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Square Notes: The Sacred Music Podcast

Square Notes: The Sacred Music Podcast

44 episodes

You’ve got questions about sacred music? Here’s your chance to learn what the Church teaches and envisions for music in the sacred liturgy. Welcome to Square Notes: The Sacred Music Podcast with your host Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka. We address topics of interest both to priests and liturgical musicians, as well as a general audience of Catholics interested in learning more about the Catholic Church’s teachings and treasury of sacred music. Our topics range from discussion of Church documents on sacred music, to the music of certain composers or eras, Gregorian chant, the role of music in Catholic education, and techniques for directing a better choir rehearsal. We’ll interview bishops, priests, music directors, composers, teachers, philosophers, and theologians. We’ll talk to people who found a home in the Catholic Church because they heard the call of Christ in the Church’s sacred music. We’ll ask questions about how really great music programs are doing their work. We’ll introduce you to Catholics who love their faith and, through sacred music, offer all their efforts for his glory and the sanctification of all who hear them. We aim for our podcast to be thoughtful, encouraging, and informative. We hope, too, that it will inspire and motivate you to work for the renewal of authentic beauty in sacred music—whether you’re a working church musician or an average Catholic in the pews wondering what’s going on. With the prayers of our patronesses, Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom and Saint Elisabeth of the Trinity, we hope to help draw souls to Christ through the beauty of the Church’s sacred music.

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SE05 EP16 - Charles Tournemire as Liturgical Organist: Improviser & Composer of L’Orgue Mystique with Kevin Faulkner

Published: April 27, 2023, 5:20 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds

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SE05 EP15 - All about Rogation Days - with Dr. Michael Foley

Published: April 25, 2023, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds

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SE05 EP14 - Sanctifying Time: The Hours of the Divine Office through the Day and through the Liturgical Year - with Dr. William Mahrt

Published: April 5, 2023, 12:09 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds

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SE05 EP13 - Becoming a Sacrifice of Praise: Advice for Choral Directors for Pursuing Musical Excellence & Developing a Polyphonic Repertoire in Parish Choirs - with Christopher Berry

Published: April 1, 2023, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 52 seconds

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SE05 Bonus 1 - The Role of Beauty and the Church's Sacred Music in the Spiritual Life, Intro to the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music - with Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka

Published: March 27, 2023, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 15 seconds

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SE05 EP12 - The Lives and Musical Education of Child Oblates in Medieval Monasteries - with Dr. Susan Boynton

Published: March 23, 2023, 4:37 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds

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SE05 EP11 - Lessons from Mary Berry on Persevering & Loving Gregorian Chant in the Midst of Trials - with Christopher Hodkinson

Published: March 16, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds

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SE05 EP10 - Teaching Gregorian Chant to Young People: The Canticle Apostolate - with Mary Ann Carr Wilson

Published: March 12, 2023, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 3 seconds

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SE05 EP09 - Organ Improvisation, Hymn Tune Introits, and Cathedral Choir Schools - with Dr. Christoph Tietze

Published: March 3, 2023, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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SE05 EP08 - Mocquereau’s “Classical Solesmes” School of Singing Chant: Understanding the Arguments about the Rhythm of Gregorian Chant – with Prof. Charles Weaver

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds

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SE05 EP07 - The Impact of the Council of Trent on Composers: The Case of Juan de Esquivel - with Dr. Michael O'Connor

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds

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SE05 EP06 - Do College Composition Departments Prepare Composers to Write Sacred Music? The Story of a Composer's Evolution - with Dr. Frank La Rocca

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 2:07 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 49 seconds

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A Bishop's Guardianship of Beauty and the Liturgy: Reflections on the Liturgical Life of the Ordinariate - with Bishop Steven J. Lopes

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 6:42 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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A Musical Offering: Reflections on Improvisation, Inspiration, and Harmony – with Naji Hakim

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds

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Understanding and Preventing Church Musician Burnout – with Dr. Kensley Behel

Published: Dec. 10, 2022, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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The Story of Musical Notation – with Dr. Thomas Forrest Kelly

Published: Dec. 4, 2022, 10:09 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 26 seconds

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Improving Catholic School Masses and Catholic Identity in Education – with Fr. Christopher Smith

Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 9:59 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 51 seconds

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Music of the California Missions: Understanding the Construction of a Vibrant Musical Culture - with Dr. Craig H. Russell

Published: June 4, 2022, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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Paleography, the Semiological Approach to Singing Chant, and the Work of Dom Eugène Cardine – with Dr. Edward Schaefer

Published: May 22, 2022, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 34 seconds

