives quieter and more honest, than my own. By virtue of being older and having some skills, I’ve been privileged to bring them forward sometimes in their capacities to serve the liturgy. But it is they who have instructed me in its reverence.
There have been movements over the last decades to “meet the kids where they’re at.” 
I hope we oldtimers can rise to that challenge.
Posted on by Nathan Knutson

California Missions Music Presentations – Santa Clara, CA

Friday, October 6th – Recital and Presentation, 6pm
    Works by Sancho, Sumaya, and Gozos to St. Joseph and the Blessed Sacrament. 
    “Choral Repertoire of Colonial Latin America and California Missions:
       an examination of style, repertoire, and “Gozos”, the hymn of praise.” – Dr. Craig Russell

Saturday, October 7th – Feast of the Holy Rosary
  Mass for the Feast of the Holy Rosary with music by Zipoli, 8am
  Sung Rosary with Children, 9:30am and 11:45am