You're not going to believe this

Dear CatholicVoteAction.org Member,

Planned Parenthood is asking Catholics to call Congress and demand taxpayer support for abortion.

The billion-dollar organization already receives over $300 million in taxpayer money, and stands to strike it rich if nothing is changed in the current health care legislation.

So this week the nation’s biggest abortion provider sent out an urgent message to counter the growing opposition by Catholics to taxpayer-funded abortion contained in the current health care bills.

The Catholic Bishops sprung into action late last week, announcing their strong opposition to the current health care legislation because the bills include taxpayer support for abortion and fail to provide a conscience clause for doctors.

The Bishops have asked all Catholics to petition Congress to remove any support for abortion from the health care bill.

So Planned Parenthood is attacking the Catholic Bishops and calling their actions “dangerous.”

Here’s what Planned Parenthood’s President Cecile Richards said in a message this week to her supporters: “If you’re Catholic and you disagree with the bishops, please let your legislators know when you send your message. Your voice as a pro-choice Catholic needs to be heard NOW.”

What?!!

How can you be a Catholic and support abortion, the killing of millions of our brothers and sisters?

The phones are ringing in the halls of Congress. Will activists claiming to be Catholic and pro-abortion be the only ones calling?

TAKE ACTION NOW

In the next 48 hours, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to try and ram through a vote to prevent any amendment from being offered to the current legislation. The vote on a “closed rule” would slam the door on any effort to offer a pro-life amendment to the healthcare bill.

Catholics, pro-life advocates and all people of faith need to move quickly!

Call 202-224-3121. Tell your Member of Congress to VOTE NO on the “closed rule” for H.R. 3962. Tell them to allow a vote on the Stupak Amendment.

If you do not know your representative, look him or her up here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt - With this directory you can lookup your Representative's local office phone number. Representatives pay more attention to calls made to their local office.

A bipartisan group led by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) want to amend the healthcare bill by adding pro-life protections. This is what the Catholic bishops have asked for, and what an overwhelming majority of Americans want.

Here’s what the Associated Press reported Oct. 23: “Such an amendment would be almost certain to prevail, since it likely would attract the votes of most Republicans as well as some Democrats. So Democratic leaders won’t let Stupak offer it.”

If you have already called or written your Member of Congress, it is urgent that you contact them again right now.

So much is on the line. The Bishops know it. Planned Parenthood and Nancy Pelosi know it.

Send this email to all your friends and family. And call your Representative at 202-224-3121 today!

Sincerely,

Brian Burch, President
CatholicVoteAction.org

Ma & Pa Kettle find uranium

I posted this just because I think it's so funny. It's not religious at all. It's really hilarious when Ma says, "Are you trying to insinuate we ain't married?" Watch her expression.

Ave Maria by Robert Parsons

Going along with the November is "Everything English" theme. Here is one of most beautiful Ave Maria's ever written. This one is by the British Catholic composer Robert Parsons. It is sung in King's College in Cambridge. Notice that absolute incredible "fan vaulting" around the 1 minute mark. King's has the largest collection of fan vaulting in the world.One of the glories of the English perpendicular style of architecture, the Chapel of Kings College, Cambridge was completed in 1547, a little over a century after the founding, by Henry VI, of Kings College itself. Each Christmas Eve from this chapel is broadcast the "Nine Lessons and Carols". The broadcast is aired locally by WXXI-FM (91.5). Enjoy.

Nod of the Miter Goes to . . .

The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen for this little snippet:

Is that really a nun helping out His Excellency? Possibly just some really ticked off dude with an extra-large "this is a stick-up" note? Or maybe this might be someone's mom? I'm not sure!! I think a certain international man of mystery super-spy from the 60's has the answer.

Bishop Sheen - Part 5

In May of 1967, Sheen made public a tax he imposed on future construction in the diocese. The rate was to begin at 1.25 percent on buildings costing from $50,000 to $100,000, and go up to 3 percent on projects costing a half-million or more. The proceeds would go to Catholic missionary work and to the needs of the inner city. In fact, Sheen did not favor future construction; he once refused to enter a new rectory because he thought it too ornate.

Sheen made financial reforms aimed at helping both parochial teachers and priests. Teacher in the parochial schools were paid between $2,000 and $3,000 a year in early 1967. The bishop raise all salaries. It was popular with teachers but raised financial difficulties for the system.

