Monthly Archives: June 2015

Delores Duffner is usually a good bet for a great text and this is no exception.  Ryan’s parish used this with the tune McKEE although there are other settings available. The text is here and Hymnary have information on the collections … Continue reading →

This gentle song is used at Yola’s parish. In the Catholic Worship Book, where I found a copy of the music, it is attributed to the Medical Mission Sisters, but was actually written by Miriam Therese Winter who has had … Continue reading →

This is another song from Joe Mattingly of the Newman Singers and again is a choir song, this time based on Psalm 104.  The refrain has harmonies and the rhythm is swung. The text is here (scroll down to page … Continue reading →

Some parishes have a lot of overlaps with our AOV based material. I don’t think R.S. belongs to such a parish as they use lots of interesting songs I’ve never heard of. This song is by M. D. Ridge and … Continue reading →

This is the Sunday we celebrate St Peter’s Day at the church I go to – St Peter’s.   Entrance: City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57 Psalm 30 (O’Brien) I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Gifts: … Continue reading →

The outstanding feature of Voices As One is the sheer amount of songs especially suitable for choirs. Because it has the leader and songwriter of both the Newman Singers and the Notre Dame Folk Choir, there are more songs here … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to learn songs from the masses posted here by my kind correspondents. Since my education in older Catholic music is sadly lacking, I suspect I’m putting up songs that everyone else knows, so I doubt these backings … Continue reading →

This is choir piece from Steven C Warner and the Notre Dame Folk choir. It has an intricate four part refrain so if you aren’t up to that it will be less wonderful, but it is doable with a single … Continue reading →

This is the song I thought Jesse meant when she had “Come and Worship” for an entrance, but her parish use Andy Carter’s song.   This is Don Moen’s song and is an up-tempo meditation on 1 Peter 2:9. The … Continue reading →

Jesse had me foxed with her entrance for Corpus Christi called “Come and Worship” by Andy Carter.  It is also called “Come and Praise Him Royal Priesthood.” It appears to be a short piece that is repeated at length with … Continue reading →