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Music for February 2026

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, February 1, 2026

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 caelorum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Circumdederunt me (Cristóbal de Morales)
Simile est regnum caelorum (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

3:00 p.m.  Baroque Chamber Music Concert (free admission)

Monday, February 2, 2026

12:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing of Candles and Procession
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for the Regina Pacis Academy community
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd)
Senex puerum portabat (Byrd)
Hodie beata Virgo (Byrd)
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing of Candles and Procession
with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Lumen ad revelationem gentium (fauxbourdon by Laurent Dandin, fl. 1589)
Adorna thalamum (Orlande de Lassus)
Missa quarti toni (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Senex puerum portabat (Victoria)

Sunday, February 8, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem)
Perfice gressus meos (Orlande de Lassus)
Introibo ad altare Dei (Heinrich Isaac)
Cum turba plurima (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, February 15, 2026

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)
Benedictus es Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Ecce ascendimus Hierosolymam (Francisco Guerrero)
Ave regina caelorum (Costanzo Porta)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Low Mass (Latin)
12:10 p.m.  Mass (English)
6:00 p.m.  Liturgia de la Palabra (Liturgy of the Word in Spanish with Distribution of Ashes)
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Inter vestibulum (Diego de las Muelas)
Immutemur habitu (José Maurício Nuñes Garcia)
Missa ferialis (Anonymous)
Exaltabo te (Giovanni Croce)

Sunday, February 22, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor


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Free Concert on Sun. Feb. 1 at 3PM

Baroque Chamber Music Concert: featuring joyful lovesongs to Jesus and Mary from Loutna Česká (The Czech Lute), a masterpiece from 1653 by Adam Václav Michna. Performed along with 17th-century Italian works by Legrenzi, Agostini and others. Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Marisa Karchin and Elizabeth Weaver, sopranos Lydia Becker and Ryan Cheng, baroque violins Nathan Francisco, baroque cello Amanda Beranek, triple harp Charles Weaver, theorbo
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Music for January 2026

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.
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
In illo tempore (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Mirabile mysterium (Jacob Handl)

Sunday, January 4, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen (Jacob Handl)
In nomine Jesu (Handl)
O quam dulce tuum—Nomen ad hoc sanctum (Daniel Friderici)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa sexti toni (Costanzo Porta)
Videntes stellam Magi (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
Hostis Herodes impie (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for the Regina Pacis Academy community (all are welcome)
Daily Mass at 12:10 p.m.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Aeterna Christi munera (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
O regem caeli (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, January 18, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Daily Mass at 12:10 p.m.
2:00 p.m.  Lecture on St. Hildegard by Dr. Charles Weaver (Lower Chapel)

Sunday, January 25, 2026

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, January 29, 2026

St. Mary's Youth Schola resumes for the spring 2026 semester


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Christmas Mass Schedule

CHRISTMAS EVE Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 4:00 p.m.  Vigil Mass (English) 11:30 p.m.  Prelude to Midnight Mass with Christmas Carols CHRISTMAS DAY Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 12:00 a.m.  Midnight Mass with choir and orchestra 8:00 a.m.  Sung Mass (English) 10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass (Latin) 12:00 p.m.  Sung Mass (Spanish)
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Music for December 2025

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, December 7, 2025: Advent II

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales)
Ecce Dominus noster (Gierolamo Lambardi)
Jerusalem surge (Giovanni Battista Martini)
En clara vox redarguit (chant)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Monday, December 8, 2025: Immaculate Conception

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Benedicta es (Cristóbal de Morales)
Benedicta es, caelorum regina (Jean Mouton)
Tota pulchra es (Orlande de Lassus)

Friday, December 12, 2025: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Daily Mass at 12:10 p.m.
1:15 p.m.  Solemn Mass with the Regina Pacis Academy Schola
Chant Mass IX Cum jubilo
Cuncti simus concanentes (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)
7:00 p.m.  Sung Mass in Spanish
Followed by a festive reception

Saturday, December 13, 2025

6:00 a.m.  Rorate Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
Quem terra, pontus, aethera (Byrd)
Sunday Vigil Masses at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Sunday, December 14, 2025: Advent III (Gaudete)

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Regnantem sempiterna (chant)
Kyrie XVII (chant)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Anonymous, 14th c.)
Vox clamantis in deserto (Diego de las Muelas)
Conditor alme siderum (Guillaume Dufay)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, December 18, 2025

7:00 p.m.  Southern Connecticut Young Adult Traditional Latin Mass (with chant schola)

Sunday, December 21, 2025: Advent IV

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Veni Emmanuel (chant with discantus)
Missa Conditor (Giovanni Animuccia)
Ecce Dominus veniet (Michael Praetorius)
Ecce virgo concipiet (Heinrich Isaac)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Wednesday, December 24, 2025: Christmas Eve

4:00 p.m.  Vigil Mass in English with cantor
11:30 p.m.  Choral Prelude to Midnight Mass with Christmas Carols
In dulci jubilo, op. 28 no. 41 (Marcel Dupré)
Pifa from Messiah (George Frideric Handel)
O little town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
What child is this? (Greensleeves)
In dulci jubilo a 2—a 4 (Michael Praetorius)
In the bleak midwinter (Cranham)
Niño Dios (Francisco Guerrero)
Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

Thursday, December 25, 2025: Christmas Day

12:00 a.m.  Midnight Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de minuit pour Noël (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
O regem caeli (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Christe redemptor omnium (Victoria)
O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Resonet in laudibus (Orlande de Lassus)
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, December 28, 2025

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Il bianco e dolce cigno (Stefano Bernardi)
Salvete flores martyrum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Cantabant sancti (Peter Philips)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Concert POSTPONED to Sun. Nov. 23 at 3PM

"De Profundis: The Psalms in Early Devotional Song" will be postponed one week to Sun. Nov. 23 at 3pm. Charles & Elizabeth Weaver will present powerful and personal solo settings of the Psalms from the 16th and 17th centuries, in English, French, Italian, and Latin, including masterpieces by Josquin des Prez, William Byrd, and Claudio Monteverdi.
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