Season 2 of Square Notes - Two-Part Interview with Cardinal Sarah

Square Notes: The Sacred Music Podcast is back for season two! We begin this season with a two-part interview with His Eminence Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Take a listen here:


We’ve got a great lineup for the upcoming weeks, too.

• Episode 2 - Directing all to God: The Sacred Liturgy at the Heart of the Mission of the Church - part 2 with His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah
• Episode 3 - All about Saint Cecilia, Or: When in Rome - with Gregory DiPippo
• Episode 4 - The Spiritual Fruits of Singing the Mass for Both Priests and the Laity - with Fr. Nathan Cromly, CSJ
• Episode 5 - Musical Treasures of the Mozarabic (Hispanic) Rite - with Jim Monti
• Episode 6 - Beauty, Happiness, and Whether It’s All in the Eye of the Beholder - with Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
• Episode 7 - St. Elizabeth of the Trinity as Musician and Spiritual Friend - with Dr. Anthony Lilles
• Episode 8 - The Catholic Traditions of Hymn Singing - with Jeffrey Ostrowski
• Episode 9 - The Pipe Organ: King of the Instruments, and Splendor in the Roman Rite - with Dr. Nathan Knutson
• Episode 10 - William Byrd: English Catholic Composer and Recusant - with Dr. Kerry McCarthy
• Episode 11 - The Hows and Whys of Illuminated Chant Manuscripts - with Elizabeth Lemme
• Episode 12 - Pope Pius X’s Motu Proprio on Sacred Music - with Dr. Susan Treacy
• Episode 13 - From Ragas to Responsories: A Hindu Becomes a Catholic Priest - with Fr. Gaurav Shroff
• Episode 14 - A Catholic Portrait of Abbé Franz Liszt - with Dr. Jay Hershberger
• Episode 15 - Sacred Music, Liturgy, and Church Authority - with Dom Alcuin Reid, OSB
• Episode 16 - Lectio Divina and Biblical Exegesis of Gregorian Chant - with Dom Mark Kirby, OSB
• Episode 17 - Sacred Music as a Vital Part of Parish Life and Fellowship - roundtable with MaryAnn Carr Wilson, Charles Cole, and Fr. Robert Pasley
• Episode 18 - Swimming the Thames and the Tiber - with Dr. Jay Hershberger

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