A few things to which I would like to draw your attention.

The first is a nice lecture given in 1998 by Joseph Kerman, “Music and Politics: The Case of William Byrd” (PDF warning). Cath Con posted a link for it yesterday and it was a nice read. The author is a professor at Berkeley and he seems very keen on Byrd, not just as a musician but also as a Catholic dissident.

The second thing is that online donation is now up and running for the Institute’s restoration project in St. Louis; you can read all about it at their blog, Tradition for Tomorrow: Restoring the Landmark of South St. Louis. Even though it may be years (if ever) before we’re next in St. Louis, I myself like to support this sort of thing. It seems to me that we all have a stake in the restoration of beautiful churches around this country where the traditional forms of the sacraments will be celebrated and the Faith handed on, in all its richness, to the next generation. Beautiful churches filled with traditional liturgies also seem to me to be one of the best avenues to conversions, whether of protestants or agnostics.

Here is a new SSPX project of a similar nature. I didn’t donate to it, but I certainly wouldn’t be disappointed to see it succeed.

Also, don’t forget to support the “mother church” of the FSSP in Rome. Just take a look at their website – it’s quite nice!

Finally, if you’re thinking to give the gift of a Bible, check out Baronius Press’ new Douay Rheims with facing Latin Vulgate. The binding is black leather. You can see sample pages here (PDF warning).