When Sheen came to Rochester, a pastor earned about $150 a month; and an associate about $100. As was common across the country, the pastor kept the Christmas offering, which meant that having a large congregation was preferable. The bishop cancelled the Christmas offering and raised clerical salaries across the board. This earned the bishop much clerical resentment. In addition, Sheen established a new diocesan pension plan for priests and set up a priests' personnel board.

Sheen told of his desire to make the diocese "a microcosm" of Vatican II reforms, but there were deep rumblings of discontent within the diocese. A priest declared, "He has too many plates in the air. Often, he doesn't follow through." Many Catholics were protesting by dropping buttons in the collection. Sheen had inherited a large diocesan debt, and his stand on civil rights was making the task of raising funds extremely difficult.

Sheen was clearly in the progressive wing, in the sense of wholly endorsing the reforms of Vatican II and was eager to see them implemented. As our recently deceased diocesan historian, Father Robert F. McNamara has put it, "his one constant fear was that Catholicism would be judged by other Americans as behind the times or irrelevant. Sheen told a synod of bishops meeting in Rome that "it would be important to bring competent laymen into the running of our seminaries because some of them have a deeper spirit of faith than we find in some priests." He also advocated postponing ordination for two years, as young people were still immature in will and intellect and were "subjected to stimuli that bring about instability of character." The sentiment did not win friends for the bishop among his clergy and seminarians.

TWO AUXILIARY BISHOPS FOR THE DIOCESE

On January 5, 1968, Pope Paul VI named two auxiliary bishops for the diocese: Dennis Walter Hickey, the vicar general, and John Edgar McCafferty, a member of the Priests' Council and a former chairman of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission. They were welcomed by the diocesan clergy, for many were growing cold toward Bishop Sheen.

Sheen knew all the names of the priests and ministered to those who were ailing. But some thought him aloof, and they smarted as his domination of dinnertime discussions. Some resented that he (Sheen) would not permit any of them to be laicized. Some clergy considered the bishop's policies radical and perhaps designed to keep his name in the headlines. Sheen did not like to attend meetings, and clergy learned quickly that if a committee disagreed with him, he would call no further meetings. Priests discovered that for all his talk of democracy, Sheen had an iron will and was given to doing what he wanted no matter what other thought or said.

GIVING AWAY ST. BRIDGET'S

All of these frustrations came to a head in the spring of 1967. Sheen would give to the federal government the property of St. Bridget's inner-city parish on which to erect housing for the poor. The Great Society of then President Lyndon B. Johnson was experimenting with a variety of program to improve the lives of the disadvantaged, housing in particular, and Fulton thought the DoR could be a model of what the post-conciliar Church could do to join the effort.

The Vatican and the apostolic delegate knew of his plans; but the diocese, however, did not. Sheen wrote directly to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD accepted. On the advice of his chancellor, Father James M. Moynihan (now retired Bishop of Syracuse), Sheen convened the Board of Consultors, a body of priests appointed by the bishop and required by Canon Law. The board approved the offer. Sheen talked with the pastor of St. Bridget's who was unhappy about the proposed gift. Sheen rejected the suggestion he consult with the people of the parish, on the ground that it would take too long.

Rumors began to leak out. Local urban renewal officials were unhappy, charging that HUD had gone over their heads in making the deal. The congregation of St. Bridget's was unhappy. The priests were up in arms over the bishop's exercise of his authority. Bishop Hickey suggested to delay, but Sheen said that the matter had gone too far to turn back. Sheen issued a press release on February 28, 1968, Ash Wednesday, describing the deal he had made with the federal government.

The next morning, six student pickets, who had been working in the parish, protested. Father Francis Vogt, pastor of St. Bridget's, called the bishop's gift a "mistake". Another priest told a reporter, "If the Bishop wants to make some grand gestures, he could move down here and live and then maybe he would be selling his books instead of giving away church property."

Sheen's initial comment to the press was hard: "It is the need of the parish, of the diocese and all forces of the community to de-egotize their own interests." Privately he was agonizing. His usefulness in Rochester was over, he believed, and he decided to resign. "St. Bridget's was the last straw," Father Hogan said later.

