Latin chant or folk guitar: What should Catholics sing at Mass? | Jesuitical Podcast

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... The new Gather hymnal is just good enough — and that’s perfect: https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-... What makes for good liturgical music? St. Thomas Aquinas has 3 criteria for what works at Mass: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith... You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical. Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America magazine at https://www.americamagazine.org/subsc... ****** America Media is the leading provider of editorial content for thinking Catholics and those who want to know what Catholics are thinking. To become a subscriber, visit https://www.americamagazine.org/subsc... ****** Sign-up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/2Ka4SOi ****** Follow us on Social Media: • America Media on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Kal3Ll • America Media on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2viJosZ • America Media on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Ka5q6O ****** Support more videos like this: http://bit.ly/2vgqm6A