The following list was assembled by the Diocese of San Jose liturgical commission, the office of liturgy, and 12 local music ministry directors:
All Is Ready – David Haas
Topical: Unity, Gathering Bible Reference:
Alternatives:
- Welcome and Wanted – Zack Stachowski
- We Belong to You – Trevor Thomson; Victoria Thomson
- All Are Welcome (All Belong)- Jesse Manibusan, Jennah Manibusan
- All Are Welcome- Marty Haugen
- In This Place- Trevor Thomson
Blest Are They – David Haas
Topical: Justice, Kingdom of God
Bible Reference: Matthew 5:3-12 (Beatitudes)
Alternatives:
- O How Blest – Dan Schutte
- We Are the Light of the World – Jean Anthony Greif
- Lead Me, Lord – John D. Becker
Magnificat – David Haas Topical: Mary
Bible Reference: Luke 1:46-55
Alternatives
- My Soul Rejoices- Jackie Francois
- Holy Is His Name- John Michael Talbot
Now We Remain – David Haas
Topical: Mission, Paschal Mystery, Salvation
Bible Reference: 2 Corinthians, 1 John 1, 2 Timothy 2
Alternatives:
- Two Were Bound for Emmaus – Bob Hurd
- Alleluia! Love is Alive – Sarah Hart
- The Servant Song – Richard Gillard
- We Who Hunger Come to the Table – Hurd/Cortez
- Caminemos con Jesús/Let Us Walk With Jesus – Tony Alonso
Psalm 139 – Before I Was Born – David Haas
Topical: Comfort, Trust Bible Reference: Psalm 139
Alternatives
- These Alone Are Enough – Dan Schutte
- Behind and Before Me – Cyprian Consiglio
- O God You Search Me- Bernadette Farrell
Send Us Your Spirit – David Haas
Topical: Holy Spirit,Mission
Alternatives:
- Envía tu espíritu – Bob Hurd
- Psalm 104 – Send Out Your Spirit (Haugen/Alonso); Lyric Psalter
- Holy Spirit – Ken Canedo
Song of the Body of Christ – David Haas
Topical: Unity, Real Presence, Eucharist
Alternatives:
- Bread for the World – Bernadette Farrell
- The Supper of the Lord – Lawrence Rosania
- Take and Eat – Michael Joncas
- Here at this table – Janet Sullivan Whitaker
- Ang Katawan Ni Kristo – Manalo
- Somos El Cuerpo de Cristo – Jaime Cortez
We Are Called – David Haas
Topical: Discipleship, Humility, Justice, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Mission
Bible Reference: Micah 6:8
Alternatives:
- We Are Called to Serve – Tim Smith
- Take the Word of God – Christopher Walker
- If Christ is Lord of All – Zack Stachowski
- God Has Chosen Me – Bernadette Farrell
- God Sends Us Forth – Tony Alonso
- Go Out, Go Out – Curtis Stephan
- Can We Love – Tom Booth
- A Rightful Place – Steve Angrisano
- Go Out in the World – Ed Bolduc
We Have Been Told – David Haas
Topical: Love of God for Us
Bible Reference: John 15:5
Alternatives:
- I Have Loved You – Michael Joncas
- Come Unto Me – Bob Hurd
- As Christ is For Us – Janet Sullivan Whitaker
- We Remember – Marty Haugen
We Will Rise Again – David Haas
Topical: Comfort, Healing, Perseverance
Bible Reference: Isaiah 40:11, 26, 29-30, Isaiah 41:10
Alternatives:
- Rise Again – Christian Cosas
- Only in God – John Michael Talbot
- Shelter Me, O God – Bob Hurd
- You Are Near – Dan Schutte
- In Every Age – Janet Sullivan Whitaker
You Are Mine – David Haas
Topical: Call, Comfort, Healing
Alternatives:
- Be Not Afraid – Bob Dufford, S.J.
- Like a Child Rests – Christopher Walker
- Come to Me, All Who Labor / Vengan a Mí los Agobiados – Jaime Cortez
- Day of Peace – Janet Sullivan Whitaker
- All Shall Be Well – Carol Browning and Christopher Walker
- O God You Search Me – Bernadette Farrell
The above comes from a July memo from the San Jose diocese.
The following comes from an Aug. 3 memo from the Sacramento diocese.
Dear Fathers and Liturgy Coordinators,
In recent weeks, disturbing information has come to light about liturgical composer Davis Haas. Mr. Haas is the composer of a number of songs used frequently in liturgies in a great many dioceses, including the Diocese of Sacramento.
Mr. Haas has been accused of multiple instances of sexual abuse of young adult women and of using his professional standing to coerce women into sexual activity and exploit the vulnerability of women who previously have experienced abuse.
As the news of the allegations has spread, more accusers have come forward to describe extremely troubling actions and trauma. Mr. Haas’ publishing company has severed ties with him, and his home Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has prohibited concerts by Mr. Haas, appearances at diocesan events and the use of his music in archdiocesan liturgies. Other dioceses, including Los Angeles and San Jose, have taken similar actions.