(The final installment will be out asap)

A Night of Victories

Well, where to begin? Seeing as how it looks like Dr. K the Vigilant was awake at Midnight posting returns in the gay marriage vote, we'll start there. The Maine newspapers this morning are reporting that gay "marriage" has been repealed. Conservatives:1 Liberals:0

The Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia has roundly defeated the Democratic candidate. Conservatives:2 Liberals:0

The Republican gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey has roundly defeated the Democratic candidate. Conservatives:3 Liberals:0

The Ny-23 District appears to have been our only loss, with the win going to Democratic candidate Owens instead of the Conservative Party's candidate. Conservatives:3 Liberals:1

All things considered, this election was much more favorable than I had thought it would be. In honor of this election and its outcomes, I have put new English Renaissance polyphony up. Enjoy!

Christmas is Coming

And you know what that means -

You should stock up on your Cleansing Fire t-shirts, hoodies, bumper stickers, coffee mugs and more at zazzle.com.

Remember: profits will go to deserving parishes. Yes, you know which ones I mean.

Cardinal Newman on All Souls Day

Softly and gently, dearly-ransom’d soul,
In my most loving arms I now enfold thee,
And, o’er the penal waters, as they roll,
I poise thee, and I lower thee, and hold thee.
And carefully I dip thee in the lake,
And thou, without a sob or a resistance,
Dost through the flood thy rapid passage take,
Sinking deep, deeper, into the dim distance.
Angels, to whom the willing task is given.
Shall tend, and nurse, and lull thee, as thou liest;
And Masses on the earth, and prayers in Heaven,
Shall aid thee at the Throne of the Most Highest.
Farewell, but not for ever! Brother dear,
Be brave and patient on thy bed of sorrow;
Swiftly shall pass thy night of trial here,
And I will come and wake thee on the morrow.

-Cardinal John Henry Newman

Photo Caption Contest #7

Funny stuff - prayer cards. Stupid stuff - crozier-smack. Got it?

OLV 12:10 pm Mass

Just got back from the Mass for All Souls Day at Our Lady of Victory (Father A. wore all black vestments). Unfortunately at Communion time, the Sacred Host fell on the tile part of the floor. It missed the paten too.

Father put his ciborium on the altar and told the altar boy to get the purificator and the water cruet. Father knelt down and picked up the Blessed Sacrament while he was on his knees and consumed It. Then he washed the area with water and dried it with the purificator.

I have only seen this happen 3 other times in my life. So it is a rare happening. But I want to stress Father did exactly what the Church calls for in this situation. I was so thankful and grateful that Father showed such great reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. I hope all priests would do the same.

Say an Ave for all of our priests' that they would show the same respect for Our Lord.

The Tudor Truth and Protestant Perpetrations

The myths about Queen Mary of England, half-sister of the Protestant Queen, Elizabeth, make one believe that Mary was a decrepit, maniacal, demented leader who took utmost delight in rooting out Protestantism and savagely executing all who stood in her way. Popular literature holds this to be true, and simultaneously extols the apparently countless virtues of Elizabeth I, affectionately called "Queen Bess" by her closest friends.

However, these two realities are, in truth, not realities at all, but the product of "history is written by the winners." In this case, Queen Bess was the winner. Poor Mary, the loser. People always leap to vilify the Catholic Church, and this has been true since the very first letter of Martin Luther's seditious 95 Theses. This is just one more instance of this, and an instance too convenient to change with little things called "facts."

Most articles one will find state that Mary Tudor, aka "Bloody Mary," had 280 Protestants killed. These same articles state that, combined, the Protestant Tudors (Henry VIII, Edward, Elizabeth) killed nowhere near that number. Well, that is sheer lunacy. Accounts from the time, official accounts, state that in one instance alone, "4000 Catholicks (sic) were killed in Chelsea." That was under Henry VIII's reign, tying in with the dissolution of the monasteries, destruction of abbeys etc. It seems to me that this number is somewhat higher than 280.

Another blow to the credibility of Elizabeth's Protestant Perfection is the fact that, while all accounts (all written by English Protestants, mind you) state with certainty that Mary killed vast numbers of people, no one can agree on how many English Catholics were killed under the reign of Elizabeth I. One official list does not include ANY of the Jesuit priests who were martyred during her reign. Another list of Henry VIII's executions omits such notables as St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. Why would the Protestant historians of England do such a thing?

