Monthly Archives: October 2023

11/29/2023 – Cristo Rey

11/29/2023 – Christ the King

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #71 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #71

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #71       Pretty Little Liars When I began my five-year stint as a teacher and chaplain at an inner-city Catholic high school, I began with more than three strikes against me: I was white and of European extraction, male, Catholic, a priest, and well-educated.  My students…
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10/22/2023 – La Iglesia en Connecticut

10/22/2023 – The Church in Connecticut

10/15/2023 – La Parábola de la fiesta de las Bodas

10/15/2023 – The Parable of the Wedding Feast

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #69 / EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #69

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #69       Jessie Vocations, or callings, to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life are funny things.  We believe that they come from God, but exactly how they come is something of a mystery.  Nevertheless, there are discernible patterns, and only after a long time of observing…
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Music for October 2023

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.
Sunday, October 1, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd)
Ave maris stella (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Salve Regina (Byrd)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, October 8, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sonno scendesti in terra (Narcissus Zängel)
Confitebor tibi Domine (Giovanni Gastoldi)
Ecce prandium meum (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Daily Mass at 8:00 a.m.
12:10 p.m.  Votive Mass of the Holy Angels (TLM) with guest choir Harpa Dei
Chant Mass XII (Pater cuncta)
O pastor animarum (St. Hildegard of Bingen)
Tota pulchra es, Maria (Corsican arrangement)

7:00 p.m.  Special Concert Event: Harpa Dei
Memories of Paradise: sacred music from Christian traditions across the globe

Sunday, October 15, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass XI
Ave Maria (Antoine Brumel)
Gustate et videte (Giammatteo Asola)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Saturday, October 21, 2023: St. Mary's 175th Anniversary Celebration

no 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass
5:30 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa I begli occhi (Gregor Aichinger)
Domum tuam Domine (Jacob Handl)
Urbs beata Jerusalem (Tomás Luís de Victoria)

Sunday, October 22, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd)
Domum tuam Domine (Jacob Handl)
Urbs beata Jerusalem (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Locus iste (Anton Bruckner)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, October 29, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa della Battaglia (Giovanni Francesco Anerio)
Christus vincit (Matthieu Gascongne)
Tu solus qui facit mirabilia (Josquin des Prez)
O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor