POSADAS NAVIDEÑAS Start Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Last Posada: Saturday, December 23 in the School Gym at 7:00 p.m. ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS Thursday, Dec. 21: 11:30–12:00 Noon Friday, Dec. 22: 11:30–12:00 Noon Saturday, Dec. 23: 10:00–12:00 Noon MASSES Sunday, December 24, 2017 (Christmas…
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Music for a Rorate Mass, 16 December 2017
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 6:30 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady in Advent: Rorate caeli
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Music for the Third Sunday of Advent, 17 December 2017
Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
Motet at the Offertory: Benedixisti (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Dominus veniet (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Postlude: Partita "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (Op. 8, No. 1) (Hugo Distler, 1908-1942)
Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Introit: Gaudete (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Fuit homo (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People (Geneva)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice Is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Lucy, 13 December 2017
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Lucy
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Gloria: Missa Pater cuncta (Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Lucy: Dilexisti justitiam
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu corona Virginum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: In tua patientia (Luca Marenzio, 1554-1599)
St. Cecilia Student Schola
Music for the Feast of St. Damasus I, 11 December 2017
Monday, 11 December 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Damasus I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Advent and the Saints
The season of Advent is blessed by the commemoration of some of the most beloved saints on the Church calendar, including St. Nicholas and St. Lucy. St. Nicholas and St. Lucy are associated with wonderful stories and customs. St. Nicholas was bishop of Myra, a small city that is part of Turkey today. He was…
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Teen Catechism Thurs. Dec. 7
St. Mary's Teen Catechism will meet Thursday, Dec. 7th. 6:00 p.m. Rosary in the Chapel. 6:30 p.m. Pizza & Salad Dinner in the Parish Hall. 7:00 - 8:15 Discussion Led by Fr. Cipolla. The Topic This Month: "Living Our Catholic Identity". Bring friends!
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Gospel of Life Society Sat. Dec. 9
The Gospel of Life Society presents: "Source of Cultural, Medical, and Economic Healing: Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae." How might key insights summarized in Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae hold the key for healing our current culture? Presented by Dr. Paul Carpentier, M.D. Saturday, December 9 at 10 a.m. St. Mary Parish Center, 669 West…
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Religious Education: Parent Meeting Dec. 10
Reminder for all First Holy Communion students: There will be a MANDATORY parent meeting on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. in the chapel. *Reunión obligatoria para padres de alumnos de Primera Comunión el día domingo 10 de diciembre a las 11:45AM en la Capilla.
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