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Olivier Messiaen as Musical Theologian - with Dr. Robert Sholl

Published: May 22, 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 47 seconds

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The Psalms as the Basis for Christian Sung Prayer: Exploring the Four Senses of Scripture in the Divine Office - with Dr. William Mahrt

Published: May 16, 2022, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 45 seconds

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Capturing the Classical Polyphonic Sound: Historical Performance Practice for Parish Choirs - with Charles Weaver

Published: May 12, 2022, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 13 seconds

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New Jobs and Early-Career Church Musicians: Starting Off on the Right Foot - with Sam Rowe

Published: May 8, 2022, 9:28 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 9 seconds

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The Beuron School of Art: The Invention of a Modern Canon for Liturgical Art - with Emily Sottile

Published: May 6, 2022, 8:38 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 48 seconds

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Building Your Parish Choir’s Repertoire: Great Motets and Helpful Tips - with Dr. Aaron James

Published: May 5, 2022, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds

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Secular Music at Mass: Understanding the Use of Worldly Tunes in Renaissance Polyphony - with Dr. Andrew Kirkman

Published: May 2, 2022, 3:20 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 22 seconds

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Introducing People to Sacred Music: How to Plan a Great Event - with Janet Gorbitz

Published: April 27, 2022, 3:52 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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What Does "Pastoral" Mean? Leadership and Service in Sacred Music with Archbishop Salvatore J Cordileone

Published: April 21, 2022, 2:12 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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SE03 EP14 – Historical Notation, and the Link between Meaning and Notation in Sacred Music – with Charles Weaver

Published: May 31, 2021, 4:16 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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SE03 EP13 – Meeting Your Spouse in Choir, Weddings, and Babies - with Theresa and Ben Volpe, Sam and Lauren Rowe, and Drs. Jacek and Jennifer Nowiccy

Published: May 30, 2021, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds

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SE03 EP12 – Saint Juan de Ribera, Devotion to the Eucharist, and the Importance of Prayer in Liturgical and Musical Renewal – with James Monti

Published: May 3, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 3 seconds

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SE03 EP11 – The Origins of Gregorian Chant: The Roman Schola Cantorum and Old Roman Chant – with Dr. Joseph Dyer

Published: May 2, 2021, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 16 seconds

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SE03 EP10 – Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Sounds of Russian Orthodoxy – with Dr. Richard Fountain

Published: April 18, 2021, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 37 seconds

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SE03 EP09 - Liturgical Changes in Tudor England: Thomas Tallis’ Stable Position – with Dr. Kerry McCarthy

Published: April 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 17 seconds

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SE03 EP08 – Pius X School of Liturgical Music: A Snapshot of Sacred Music Education in America – with Dr. Francis Brancaleone

Published: April 10, 2021, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 8 seconds

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SE03 EP07 - Modality in Gregorian Chant - with Dr. William Mahrt

Published: March 27, 2021, 2:52 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 22 seconds

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SE03 EP06 – Dominican Chant – with Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 29 seconds

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SE03 EP05 – Swimming the Thames and the Tiber – with Dr. Jay Hershberger

Published: Dec. 12, 2020, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds

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SE03 EP04 – Music of the Ordinariate – with Fr. James Bradley

Published: Dec. 5, 2020, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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SE03 EP03 – Motets – with Dr. Aaron James

Published: Nov. 29, 2020, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 28 seconds

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SE03 EP02 - Growing up Catholic in China and Musical Life in the Church in China – with His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Zen

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 1:40 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds

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SE03 EP01 – Sanctity, Beauty, and Universality in Modern Sacred Music – with Sir James MacMillan

Published: Sept. 12, 2020, 7:55 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 9 seconds

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SE02 EP20 – Lectio Divina and Biblical Exegesis of Gregorian Chants for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost – with Dom Mark Kirby, OSB

Published: July 6, 2020, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds

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SE02 EP18 – 7000+ Hours of Gregorian Chant – Behind the Scenes at the Neumz Project – with John Anderson & Alberto Díaz-Blanco

Published: June 30, 2020, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 20 seconds

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SE02 EP19 – Where Do I Start? A Pastoral Plan for Changing a Parish Music Program - with Dr. Mary Jane Ballou

Published: June 30, 2020, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 28 seconds

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SE02 EP17 – Sacred Music as a Vital Part of Parish Life and Fellowship – Roundtable with Mary Ann Carr Wilson, Charles Cole, and Fr. Robert Pasley

Published: June 7, 2020, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 44 seconds

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Bonus Episode 5 – Introduction to the Organ for Pianists – with Dr. Crista Miller

Published: June 5, 2020, 8:24 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds

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Bonus Episode 4 – 40+ (Mostly Free) Resources for Making Excellent Sacred Music in a Time of Restrictions

Published: May 30, 2020, 11:17 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 49 seconds

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BONUS Episode 3 – The Top 5 Misconceptions about Music at Mass (Part I: nos. 1 and 2) – with Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka

Published: May 26, 2020, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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SE02 EP16 – “Lord, Teach Us to Pray:” The Spiritual Fruits of Obedience in Matters Liturgical – with Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB

Published: May 24, 2020, 2:02 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Bonus Episode 2 – Teaching Gregorian Chant to Children: A Look at the Ward Method

Published: May 22, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds

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SE02 EP15 – A Catholic Portrait of Abbé Franz Liszt – with Dr. Jay Hershberger

Published: May 17, 2020, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds

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SE02 EP14 – From Ragas to Responsories: A Hindu Becomes a Catholic Priest – with Fr. Gaurav Shroff

Published: May 10, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 29 seconds

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Bonus Episode 1 – Conducting and Group Vocal Tips for the Parish Music Director – with Dr. Timothy McDonnell

Published: May 8, 2020, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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SE02 EP13 – Pope Pius X’s Motu Proprio on Sacred Music – with Dr. Susan Treacy

Published: May 4, 2020, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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SE02 EP12 – The Hows and Whys of Illuminated Chant Manuscripts – with Elizabeth Lemme

Published: April 27, 2020, 12:26 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 24 seconds

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SE02 EP11 – William Byrd, English Catholic Composer and Recusant – with Dr. Kerry McCarthy

Published: April 19, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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SE02 EP10 – Beauty, Reverence, and Whether It's All in the Eye of the Beholder - with Dr. Alice von Hildebrand

Published: April 12, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 27 seconds

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SE02 EP09 – The Music of Notre Dame de Paris: The Organs and Organists through the Centuries – with Olivier Latry

Published: April 7, 2020, 1:04 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds

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SE02 EP08 – The Pipe Organ: King of the Instruments – with Dr. Nathan Knutson

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 10:58 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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SE02 EP07 – St. Élisabeth of the Trinity as Musician and Spiritual Friend – with Dr. Anthony Lilles

Published: Feb. 8, 2020, 9:35 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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SE02 EP06 – Understanding Christ in the Psalms – with Dom Benedict Andersen, OSB

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 2:15 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds

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SE02 EP05 - Musical Treasures of the Mozarabic (Hispanic) Rite – with Jim Monti

Published: Dec. 22, 2019, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 47 seconds

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SE02 EP04 – The Spiritual Fruits of Singing the Mass for Both Priests and Laity - with Fr. Nathan Cromly, CSJ

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 4:31 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds

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SE02 EP03 – All About St. Cecilia, or When in Rome - with Gregory DiPippo

Published: Nov. 30, 2019, 2:29 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds

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SE02 EP02 – The Worship of God: The Heart of the Mission of the Church – Part 2 with His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds

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SE02 EP01 – Sacred Music and Sacred Silence as Powerful Spiritual Medicines – with His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 12 – The Participation of Little Children in the Sacred Liturgy – with Dr. Timothy O’Malley

Published: May 31, 2019, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 11 – Developing a Sacred Music Program, St Vincent Ferrer, NYC - with James Wetzel

Published: May 22, 2019, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 10 – Teaching Sacred Music in Nigeria - with Fr. Jude Orakwe

Published: May 14, 2019, 10:47 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 9 - Modern Sacred Music - with Kevin Allen

Published: May 6, 2019, 3:13 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 8 – Evangelization and Catechesis through Music: South American Jesuit Missions and Working with Underserved Populations – with Lisa Knutson

Published: April 30, 2019, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 7 – The Role of Sacred Art in Evangelization and Church Patronage of Art – with Dr. Elizabeth Lev

Published: April 18, 2019, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 6 – Historical Techniques for Teaching Music to Children – with Charlie Weaver

Published: April 8, 2019, 2:44 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 5 – The Spirituality of Gregorian Chant – with Fr. Cassian Folsom, OSB

Published: March 31, 2019, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 4 – Introduction to Gregorian Chant – with Dr William Mahrt

Published: March 24, 2019, 9:53 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 3 – The Role of Sacred Music in Catholic Education – with Charles Cole

Published: March 17, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 2 - Beauty and Catholic Culture: a Story of Conversion – with Vida and Josh Hernandez

Published: March 11, 2019, 2:28 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 1 - An Archbishop’s Reflections on Sacred Music - with Archbishop Alexander K. Sample

Published: Feb. 24, 2019, 2:11 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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