Monthly Archives: August 2025

This is another ICEL song that the editors of CWB got from the Resource Collection and Service Music for the Liturgy, which I note is still available from GIA. The text was by Ralph Wright and the music Austin Rennick, … Continue reading →

In my survey of songs from Australia’s original Catholic Worship Book, I am looking at songs I haven’t already covered from other collections. I am therefore coming across songs that have slipped out of use or were too traditional for … Continue reading →

I am finding some interesting obscurities in CWB. This is a song for Eucharist with a text by James McMullen. I can find nothing about him, except that this song appeared in three hymnals other than CWB, but even then … Continue reading →

This song was carried through to CWB II where a pretty setting by Richard Connolly was used, but in the original CWB, it was set to the Irish tune MISNEACH, which is also lovely. This was also the choice in … Continue reading →