The primary purpose of the sacred music program at the Ross & Pike County Consortium is to transform the hearts and minds of the faithful through the power and beauty of music within the context of the liturgy and the worship of the faithful. By praising God, who is ineffably sublime, the faithful progress on their pilgrimage to the world of the resurrection; it is “through the praise of God, that humanity ascends to God” (Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologiae, II-II, 91).

The Consortium Sacred Music Program springs from the time tested music tradition of the Roman Catholic Church; its intention is to make the “tradition new” and reflects the desire of the Consortium to promote a musical art that is authentic, engaging, beautiful, spiritual, and inspiring.

As Pope Benedict XVI said in his address on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Institute of Music: “The liturgy, and consequently sacred music, ‘lives on a correct and constant relationship between healthy traditio and legitima progressio,’ keeping constantly in mind the fact that these two concepts — which the Council Fathers clearly underlined — merge since ‘tradition is a living reality, which therefore includes in itself the principle of development, of progress.’” (Address to the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of the Athenaeum of Sant’ Anselmo, 6 May 2011.)

The musical offerings of the Consortium Sacred Music Program are both traditio and legitima progressio. It is our hope that you will find the sacred music helpful in your liturgical planning and worship practices.

Mr. Cody Egner
Director of Sacred Music