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New Religious Education/RCIA Classes

Dear parishioners, (Queridos feligreses,) Enclosed is the information for the new Religious Education/RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) Classes which will begin on Tuesday, September 4, from 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm at Saint Mary Church. This program is designed to prepare people to receive one or more of the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Communion, and/or Confirmation.
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Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 19 August 2018

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30)
Prelude: Nun danket Alle Gott (BWV 657) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: God Is Love (Abbot's Leigh)
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: In te speravi (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: O bone Jesu (Ferdinand de Lassus, c.1560-1609)
Postlude: Præludium in A Major (BuxWV 151) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Twentieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30)
Hymn at the Procession: O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (Wareham)
Introit: Protector noster (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Bonum est confidere (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Immittet angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Food of Exiles Lowly (Innsbruck)
Communion: Qui manducat (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Patronal Festival of the Assumption, 18 August 2018

Saturday, 18 August 2018, 4:00 p.m.
Music for St. Mary’s Patronal Feast within the Octave of the Assumption
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Solemn Mass & Procession in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption

Prelude: Ave Maria (Op. 65, No. 4) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)
Hymn at the Procession: Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (Omne die)
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Hymn at the Communion: Salve Mater misericordiae (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Elgar)
Motet at the Procession: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina cœlitum)
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August 2018

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets Nos. 1 & 2 on Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1563-1633)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina cœlitum)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Audi, filia, et vide (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Assumpta est Maria (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets Nos. 3 & 4 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets Nos. 1 & 2 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)
Missa de Beata Virgine
(Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cedrus (Felice Anerio, 1560-1614)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Anerio)
Postlude: Versets Nos. 3 & 4 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)