[Magdalen] Music question

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Sent: Nov 16, 2016 11:35 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Music question
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>In a message dated 11/16/2016 5:32:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>revegger at gmail.com writes:
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>Yes,  Richard.  to me his name looks like it should be pronounced  "Prowlex"
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>It's Pruuu.  At least that's the way he wants it.
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>Some of his "Community Mass" is in TEC '82 Hymnal.  The local
>Procathedral at one point printed up pew cards with the Mass Ordinary
>for easy use, but the old low-church hardliners objected because it
>used the word, "Mass."  They had to be withdrawn, even though  the
>hymnal version is used without problem.
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>Proulx was on the '82 Hymnal Committee, even though he is a 
>Roman Catholic, and long time O/C of Chicago's RC Holy Name
>Cathedral.
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>He gained a sort of fame by appealing to the national church music
>community (successfully) to help him out with coronary bypass surgery
>expenses.  Apparently the Archdiocese of Chicago had a cheapo
>medical policy that didn't cover the expense.
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>David S.
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> Proulx is a relatively common French Canadian surname. In Chicago we were never sure whether Dick was Roman or Episcopal. 

Joe
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