William Mahrt, a towering figure in sacred music, left a legacy of preserving the Church’s traditional liturgical songs.
As the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10) from Vatican II says, "the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from ...
Sacrosanctum Concilium was rightly hailed as the distillation of the practical and theological genius of the liturgical movement. These were heady days, and the group gathering in Mainz for the ...
The Roman Missal - The Sacramentary. Collegeville:The Liturgical Press, 1985. Sacrosanctum concilium. Vatican II, The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. 4 December 1963. Vatican Council II: The ...
But in the mid-twentieth century, the Second Vatican Council document “Sacrosanctum Concilium” called for a revision of the ancient rite of consecration to a life of virginity, and in 1970 the new ...
MILLIONS of visitors are expected to converge on Rome for the Roman Catholic Church’s new Jubilee Year, which will feature religious and cultural events highlighting and fostering Christian commitment ...
It has hardly been a year since the conclusion of the Year of the Rosary and we have yet again another initiative of the Holy Father: The Year of the Eucharist (October 2004 – October 2005). The ...