Comments on: Dissecting a failed attempt to bring sacred music back to its proper place

By: Chant’s Latest Blue Notes « Catholic Sensibility

Chant’s Latest Blue Notes « Catholic Sensibility — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:21:12 +0000

[...] hear a horror story from a colleague, or you’ll be the subject of one yourself. The Recovering Choir Director sums up a story from the Musica Sacra [...]

By: dad29

dad29 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:19:08 +0000

“Traditional and orthodox” means different things to different people.

There is (at least) one major global Order who believes that “traditional and orthodox” means “no licit liturgical development has occurred since 1955.”

It’s useful to ask a lot of questions, as Ari has said…

By: wahoofive

wahoofive — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:56:52 +0000

When a church music position — or in this case, a teaching position at a parochial school — uses the words “traditional” and “orthodox,” applicants ought to bear in mind that these two words don’t mean a thing when it comes to liturgy today.

What those words mean is “no gays need apply.”

By: Aristotle Esguerra

Aristotle Esguerra — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:51:13 +0000

@Jeffrey: Thanks for this. I found the entire outline instructive when I first saw it, and had I not been involved in other things, I certainly would have blogged about it. I may yet do so.

By: Aristotle Esguerra

Aristotle Esguerra — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:48:36 +0000

@Todd: The parallel you bring up is entirely too fitting. In any case, it seems like more rigorous liturgical formation is needed for those in leadership. Come to think of it, a more rigorous formation in leadership is needed for those in leadership.