Society of Saint Gregory

contrabordun wrote:We could train the non Catholic cathedral MDs and support them in learning our ways.

The trouble is that they won't listen to us. This was what I was trying to say before: dialogue is very difficult, 'cos they only think music is important, not liturgy.

presbyter wrote:Mayhew's have published it

Oh, well, that explains why no one wants to use it. Building up the Mayhew empire is not a priority for any thinking RC musician.

The underlying problem is that we still haven't assimilated the fact that the post-conciliar liturgy is a very different animal from its pre-conciliar predecessor. Before, the congregation were passive spectators who expected to be uplifted in prayer, and even (cf. Salzburg at the time of Mozart ...

Most people don't realise that in fact the Litany of Saints is supposed to run in chronological order of saints. You can see all kinds of howlers in orders of service for ordinations, for example.[/b]