About 150 youth from the dioceses of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah joined in song Sunday for a choral festival and Mass sponsored by Pueri Cantores, the student choral organization of the Catholic church.
The singers, ages 7-18, performed works spanning 1,500 years – from Gregorian through the 20th century – at the service held at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Pueri Cantores organizes regional, national and international liturgies and events for youth choirs. It currently has 110 member choirs in the United States.
And do go read Gashwin’s "Tale of Two Masses". Good stuff.
While I’m thinking of it, I think one of the points I would like to explore more, hints of which I have read at other blogs, is the whole issue of uniformity. The accusation is that the Missal of Pius V imposed uniformity where there had been, previously, more diversity (even acknowledging the fact that that Reform allowed the use of rites that were more than 200 years old.). The counter-accusation, though, is that the Vatican II reform imposed an untoward uniformity. (In terms of what’s in the books, not in practice, of course.)
One more question for the discussion..
//r
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