text: No James Thomas More Griffin, my principle objection to your above post is your claim "We are the future of the Church." You are not, not by a long way. You are addressing people on here who were 'there' pre and post Vatican II Council and have a life time of experience of the 'Church.' You simply do not have the life experience to make such a claim. Gregorian chant is for monastic settings mainly or for choral performances. It is not in any way, shape or form geared towards parish Sunday liturgies where most people are not going to be reduced again to the role of bemused onlookers.
  I am delighted you and some young people have found something that attracts you, fantastic! But you are a tiny part of a very broad, diverse Catholic Church. Please don't allow your enthusiasm for monastic singing to lead you into a false sense of your own importance. You are NOT higher up the food chain than drums beating out praise in Africa or pan pipes playing in a South American slum shack Church.