Rite Art

My personal wedding video Part 1 of 3. Tridentine/1962 Extraordinary Form Nuptial Mass. Full Nuptial ceremonial and Missa Cantata following. Note: Version of vows used was the standard “Old English” used in England, Pre-Vatican II. The wording, along with the moving of the wedding ring on every finger was considered by us to be more traditional. It was a personal artistic choice. The choir didn’t have time to get “O Bone Jesu” in during communion and post-communion so Dick Valletta made the call to do it during the Last Gospel. Oh well! He’s the one who studied at Solesmes France so I am not going to question him. No one chants exactly like Dick. You should hear him when he plays a Requiem Mass. The last song sung before the Recessional is a Slovak hymn. My wife was born in Slovakia. Dick did that special for my wife. Poor Fr. Cyprian. We didn’t know if we would even be able to have the wedding because Fr. came down with a terrible stomach/intestinal flu that morning. That’s why his voice isn’t super strong on the video but he’s normally fantastic at chanting. He made it through though! Thank you Fr. Cyprian! Date: January 18, 2003 Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rome, Double, 1st Class Place: St. Boniface Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Celebrant for Mass: Fr. Cyprian G .Constantine, OSB, M. Div., D. Mus. A. Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, St. Vincent College & Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa. Sitting in Choir: Fr. Eugene J. Doughterty, Chaplain Emeritus Pittsburgh Latin …

I do not own the rights to this short film, however it inspired me as a child and I wanted to share it with those that would appreciate it as much as I do. Musical score: Igor Stravinsky — The Rite of Spring Directed by Bill Roberts and Paul Satterfield Story development/research: William Martin, Leo Thiele, Robert Sterner, and John Fraser McLeish Art direction: McLaren Stewart, Dick Kelsey, and John Hubley Background painting: Ed Starr, Brice Mack, and Edward Levitt Animation supervision: Wolfgang Reitherman and Joshua Meador Animation: Philip Duncan, John McManus, Paul Busch, Art Palmer, Don Tobin, Edwin Aardal, and Paul B. Kossoff Special camera effects: Gail Papineau and Leonard Pickley

Overview of Chapter 7 of Fr. Anthony Cekada’s Work of Human Hands: A Theological Critique of the Mass of Paul VI. www.philotheapress.com ($24.95 + shipping) • Why do so many churches built for the Mass of Paul VI look so “un-churchy”? • Why does the priest face the people now for Mass? • Why did the tabernacle disappear? • Why are there so few statues and images? The answer isn’t fads or bad taste. It’s bad theology — specifically the modernist theology of the Mass as assembly. Naturally, understanding the Mass primarily as an assembly supper rather that as a sacrifice offered to God will have a profound influence on the externals of the rite. Chapter Seven of Work of Human Hands examines how assembly theology affected the new legislation governing the externals of the Mass of Paul VI — church architecture, the altar, the tabernacle and the rest. If the last Catholic church you were in looked like a food court or a Pizza Hut on the inside, you’ll find the explanation here. ———- “Thoroughly researched and eminently readable… marshals an impressive array of evidence… excellent… a thorough scholar.” — Dr. Stephen McInerny Campion College, NSW Oriens Journal www.doctrinaliturgica.com