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Category Archives: beauty
Easter 2019! Boeuf en Croute Alleluia!
Easter came a little later this year, but as a good friend likes to remind me, God is seldom early but He is never late! I am not sure how true this is, but it does seem to describe pretty well … Continue reading
Palestrina and Handel March For Life!
Yes, both consummate sacred musicians George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina were at the 2019 March for Life! I am guessing that this was yet another record-setting precedent for the annual March which attracted hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, catholic education, education, Fine Arts, Music, Sacred Music
Tagged Crypt Church National Shrine, Handel, Life, March for Life, Palestrina, Saint Dominic's
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Trim the Hearth and Set the Table 2018
As we have mentioned before, one of the great joys of Christmas springs from the fact that while it is renewed every year, it nonetheless is renewed precisely because it encapsulates and brings forth the things from of old. It … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Dinner, Feasts, Fine Arts
Tagged Baby Jesus Buns, Beef Wellington, Catholic Feasts, Christmas Star Bread, Creminy Mushroom, Fennel
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This School Choir May Have Just Made History
In what might be a new world record, or perhaps simply a first of its kind choral accomplishment, the fifty-five voice Lyceum Choir sang back to back liturgies – one in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated by Cardinal … Continue reading
Classical Catholic Education and Sacred Music!
The Catholic classical school is the proper place for the formation of students in sacred music. Every student should sing. Every student can sing. No exceptions. The Church depends on it. Lyceum students demonstrated the truth of this once again! … Continue reading
Ever Ancient Ever New: Feasting at Easter!
Happy Easter! Now some of you might be thinking, “hmmm….this photo looks suspiciously familiar.” Or “Haven’t I seen this before?” Well, my response is “yes and no!” Although these photos are all brand new, they are, nonetheless, the same in … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Dinner, Easter, Feasts
Tagged Easter Feast. Proseco, Mark West. Franciscan Chardonnay, Paula Deen, scalloped potatoes
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Christmas 2017: Feast Edition!
Although Christmas day itself has passed, nonetheless the Church insists that we keep up the celebration! As obedient sons and daughters, ours is the task to celebrate the feast as heartily as possible for as long as we can – … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Custom, Dinner, Feasts, Fine Arts, liberal education works, Music
Tagged Brussells Sprouts, butterfly Roast, Enstroms Toffee, Gargonzola, Gruyere, Pancetta
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In Education, The End Depends On The Beginning.
Incidentally, I haven’t read much of the Roman poet Manlius who “flourished” in the first century AD. But his famous line “Finisque ab origine pendet” from the fourth book of his Astronomicon appears to have been adopted by Phillips Exeter Academy as … Continue reading
How Do You Restore Sacred Music? A Diocesan Directive Would Help.
I have no idea how his pastoral directive was received, but a belated bravo to Bishop John F. Doerfler of the Diocese of Marquette! Although given on January 26, 2016, I had only become aware of his pastoral directive on sacred music … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Custom, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass
Tagged Bishop Doerfler, Parish Music, Sacred Music, Sing to the Lord
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