Congregational Singing in Medieval Liturgy

by Peter J. Leithart

Singing in the Medieval Mass. Continue Reading »

15 Mar 2016

Dear Father: Please Stop It

by George Weigel

In all the sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council, is there any prescription more regularly violated than General Norm 22.3 of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy? Which, in case you’ve forgotten, teaches that “no . . . person, not even a priest, may add, remove, or change anything . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Jan 2016

Rules for Being an Altar Boy at Saint John Vianney Parish for the Liturgical Year 1964

by Brian Doyle

If you have to sneeze on the altar do so quietly and turn Your head away from the Holy Sacrament. Please carry A handkerchief in the pocket of your trousers. No jeans. Wear good shoes. No sneakers. Arrive 30 minutes early Minimum: 5 minutes early is 25 minutes late. The bells, As a crucial part of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2015

Missing Mass

by Brian Doyle

In our family, we went to Mass every blessed Sunday of the year, and here and there you would have to go to Mass during the week because of funerals or weddings or Days of Obligation or Masses to Open the School Year or Masses in Memory of the Faithful Departed. So by the time I was fourteen years . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2015