This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac speak with Kate Williams, the vice president of sacred music at GIA Publications, publisher of the “Gather” and “Worship” hymnals.

00:00 We need to talk about music in the liturgy wars
2:50 How liturgical music evolved from Latin chant to guitar Masses
5:33 How the Bishops at Vatican II envisioned sacred music in the reform of the Mass
7:42 Why Catholics don’t sing at Mass
12:39 How singing changes us, and our communities
19:59 How can parishes and dioceses encourage more singing?
26:20 Liturgy and music ministers are not the problem
31:09 Liturgy wars over “heretical” hymns
44:00 Should parishes pick a coherent musical style or experiment?

Links:
Latin chant or folk music at Mass? A debate on what makes liturgy ‘reverent’: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/09/12/liturgy-synod-reverent-latin-mass-248764
The new Gather hymnal is just good enough — and that’s perfect: https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/12/03/gather-hymnal-fourth-edition-241966
What makes for good liturgical music? St. Thomas Aquinas has 3 criteria for what works at Mass: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/01/12/aquinas-liturgical-music-beauty-242097

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