Nathaniel Peters

The choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge now has recordings of their sung services online for free . English choral music fans, take note. . . . . Continue Reading »

Remember those atheist bus ads, the ones saying something to the effect of “There’s probably no God, now stop worrying and have a nice day”? Well now you can make your own . (via our managing editor of blessed memory on his Strange Herring blog) . . . . Continue Reading »

My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton’s Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook-up culture on college campuses: by arguing for chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds. Read the whole . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’re an undergraduate or graduate student looking for a fruitful way to spend two weeks of the summer, consider the Witherspoon Institute’s First Principles Seminar: What are the fundamental principles and premises that inform and guide human behavior at both the individual and . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert Wilken’s previously advertised St. Thomas Day Lecture, “Aquinas on Romans,” at New York’s Church of St. Vincent Ferrer is now online in audio and video . I highly recommend it. . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’re in the DC area this week, catch George Weigel’s William E. Simon Lecture “Scoundrel Time: The Politics of 2008” on Wednesday, February 4 at the Madison Hotel (1177 Fifteenth Street NW). The lecture starts at 6:30 PM and the reception at 7:30. R.S.V.P. to . . . . Continue Reading »

Another song on the Images of Christ recording is Tchaikovsky’s “Crown of Thorns,” which sets a nineteenth century American poem by Richard Henry Stoddard to music. Words and music are below, though this time sung by the choir of Wells Cathedral. When Jesus Christ was yet a child . . . . Continue Reading »

Recently I’ve been listening to Images of Christ , a collection of music based on the life of Christ sung by the Cambridge Singers under the direction of John Rutter. The first track on the CD is Bairstow’s “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent.” The piece opens with haunting . . . . Continue Reading »

From the New Liturgical Movement come rumors of how the Traditional Anglican Communion could be integrated into the Catholic Church in what would be the biggest development in Anglican—Catholic relations since the English Reformation. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has . . . . Continue Reading »

We received word today that Rabbi Leon Klenicki, a pioneer of Catholic—Jewish relations, died yesterday . Rabbi Klenicki and Father Neuhaus co-authored Believing Today: Jew and Christian in Conversation . As its title suggests, the book is a conversation between the two of them written in . . . . Continue Reading »