Well, this excerpt from a recent article on the reign of Elizabeth may shed some light on the mentality of the English Protestants of Tudor years, thus showing why people rushed to vilify Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots), calling them "treasonous whores." Pardon its length, but I found it to be rather interesting and rather pertinent to our discussion of English Catholics of the 16th and 17th Centuries. I will be posting the article in sections over the week.

In the sixteenth century Catholicism, an international religion based in Europe, was reaching out to the New World. It was conducting a vigorous overhaul of its teaching, its organisation and its procedures, to meet the challenge of Protestantism. decrees were to be obeyed by all Catholics, whether they lived in Catholic countries or in countries like England where Protestants were in the ascendant. The experience of Catholics in England in the reign of Elizabeth was therefore shaped not only by events and policies within the country, but also by the policies of the Papacy, of the European Catholic powers and of theologians abroad.

In the five years before Elizabeth's accession, her sister Mary had made a determined attempt to re-establish Catholicism in her realm, and to participate in the European Catholic Reformation. Although Elizabeth's accession was peaceful, there was great underlying anxiety and tension, and many unanswered questions. She was expected to restore the Edwardian settlement of religion but she needed to maintain the friendship of both Lutheran and Catholic powers abroad (including the Pope) because England was a small power, and lacked money, ships and a standing army.

The first act of her first Parliament established her supremacy as monarch and supreme governor in all matters spiritual and temporal. The Catholic Bishops had opposed the Act of Supremacy in House of Lords and refused to swear the oath of supremacy incorporated in the Act. They were deprived, imprisoned or allowed to resign. Elizabeth was able to appoint 27 new bishops, many of them men who had actively opposed Mary's religious policies and who would support her in the House of Lords.

The second act of Elizabeth's reign laid down the form of public prayer now required in every place of worship. On Sunday June 24 1559 the statutory Book of Common Prayer was first used instead of Mass. All people over the age of 16 were required to show their loyalty and obedience to God and to the Queen by attendance at the Book of Common Prayer service at their parish church on the 77 days of obligation in the year. A shilling fine was levied on those who did not do so. Ministers and churchwardens had to report those who did not attend to the church courts. Those who failed to attend for a month were listed by the constables and reported to the county magistrates. The crown had additional powers to enforce the legislation through proclamations, visitations and special commissions.

The parish was the key agency for winning over the minds and hearts of the people for the reformed religion. Before and after the Reformation, parishioners had to attend services in the parish church throughout their lives. Life began with baptism in the parish church and ended with burial in the parish churchyard, and the public act of Sunday worship was as much part of everybody's life as the planting and harvesting of crops.

The overwhelming majority of the parish clergy accepted the new order. They were accustomed to change. Yet about 200 priests were deprived of their livings or resigned, though often they continued to live in England and said Mass when and where they could. For 15 years, in 1559-1574, these 'Marian priests' were the only Roman Catholic priests in England. There were also parish clergy who stayed in their posts but retained Catholic practices in their church, and for some time traditional Catholic activities continued among the people.

Others went abroad to seek protection and financial support in Spain, Portugal or in Rome, or in France and the Catholic Netherlands. Among them were those who had been particularly prominent in the government of Queen Mary. Some members of the staff of Oxford University (all clerics at this date) were opposed to the changes and they too went abroad, mainly to Catholic states in the Netherlands. These English Catholics in exile were influential in shaping the future of English Catholicism. Catholics in England were in constant communication with Elizabeth's leaders and institutions on the continent, despite the efforts of government to prevent priests, books and pious objects coming across the channel and into England.

At first, there was much uncertainty among Catholics. Many lay people were able to put off or blur the choice to support or to oppose the changes in religion. Marian priests debated how far lay people should be called upon to resist by nonattendance at the parish church, and some at least encouraged compromise. The response of individual Catholics to the new religious laws varied greatly. They were not only influenced by religious considerations, but also by local circumstances, the demands of work and such simple but important factors as the distance from the parish church or the character and influence of the local Marian priest or lord of the manor. Some had a deep personal knowledge and belief of the teaching and decrees of the Roman Catholic Church, some clung to a few simple ideas. Some conformed outwardly, but had Mass said secretly at home. Some were Catholics at some stages of their lives and not at others. Some went abroad. All these people were 'Elizabethan Catholics'. Those who refused to go the Sunday Book of Prayer service were known as recusants.

