Kosmecka, Agnieszka (Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, 2020)
This paper outlines the necessity of high-level music education in American Catholic Seminaries. It means the practice and cultivation of valuable music such as Gregorian chant or polyphonic choral masterpieces. The attentiveness to the “quality music” is future-oriented. The musical awareness of the priests will help to prevent the liturgy from triviality of pop culture, fully present in the American mindset. The purpose of American culture is permanent modernity which is a complete opposite of the tradition of Catholic Church. Conclusions presented in this article are the results of long-standing observation and research of how the Catholic liturgy intertwines with American pop culture.
