Liturgical music
Community joins for praise and fellowship
By Emma Davis Staff Writer Maria Salamida, coordinator of liturgical music at Franciscan University, along with sisters Anna and Mary Brewer, hosted a praise and fellowship for faculty, staff, students and local residents and their families on Sept. 24. In the Glory Tent at the J.C. Williams Center, community members gathered to pray, sing and […]
The role of music in active participation: Part two
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST When last I treated the topic at hand, we explored how the full, active and conscious participation of the faithful in the liturgy is fostered by congregational singing of chant and other liturgical music. We also traced the line from Pope St. Pius X’s declaration that restoring chant would help ensure this active […]
Speaker shares music as essential method of worship
CECILIA ENGBERT STAFF WRITER Franciscan University of Steubenville students overcame early morning yawns Oct. 15 to attend a lecture on music and catechesis by a visiting music director at 8 a.m. in the Gentile Gallery. Jeff McGarrity, director of music at St. Thomas More Parish in Denver, Colorado, addressed students, lecturing on the importance of music ministry in the […]
The role of music in active participation: Part one
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST In 1963 Pope Saint Paul VI promulgated the “Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy” or, in Latin, “Sacrosanctum Concilium.” Vatican II is often remembered for encouraging “fully conscious and active participation” in the Mass, a phrase which occurs in paragraph 14 of this document. Less widely remembered is this phrase’s origin 60 […]