"Battle-Lines Drawn" - NEXT TIME!

November is "Everything English" Month

In honor of the recent invitation of Pope Benedict to disaffected Anglicans, I have decided that the entire month of November will be dedicated to the English martyrs under the Tudor dynasty, the music of the time, the art, the architecture, the Liturgy and other prayers etc. We start the month off with a new playlist of music to the right, highlighting three motets which stand out from the rest due to their most relevant titles: Turn Our Captivity, Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, Creator Spirit), and Laudibus in Sanctis, a motet whose theme is the praise of God from and through "His holy ones."

Enjoy!

A joke about music for a lawyer's Novus Ordo mass.

The responsorial psalm for probate attorneys: "Here I am Lord, I come to do your will."

Old video - Coronation of Pius XII

The Coronation of His Holiness Pius XII. This is a clip from an Italian film on his life preceding the Papacy, hence the narration for the first half. Although the video quality is rather poor, it is still an interesting historical piece.

Part 4 -- Bishop Sheen

The next day, Cardinal Spellman, more than forty visiting bishops, politicians, friends of the bishop, area clergy of all denominations, packed Sacred Heart Cathedral for the 90 minute installation ceremony. The installation luncheon was held at the old Manger Hotel. Four thousand people attended a civic welcome in the ten-thousand-seat War Memorial. Cardinal Spellman returned to New York immediately after the installation service.

Soon the new bishop was traveling throughout the diocese, visiting institutions and parishes. He traveled to St. Francis deSales Church in Geneva and had a pleasant conversation with assistant pastor, Father Michael C. Hogan. Sheen soon summoned Hogan to Rochester and named him his secretary. Hogan handled a variety of administrative chores and managed appointments, but he acted principally as the bishop's chauffeur. Sheen brought his personal cook with him from New York and played tennis twice a week and rode a stationary bicycle in his apartment.

Whenever Sheen traveled, he invited people to write to him. They did, and Hogan was overwhelmed with mail, so he and another priest devised form letters to handle the deluge. The people soon caught on.


SHEEN ON THE SCENE
On the very first day of Hogan's employment, a fire destroyed St. Philip Neri's parish, killing the 77 year old priest, Father George Weinmann, who had tried to rescue the Blessed Sacrament, and a 26-year old nun, Sister Lillian Marie SSND, who attempted to help him. Some students had committed arson. Hogan drove Sheen to the scene. The bishop was aghast to learn that the priest had left $7 million in stocks he had forgotten about and had not made out a ill. The state took most of the money. The tabernacle is today in the renovated Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Sheen offered a series of retreat talks at the Masonic Auditorium on East Main Street, very few people showed up and Fulton was furious. "The whole world comes to hear Fulton Sheen," he said privately, "except his own diocese."

IMPLEMENTATION OF VATICAN II
As part of his determination to implement the teachings of Vatican II, Sheen sought to create a curia, aboard of counselors to advise him, and he chose to be democratic by asking all the diocesan priests to nominate three priests. He appointed several priests to serve as vicars in administration or in geographical districts. A lay administrative committee had been named to handle financial affairs of the diocese. He appointed a vicar of pastoral planning, vicar of religious education and two territorial (with jurisdiction) vicars. Throughout the diocese, with Sheen's approval, parishes began founding lay boards of education and lay advisory councils. Sheen changed the name of the Rochester Chancery, which he thought bureaucratic and impersonal, to the "Pastoral Office." The new bishop meant what he said about democracy in the diocese. Or so it seemed.

SCHOOL CLOSING SANS CONSULTING
Without consulting anyone, Sheen announced the closing of the Most Precious Blood School in Rochester, attended largely by Italians. When Sheen appeared at the new Becket Hall to bless it, a crowd of Italians were waiting for him. Angry people pounded on his car and waved signs. Some shouted "You son of a bitch" and worse. Sheen locked his car doors and would not emerge until the vehicle was safely inside the institution's garage. The bishop was greatly shaken. He ordered the school reopened the following day.

SAINT BERNARD'S SEMINARY
Sheen had bold plans for the seminary. In time, a number of non-Catholic professors would be hired. At one point, the bishop wrote a letter to eighty of the world's leading theologians, inviting them to come to teach at St. Bernard's. A few responded and faculty were hired from Italy, England and Belgium. The regular faculty wondered where the money was coming from. Some faculty members were worried about retaining their jobs.

