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Silence and The Thoughts of His Heart
The Next Challenge – Encouragement – Resources
As parishes work towards reopening, it is no small change to concede congregational singing and choral singing. So many of you have already sacrificed so much, spiritually, artistically, and economically.
Richard J. Clark • composition sampler
Two Reasons for Fewer Vocations
WE PRAY for vocations quite frequently. We should never despair. There are legions of wonderful men entering the priesthood. But there are many reasons for fewer vocations in years past. The decline began long before the sex abuse scandal that first convulsed Boston in 2002. There are certainly more than two reasons. Causes are complex, at…
Leo Abbott to Rededicate Landmark E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801
ONE OF AMERICA’s landmark pipe organs, the E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801 in Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross has been silent for over two years. Affectionately known as “801,” this organ with over 5,300 pipes and 101 ranks was protected from construction dust during a nearly two-year renovation of…
Broken Rosaries and a Triptych of Wisdom
BROKEN ROSARY beads can be highly frustrating! It happens all too frequently. Such frustration certainly works against prayer and contemplation! First grain of wisdom: simple words of consolation from a friend, now a priest said, “That means they’re being used.” Well, no kidding! That’s pretty obvious. And perhaps profound. What has this to do with…
Chant Based Resources from World Library Publications
From World Library Publications: Introit Hymns ~ Christoph Tietze Hymn Tune Introits: Singing the Sundays of the Liturgical Year – Kathleen Pluth – WLP Communion Antiphons by Richard J. Clark ~ World Library Publications Antiphon texts from the Roman Missal, Third Edition (Keyboard, Optional SATB, Assembly) Communion Antiphons for Advent • LISTEN Communion Antiphons for the Christmas…
“Woman of No Distinction” World Premiere
CHRIS KINSELY wrote a landmark poem in 2006 about the Samaritan woman at the well and her encounter with Jesus. What makes this poem unique is its perspective: written entirely from the point of view of the woman. This poem has much to teach us today. (See the poem below.) Jennifer Lester, Director of The…
Donald J. Clark • 1931-2019 • Words of Remembrance
THANK YOU all for coming today. Your prayers and support mean the world to me, my mother, my sisters, Laura and Joanne, and all of Donald and Anna’s grandchildren. I want to thank this beautiful faith community at St. William the Abbott. My parents have been parishioners here for half a century as they moved…