Free ZERO-COST Essentials for All Sacred Musicians
Empower Your Parish Musicians with Free, Ready-to-Use Resources to create your Catholic Liturgical Music Program.
Liturgical Tradition and Canon Law
Historically, chant and hymnody were regarded as intrinsic to the public worship of the Church, entrusted to communities by ecclesiastical authority (e.g., under an Imprimatur & Nihil Obstat). The Church’s own discipline effectively treated music for the liturgy as “given to the people,” not as a commercial product needing ongoing permissions and payments beyond the initial grant to publish - the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat.
We and others are returning to work under the tradition of ecclesiastical authority, offering much of our work for free.
Here our zero-cost essentials are yours here today at no cost—no forms, no fees, no hassle. Download our hymnals and music in this program then copy, print, podcast or stream them freely.
All our music is exempt from copyright fees, printing, sharing, charges for podcasting and streaming.
Every parish has hidden musical gifts—singers who know the melodies, pianists with nimble fingers, and faithful hearts eager to sing and play the Mass. Yet without the music that potential is wasted.
We give you the free essential tools on this page, PDF files for you to download for free. Including complete hymnals to copy pages out of and use at Mass.
Also we post music by other composers under these similar terms, known as Creative Commons
Today most every parish has a copy machine.
But, is it legal to copy these essential tools? You have our permission to copy, share, print in a bulletin, podcast and stream everything that we offer at no charge, no paperwork or permissions required.
Share with friends at neighboring parishes.!