The Catholic Week of the Archdiocese of Mobile this week featured a front page announcement of the chant workshop at Cathedral about which there have been marvelous reports, especially from those who attended the final Mass. The workshop schola sang all the propers of the Mass according to the Graduale, and the fact of this progress has drawn some degree of national attention.

It would be impossible to express how exciting it is to see such progress being made in uniting music in such an integral way with the Mass. It is especially encouraging to scholas like ours in parishes in the archdiocese to be able to look to the Cathedral as a model for the liturgical arts. We all must express deep gratitude to Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb for encouraging these developments and being so supportive of the hard work of musicians who seek to accomplish what the Church is asking of us.