Later that year, Protestants were hired to teach pastoral and preaching skills. Psychological testing was employed in order to weed out seminarians who might be emotionally or otherwise unfit. A board of seven laypersons - four men and three women - was created to "assist the seminary authorities in the selection of fit candidates for the altar." The lay board, Sheen said proudly, was the first of its kind in a Catholic seminary in the United States. The seminary rector, Father Joseph P. Brennan and the faculty were not consulted in advance about the lay board. Brennan invited the bishop and the board members to a get acquainted dinner at the seminary. After dinner, Sheen made a few suggestions and then heard a polite rebuttal from faculty members eager to maintain their prerogatives. Sheen was disenchanted by the women during the first meeting, so he invited only men to the next meeting. He never called the board together again. Some clergy began grumbling about his lack of administrative skills.

Sheen changed the name of the faltering St. Andrew's Minor Seminary to King's Preparatory Seminary and made it a co-educational high school. Its aim would be the education of leaders, a "spiritual elite." These raised eyebrows throughout the diocese. Things did not work out, and King's Prep closed in 1970.

SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE
Sheen was vitally interested in the spiritual welfare of his people. He advised priests and seminarians to adopt his Holy Hour practice. He welcomed the Cursillo movement, urged families to read scripture and acts of self-denial. He initiated Home Masses, giving priests permission to celebrate Mass in private homes during evening hours on weekdays. Sheen took the lead himself, saying Mass in the homes of both blacks and Hispanics and afterwards visiting with attendees.

One day, as the bishop was in Wayland. He bought ice-cream cones for about twenty or thirty children when a little girl came up to him and asked him to visit her sister. "Yes, where is she?" asked Sheen. "She's dead; she is in the undertaker's parlor." Sheen and Hogan (his secretary) went to the funeral home and saw the little seven-year-old girl who had been hit by a car. Sheen wrote later, "She looked alive and appeared like an angel." Fulton consoled the family, telling them that a great good would come from the accident. In time, two conversions resulted from Sheen's compassion. He later made a special trip from New York to Rochester to baptize one of the converts.

Below is a 1967 picture of Sheen at the St. Joseph House of Hospitality.

Purely Demonic

Islamic terrorists have abducted a Catholic priest at gunpoint in the Philippines. Oh, but wait, that can't be! Islam is the faith of peace, tolerance, and charity. Silly me.


Make no mistakes: most followers of Islam are great and noble people. However, as we have discussed before, you don't see Catholic gunmen abducting imams or rabbis, do we?

For All Fans of Fr. Z and His Blog

The Crescat has just released the "snappy new uniforms" for his fans and followers online.

Now That Would Explain It

ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible.

I envision a similar article explaining the massive amount of liturgical abuse in the Diocese of Rochester:

ROCHESTER - Bishop Matthew Clark declared a state of emergency, saying a recent fall in vocations has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of Canon Law needed to be set aside to get people educated as quickly as possible.

We laugh, but something tells me we would find very similar articles in the Catholic Courier if we looked.

Celebrate the Life of Richard Gladwell

Celebrate the Life of

Richard Gladwell

On Sunday afternoon, November 1, you are invited to come together with the community to celebrate of the life of Richard Gladwell, host of With Heart and Voice, who passed away on October 15, 2009. The Evensong Celebration will be held at Asbury First United Methodist Church on East Avenue.

Choirs from Asbury Church, Christ Church, Third Presbyterian Church, Downtown United Presbyterian, Incarnate Word Lutheran Church, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Saint Anne Church, Saint Luke Church and Saint Paul Church will participate in the traditional Anglican liturgy.

The music will include Parry: I was glad; Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G; Brahms: How lovely is Thy dwelling place; and Cary Ratcliff: Praise God with heart and voice. The prelude begins at 3:30 p.m. and will be offered by the Emerald Brass Quintet and Madrigalia. Evensong service begins at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow in The Gathering Space.

Please join us to celebrate the life of the man who brought so much music to the community. There is no charge; a freewill offering will be taken to defray expenses.

Music - Subtle Hints of Divine Majesty

I've decided to have a constant stream of classical music on the blog, some religious, some not. It will be in the right hand column, so you can turn it on or off as you wish. In addition to having this music available perpetually, I will change the playlist depending on the liturgical season. Enjoy!