NLM: Septuagesima in the Ambrosian Rite by Gregory DiPippo

Items of Interest, 12 October 2011

The Occupation Movement:
Thomas Fleming, Occupied America
Why the metamovement will ultimately fail by Dave Pollard (EB)
Ralph Nader, Rumble from the people (Counterpunch)
Welmer, Occupy Wall Street Protests: Real Movement or More Party Politics?
The Occupation Movement: Grand Alliance or Anti-Tea Party?
John Robb, JOURNAL: A Capitalist Reformation?

More on the Economy:
The FALL of Phantom Assets by Dr. Peter Chojnowski

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, America's Lost Decade

Transition Culture: “Communities are more important than individuals, and probably more important than states and nations”: An interview with Bill McKibben

Joel Salatin:
The Self-Sufficient Gardener: Episode 125 Interviews – Joel Salatin, Cheryl Long, Diane Ott Whealy (mp3)
Farmer And Philosopher Joel Salatin (mp3)
Joel Salatin, Part 1: “Folks, This Ain’t Normal”
Joel Salatin, Part 2: Food Regulation And The Little Guy
Mother Earth News (2008)
Making Food Friendly
Dekacrossfit

Peak Oil:
How I prepared my family for peak oil - Nicole Foss (EB)


Catholic:
Papal Vespers in Carthusian Monastery

Solemn Ambrosian Vespers and Benediction (Usus Antiquior Ambrosianus)

Rob Vischer, Occupy Wall Street v. Tea Party: Should Catholic Identity Shape Our Preference?

Are we really talking about identity, as opposed to political preferences or the alliances that we form with others? Is there any movement that embodies CST? Would we not be better off pursuing concrete strategies of relocalization and living in accordance with the order of charity?

CD-Aufnahmen zur neuen CD "Chant - Amor et Passio": 1. Tag


Probe mit David Ianni für die CD "Chant - Amor et Passio"


Predigt von Kurt Kardinal Koch

Diet and Health:
Mark Sisson: How I'd Change Gym Class


Music:
NPR: A Final Gift From Steve Jobs, Plus New Music From First Aid Kit

Breathing New Life Into Hank Williams' Lyrics : NPR

Exclusive Interview: Scotty McCreery talks hitting No. 1, his 'no' list and prom

NLM: The Sculptural Work of Fr. Felix Granda
Ancient Ambrosian Rite Offered at Rome's Pantheon

NLM: Holy Week at the Benedictine Monastery of Norcia, Birthplace of St. Benedict and Easter in the Ambrosian Rite - Part III

NLM: Easter Vigil in the Ambrosian Rite - Part I and Easter Vigil in the Ambrosian Rite - Part II

NLM: Liturgical Colours for Lent in the Ambrosian Tradition and The Coptic Orthodox Divine Liturgy

Cardinal Biffi responds

Sandro Magister, Cardinal Biffi Really Doesn't Like That Book (via NLM)

NLM: A Member of the Ambrosian Congregation Responds to Cardinal Biffi – An Assessment by Gregory DiPippo

Sandro Magister, Ambrosian Conflicts. Biffi Bashes, Milan Lashes Back (via NLM)

Sandro Magister, Ambrosian Rite. Cardinal Biffi's Ax Falls on New Lectionary
It has come into use in Milan with the approval of the Vatican. But the archbishop emeritus of Bologna, Milanese and a leading expert on Saint Ambrose, has found it to be full of eccentricities and errors. He wants Rome to reexamine it from the top

Beneventan and Ambrosian Chant

Répons et verset - Chants Bénéventains


Chant of Benevento - Pascha Nostrum


Chant of Benevento - Laudamus te Christe


Ambrosian chant - Ecce apertum est Templum tabernaculi


Ambrosian chant - Tecum principium in die virtutis tue


Ambrosian chant - Ecce quam bonum et jocundum


Links:
wiki on Ambrosian Chant, Beneventan Chant
Beneventan Chant
The Beneventan Chant by Thomas Kelly (see also Plainsong in the Age of Polyphony, which he edited)
CE on Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian Chant - Home Page
CANTO AMBROSIANO - SPARTITI

Google Books: Western plainchant: a handbook

Ambrosian Vespers at St. Paul's in Cambridge

Besides the various early music events and the occasional lecture, it is only something like this that would make me wish I were still living in Boston.