OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — The St. Louis Jesuits, liturgical music icons from the 1970s, are back together and have released their first album in more than 20 years.
"Morning Light" is the seventh recording for the St. Louis Jesuits — Dan Schutte and Jesuit Fathers Bob Dufford, John Foley and Roc O’Connor — who were known for such songs as "Blest Be the Lord," "Lift Up Your Hearts" and "Sing a New Song."
In the mid 1980s, various assignments moved the men to different parts of the country, and Schutte left the Society of Jesus. These changes made it difficult to record music together, said Father O’Connor, a theology professor at Creighton University in Omaha and liturgist at St. John Parish on the Creighton campus. [Source]
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Who says we’re not in the End Times� , the Four Horseman of the Hymnal are loose, issuing forth from oblivion like the Nazgul from Mordor.
With brand new, ICEL approved lyrics!
How these guys managed to all be in the same room and not arrested by the Swiss Guards is beyond me.
Gee thanks Jeff for sharing such “good” news with us.
That explains the rift that I felt in the time/space continuum recently.
I like “Here I Am” and “Be Not Afraid”. So excommunicate me.
Coming soon to your local “Worship Space.”
Oh Joy! I can hardly wait to try out my new earplugs!
Perhaps it will become a collector’s item: “The Greatest Catholic Elevator Music” ever written. It will rank up there with the “Most Beloved Songs of Barry Manilow.”
Hey!!! I like their music! Does that mean I am not “Catholic” enough for you?
These guys are way better than Haugen and Haas.
I used to live in Jesuit Hall at SLU. In J-Hall’s dining room, I saw one of these “venerable” gentlemen ginerly stick his fingers into a banana pudding, grab a piece of banana, stick said banana in his mouth, lick his fingers, and then stick his recently licked fingers BACK into the pudding for another piece of banana!
Surprised? Not really.
Have they not tortured us enough? Of course some people like the music. It is sweet and catchy. I like U2 and the Monkeys, but I don’t want it in my hymnal. It is all well and fine to dig those St. Louis Jesuits, but please, buy the CD and leave them out of the hymnal. It is possible to have Catholic music that is not for use in church.
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I guess they must have found a replacement for their drummer after the original one spectacularly exploded in the middle of a concert.
From the article:
“It’s our little reunion tour,” Schutte said. “It’s going to be a wonderful shot in the arm for many people.”
And a pain in the neck to many others.
Albertus, I wonder if the amps go to eleven?
Marc
I read some H.P. Lovecraft last night, but this is scarier.
One guess who PAYS for the “reunion tour…”
“In the mid 1980s, various assignments moved the men to different parts of the country, and Schutte left the Society of Jesus. These changes made it difficult to record music together”
The Holy Spirit was at work disbanding these guys for a reason! We need to pray the Holy Spirit guides them in different directions again!!!!
I heard that Dan Schutte left the preisthood for his gay lover. Is this true?
Schutte may not have left for his gay lover, but that’s where he ended up parking.
Here’s my take on the church music subject:
Sing an Old Song, Please!
Anyone heard Foley’s “All Shall Be Well”? A GREAT, stirring Easter hymn!
Another wonderful song by John Foley: May We Praise You, O Lord. Nothin’ wrong with that, and plenty right.
Holy God we praise They Name!
Ave Maria!
Sweet Sacrament, We Thee Adore!
Anything less is not rich enough, pious enough nor does it deserve to be even hummed during a Holy Catholic Mass.
By any chance the guys that brought us Let There be Peace on Earth c/o Walt disney Productions?
Those are wonderful hymns, TimA.
Let’s not confuse “Let There be Peace on Earth” with that other wonderful old hymn, “It’s a Small World After All” or that favorite of the Church of St. Coke, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”. Wait, maybe those ARE all the same song!
I wonder what the comparative ratio for American Catholics would be of Haugen/Schutte songs pounded into memory compared to the number of psalms similarly learned through the liturgical fashions of the last half century.
I think the ratio would probably be higher than anyone would want to try to explain to King David.
PVO
Given the current musical sampling that includes country and western tunes, especially for the Communion Hymn this music seems positively benign in comparison. I guess because I don’t have to listen to this music anymore since I only go to the Old Mass I can laugh at your pain- bwhahahahahaaa.
Schutte’s song, “You Are Near” is a timeless treasure – heard it sung in Rome at the American College last year while visiting a dear friend. Can’t say much for Haas or Haghen.