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"The 'Guitar Mass,' 'Contemporary Mass,' 'Folk Mass' — whatever one wants to call it — is not exclusively the child of Vatican II. Such an assumption is a disservice to history. The Folk Mass story begins neither with folk music, nor guitars, nor even with the Council. The Folk Mass had its origins in the Church's official music: Gregorian chant. . ."
— from Keep the Fire Burning: The Folk Mass Revolution by Ken Canedo

KEN CANEDO is a liturgical composer whose songs are sung in Catholic churches around the world. Long involved with spiritandsong.com, a contemporary Catholic music website, he is the voice behind the popular weekly Liturgy Podcast and also a Spirit Spot blogger. His most recent CD is Doxology, a collection of contemporary and traditional music to honor the Most Holy Trinity. He currently serves as a youth minister and pastoral musician for parishes in Portland, Oregon.

Ken writes frequently for Today’s Liturgy magazine. His first book, Keep the Fire Burning, was just released by Pastoral Press.


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    Ken is the host of the popular Liturgy Podcast on spiritandsong.com, a website of contemporary Catholic music. On this weekly podcast, Ken breaks open the Sunday scripture and plays song suggestions for the liturgy from the Spirit & Song repertoire. Note: Only website members can access Liturgy Podcast and other features. Membership is free and easy on this link.

    • Article on Ken's recent workshop on the New Roman Missal with the priests of the Diocese of Biloxi, from the Gulf Pine Catholic
    • New review from The Hymn Society! See the new Book Reviews page to read all the reviews coming in for Keep the Fire Burning
    • Ken is quoted in this CNS news story on the musical implications of the new Roman Missal. (8/24/2010)
    • Articles by Ken on the New Roman Missal
    • Interview with Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd on the revision of their Mass of Glory for the new Roman Missal
    • Latest Podcast: Chapter Ten(f): The Dameans ("All Our Joy") featuring their 2nd album Songs of the New Creation
    • Looking for a recording or more information about the Folk Mass composers? Click here.
    • EXCITING NEW PODCAST OPTIONS!
      For your convenience, podcasts are now available on iTunes, at libsyn (podcast syndication service), or at RSS subscription
    • NOW ON AMAZON! Keep the Fire Burning is available on Amazon.com
    • Upcoming Events: See Announcements page for Ken's appearances in the coming months.

    Today's Quote - Keep the Fire Burning:

    “At the time of the 1964 change to English, the People’s Mass Book was the only hard-cover vernacular hymnal available to the parishes.  Indeed, when samples were distributed during the St. Louis Liturgical Week conference in August, almost every diocese placed orders, necessitating an unprecedented print run that saw eventual sales of more than two million copies over three years.”

     

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