….Until further notice, we ask pastors and liturgical coordinators in the Diocese of Sacramento to suspend the use of David Haas’ music by Friday, August 14, 2020.
When will the Diocese of San Jose respond to the disturbing information that its diocesan high school Mitty promotes the gay and transgender propaganda in its curriculum, with gay married teachers that students and faculty know full well about? When will the DSJ correct that? The DSJ has known for years and has done nothing about it. Fake Catholic school. Cowardly bishop.
Furthermore, composer Dan Schutte has his own personal lifestyle problems against Catholic morality. How long before Dan Schutte music gets banned. Everyone knows, just like they did about David Haas, but it took thirty years for stuff about Haas to reach the boiling point. How long for Schutte?
That the DSJ felt the need to submit a long list of alternative songs to Haas selections shows that they don’t think their music directors have any knowledge or talent to be able to do things for themselves. I live in the DSJ and can tell you that the quality of music is pretty bad here. At least half of the songs proposed as alternatives are terrible and have no place at Mass.
Good question about the Diocese of San Jose not dealing with the active homosexuals in schools here.
That said, what’s up with Dan Schutte (if he left the Jesuits legitimately, other than his association with the Nat’l Catholic Reporter, USF and other Jesuit schools)?
I could find nothing about “personal lifestyle problems against Catholic morality.”
I know Archbishop Cordileone won’t issue him a letter of good standing, so, when in Kansas City, the bishop there barred him from performing in a Catholic venue.
If he has moral and/or criminal issues, then he should be treated the same as Haas.
Read this article by ChurchMilitiant. It says everything.
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/gay-ex-jesuit-concert-booted-from-catholic-parish-after-backlash
Thank you. That might explain why the Archdiocese of San Francisco (where he lives) will not issue a letter of good standing for him.
Thanks for the link? Aside from the irony of Church Militant outing someone and the heresy of calling a Catholic Church a “novus ordo” parish, it was informative, but in a gossipy way. I think if a bishop won’t give someone a letter of good standing, we should probably just be good Christians, accept it and mind out own business. I think I will make an act of contrition for reading the link.
“Mind our own business”?
You haven’t been around the internet for long , have you?
Anonymous on parish council, does your parish have a school? If so, do you have known practicing homosexuals on staff? And, if so, what do the parish council and pastor think? Have they informed the new bishop?
How about Gregorian Chants? They are in the public domain
and no royalties need to be paid. Most of all, they are beautiful
and lift one’s heart to God.
I tend to agree. What this is showing is the poverty of novus ordo music. Some of the texts that are suggested as replacements are absurd, with worse lyrics than the David Haas songs they are replacing. So an objectively better David Haas song is being replaced by an objectively worse song by some other composer only because David Haas is persona non grata in today’s cancel culture. Read Zach Stakowski’s “Welcome and Wanted” lyrics and try not to laugh or feel embarrassed for any parish that sings that stupid song. Any music director who uses half those songs regularly should be disqualified from music ministry. And if you’re not doing at least one thing in chant (Latin or English) at every Mass, you are negligent. Why were no public domain songs suggested as replacements? Like why not “Come Holy Ghost” as a substitute for “Send Us Your Spirit”? Most of the people who plan music for liturgy don’t know what they’re doing, and they just look at the OCP or GIA catalogue or monthly suggestions for their picks. The fact that no traditional hymns nor public domain songs appear on the list tells me that either OCP and GIA influenced these suggestions or the people on the committee have an impoverished understanding of church music.
Now is the time to put in suggestions for what you would like. I don’t know much Gregorian Chant but I think Pope Benedict XVI issued some document about it I feel bad for younger people who don’t know the hymns we grew up with.
Some of David Haas’ songs are good. The music should be separate from the person who wrote it. Lots of the classical composers lived wretched lives. I love “We are Called.” They can’t play it enough for me. But they rarely do. I hate Gather us In, Lord of the Dance, All Are Welcome which they play a lot. (Not David Haas Songs).
If those of you with more knowledge of chant and hymns could give suggestions, I would appreciate it. I have to look up the hymns in the Christian Prayer version of the Liturgy of the Hours.
Let’s turn this into something positive.
You might start by looking up the “Adoramus Hymnal” at Ignatius Press; then go on to the “Corpus Christi Watershed” website and click on their “Roman Catholic Hymnal” link at the top. They use the “Saint Jean de Brebeuf Hymnal” and have a video explaining what is in it and a choir singing some of the hymns. Many of their hymns are in English and totally Catholic.
“The Institute of Christ the King” has a website, and if you click the “Resource” link at the top, then click the “Sacred Music” link, you will find Gregorian chant for the whole year. Hope that helps.
I misspelled the “Adoremus Hymnal”. Anyway one of the websites has a list of every hymn within it and an audio of a choir singing it.
“if you’re not doing at least one thing in chant (Latin or English) at every Mass, you are negligent.” This is a ridiculous statement. There is no requirement nor even a suggestion in the Catholic Church that chant be used at every Mass.
