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New Carol

by Site Admin | 5 Nov 2024 | Liturgy, Music, Resources

Magnus Graham’s setting of the late medieval text, When Christ was born of Mary free, was highly commended by the adjudicators at this year’s Sacred Music Young Composers’ Competition, led by Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music. Dame Judith commended Magnus’...

ESV-CE Translation

by Site Admin | 2 Nov 2024 | Events, Liturgy, Resources, Scripture

Fr Jamie McMorrin introduces the English Standard Version Catholic Edition (ESV-CE) translation which will be used at liturgy in Scotland and England and Wales from the First Sunday of Advent 2024. This first video is a brief introduction to the sort of questions...

Desiderio desideravi

by Site Admin | 28 Oct 2024 | Holy See, Liturgy, Resources, Review

Fr Andrew Cameron-Mowat sj introduces the apostolic letter of Pope Francis, Desiderio desideravi, on the liturgical formation of the People of God. This article was first published in the Society of St Gregory’s journal, Music & Liturgy, in June 2023.

Chant for Advent

by Site Admin | 23 Oct 2024 | Music, Resources, Review

Pluscarden Abbey The Season of Advent: Gregorian Chant from the Monks of Pluscarden Abbey £12 from Pluscarden Abbey shop (pluscardenabbey.org/shop/cd) Review by Sr Margaret Truran OSB The 2023 CD released by the monks of Pluscarden Abbey is a musical and liturgical...

Clifton Podcasts

by Site Admin | 22 Oct 2024 | Liturgy, Music, Resources

The Clifton Diocese has produced a series of short podcasts in which Christopher Walker and Richard Jeffrey-Gray talk about ways to introduce singing of the parts of the Mass from the simplest Alleluia to more accomplished settings. There also links to recommended musical settings. The topics of the podcasts . . .

Music & Liturgy 50.3

by Site Admin | 22 Oct 2024 | Resources, SSG

The latest edition of Music & Liturgy (Vol 50.3), the journal of the Society of St Gregory, hits doormats next week (or shortly thereafter). In this issue, there are reports and reflections from Summer School 2024 at Liverpool Hope University; a reflection on the...