Holy Family Prayer Group will meet on Sunday, June 3, at 5:00PM in the Religious Education Building of Saint Mary Church. For more information please call Myrna or Priscila at 203-505-6115.
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Pentecost Sunday
Our Bible Study group this year studied Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. When we finished this study of this truly seminal text, we decided to read the first 9 chapters of The Confessions of Saint Augustine. I suggested this because this book has meant so much to me personally, and also because I taught…
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Music for Pentecost, 20 May 2018
Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adagio sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Berliner Messe (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Alleluias: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Sequence: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Credo: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (Gilles Binchois, c.1400-1460)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Sancte Spiritus (John Dunstaple, c.1390-1453)
Postlude: Veni Creator Spiritus (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Spiritus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Emitte Spiritum tuum (plainsong, mode iv)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Ubald, 16 May 2018
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Ubald
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor Bishop: Statuit ei
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
International Festival: Sat, May 19 5-9PM
Come and taste food from Brazil, Conch Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, St. Lucia, and USA.Ven a disfrutar platillos regionales de 13 paises. Para mas informacion contactar al Dn. Steve al (203) 943-1352. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 19, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. TE ESPERAMOS!!!!
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A May Potpourri
May is Mary’s month, and we shall have the traditional Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Solemn Mass today, which also happens to be the secular observation of Mother’s Day. A good fit of sacred and secular. That this lovely tradition survived the post-Vatican II “cleansing” is a minor miracle and shows the…
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Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide, 13 May 2018
Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père; Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Eternal Monarch, King Most High (Gonfalon Royal)
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Non vos relinquam (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Omnes gentes (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Hymn at the May Crowning: Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (Omni die)
Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Exaudi Domine…alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Rise, Heart, Thy Lord Is Risen (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père; Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (Messiaen)
Music for the Feast of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras, 12 May 2018
Saturday, 12 May 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras: Ecce, oculi Domini
Postlude: Improvisation
Music for Ascension Thursday, 10 May 2018
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Communion: Signa eos (plainsong, mode vii)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Improvisation
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Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa Lux et origo (Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli à 3 (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Postlude: Improvisation
The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers
Music for First Vespers of the Ascension, 9 May 2018
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for First Vespers of the Ascension
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
St. Patrick’s Chapel
Viri Galilaei & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Cumque intuerentur & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Elevatis manibus & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Exaltate Regem regum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Videntibus illis & Psalm 116 (mode viii)
Hymn: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: Pater, manifestavi (mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Viri Galilæi