Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Jeffrey Tucker posts a link to an article by Daniel Burke which appeared in the Kansas City Star but is syndicated widely . Here is just a bit: After a public relations push by Pope Benedict XVI, who wants Gregorian chant restored to its “pride of place” in the liturgy, a plainsong renaissance is percolating among U.S. Catholics as well. Nearly 200 scholas — choirs that sing plainsong — have popped up around the country, many in the last five years, according to the Church Music Association of America, or CMA. Sacred music seminars that once drew 40 to 50 people now lure hundreds of Catholic musical directors, organists and singers. And priests-in-training in seminaries across the country are increasingly asking to be educated in the intricacies of Gregorian chant, said William Mahrt, CMA president and sacred-song expert. Please go to the New Liturgical Movement for more .