Schedule for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as the Presentation of Our Lord or Candlemas), Tuesday, February 2, 2024. Usual daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. (Latin) and 12:10 p.m. (English). Solemn Mass at 1:00 p.m. (Regina Pacis Academy school Mass) Solemn Mass at 7:00 p.m. with St. Mary's…
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Music for February 2024
| 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. |
Friday, February 2, 2024: Candlemas
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
with the Blessing and Distribution of Candles
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for Regina Pacis Academy
Missa octavi toni (Orlande de Lassus)
Ave Maria (Pierre-Louis Dietsch, after Arcadelt)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Gregor Aichinger)
7:00 p.m. Missa cantata with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
with the Blessing and Distribution of Candles
Nunc dimittis (Orlande de Lassus)
Adorna thalamum (Lassus)
Missa quarti toni (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Senex puerum portabat (Victoria)
Alma Redemptoris Mater — Ave regina caelorum (Josquin des Prez)
Sunday, February 4, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ecce quam bonum (Jacob Clemens non Papa)
Perfice gressus meos (Orlande de Lassus)
Cum turba plurima (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, February 11, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ave regina caelorum (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Media vita (Henry Du Mont)
Ecce ascendimus Hierosolimam (Francisco Guerrero)
Ave regina coelorum (Alonso Lobo)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Wednesday, February 14, 2024: Ash Wednesday
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Inter vestibulum et altare (Cristóbal de Morales)
Missa Inter vestibulum (Francisco Guerrero)
Exaltabo te Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile (Guerrero)
Sunday, February 18, 2024: First Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Non è lasso martire (Leonard Lechner)
Emendemus in melius (William Byrd)
Scapulis suis (Matteus Le Maistre)
Ave regina caelorum (Johannes Le Febure)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, February 25, 2024: Second Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Meditabor in mandatis tuis (Terrence B. Fay)
Ave regina coelorum (Orlande de Lassus)
Tribulationes civitatum (William Byrd)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Music for January 2024
| 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. |
Monday, January 1, 2024
9:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
O admirabile commercium (Thomas Stoltzer)
Friday, January 5, 2024: Vigil of Epiphany
Regular Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
9:15 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for Regina Pacis Academy
Missa brevis quatuor vocum (Andrea Gabrieli)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O regem caeli (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Sunday, January 7, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sancta et immaculata (Francisco Guerrero)
Fili, quid fecisti nobis (Orlande de Lassus)
Sancta et immaculata virginitas (Andrea Gabrieli)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, January 14, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa duplex per totum annum (Thomas Stoltzer)
Tribus miraculis ornatum (Luca Marenzio)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, January 21, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Qual è il piu grande amor (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Regular Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
9:15 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for Regina Pacis Academy
Missa brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O admirabile commertium (William Byrd)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
Thursday, January 25, 2024
St. Mary's Youth Schola resumes (rehearsals 4–5:30 on Thursdays)
Sunday, January 28, 2024
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Simile est regnum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Circumdederunt me (Bartolomeu Trosilho)
Simile est regnum caelorum (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
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