As for David Haas music, why not let it stand on its own? His music has provided joy and comfort for years to Catholics and non-Catholics alike, and it continues to fulfill its ultimate purpose — the praise and glorification of God. That does not change simply because the composer is a sinner. (And aren’t we all? Where is the forgiveness?)
I wish that the Church would follow her own instructions on Chant.
https://www.canticanova.com/articles/misc/art7at1.htm
This has links to documents and even music.
Perfect Clinton R., Gregorian chant and all Latin.
Oh, how nice to hear that the leaders of our Catholic Dioceses are so concerned about the music being sung. In the meantime, churches are being set afire, Catholics cannot attend Mass because Mass attendance is banned by Newsom and other governors, etc. One could go on and on about the failure of our Bishops and Archbishops to stand up for Catholicism. Instead, the junk music we have been subjected to for years is what concerns them.
Well said,
If we cannot have all Gregorian chant, one of my votes is for “The Adoramus Hymnal”, which combines Gregorian with English hymns. “Adoro Te Devote”, in both the Latin and English, is included using the treble clef instead of neumes ( pronounced “nyoomz”) Some other chants included use neumes. I think some Protestant hymns are included, but none that would be considered heretical in content. And please, do not ruin it by changing it to so-called “inclusive” language. Most of us were/are smart enough to figure out that “peace on earth good will to men”, in context, meant/means women also.
Basically, ghastly.
Not fair to Mr Haas.
Can’t his “God of Second Chances” be included.
I mean…really. Wouldn’t it be appropriate?
He can have a second chance with God, yes. His music does not get a second chance with the church, no. It’s going to be like he and his music never existed.
Anonymous, your post made me look. I only see two dioceses that have cancelled him but in researching that I discovered a lot more about how this “cancellation” came about. Since I have no personal knowledge of this, I cannot say much except it always bothered me how little Haas was accused of when you actually read the stories and I thought it was just another gross overreaction by cancel culture. After reading his ex-wife’s Facebook post, and the letter that was sent by Into Account, the group that went after him, Mr. Haas’ statement of denial makes a lot of sense. Perhaps their motivation was as his ex-wife (one of the three alleged victims) said “It is for the sake of all the women who are demanding their voice be heard, for the sake of my daughter and sons, my wife, my mother, my sisters that I choose to speak out now.” I have some concern about posts on the Into Account Facebook page with links to a couple of organization of radical feminists that resist white supremacy, pictures of one of their founders at the protests. An ad for the Enneagram gives me pause as well. I have never met Mr. Haas, his wife, or anyone at CCD or Into Account. I do not have any information, just unease.
116. The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services.
But other kinds of sacred music, especially polyphony, are by no means excluded from liturgical celebrations, so long as they accord with the spirit of the liturgical action, as laid down in Art. 30.
Sacrosanctum Concilium, Vatican Council II
It really makes you think, with this and the clergy scandal, how many frauds are there in the church and at high levels?
Probably as many as there are in secular culture.
We are all sinners.
We don’t want songs; we want hymns like “Come Holy Ghost.”
Andrew Everson of St Joachim Catholic Church, Costa Mesa, CA, is my choir director and has written many psalms and hymns! Andrew has been published and has 45 or 5 CD’s recorded. Find him on You Tube!
Forget about the morality – the songs suck.Go back to chant or pre Vatican II or even our Protestant brethren’s hymns.
Mass is not a concert.
When the music Pro. Mc Caffrey recommended is used, the choir is often hidden in a choir loft, and there is no clapping as is often done when the more modern music is used, so I would hardly think what she suggested would be a “concert”.
People who really like to sing can be in the choir or sing along at the appropriate times. A high Latin High or a more traditional new Mass is kind of a going back and forth with the priest, choir and people singing at different times, which would be a nice change for some who really do not like singing, and who want a more contemplative environment during the Mass. Not every one is into noise, noise and more noise in out crowed valleys.
Correction to end of the first and beginning of second line: A high Latin Mass……
Much has happened since the comments above were written. Look back to 1979, when Mr. Haas activities were first discovered, and note what has slowly happened since. I believe the investigation was completed in March of 2021.Later in 2021, he committed more of his activities, at St. Catherine University, during a Summer Liturgical Music Camp. (See CNA for an article.) Finally, in 2022 his music was removed from the St. Joseph Sunday Missal. Other music sources did the same, and more Dioceses have banned his music. This is not a matter of forgiveness, or a lack thereof, It is a matter of a very public person who is being seriously and publicly censured, as happens, by Canon Law, with any public person. Women who have been harmed by him have suffered trauma upon hearing his music at Mass. People who know of his activities are appalled when his music is used in their Parishes. He may, of course avail himself of the beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation and be forgiven in the eyes of God. That does not mean that God’s people must be exposed to his music, reminded of him, and distracted by the memory of Mr. Haas sins against women and girls, during the Holy Mass.