The Religious Education Office is now open on Sundays from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, and during the week - Monday thru Thursday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Please come into the office during these times to register your family for the Tuesday classes as soon as possible. The registration will close on Tuesday, September 11, 2018.
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Notes: RCIA Classes, Teen Catechism, Bible Study
My continuing thanks to all who have helped me to learn how things work at St. Mary’s. I am grateful for the support and confidence. I feel certain we can continue the good work begun by Fathers Markey and Cipolla. We look forward to beginning our RCIA classes on Tuesday, September 4th at 6:45 pm in the church. The devotion and presentation will begin at 7:00 pm and last until approximately 7:45 pm.
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Feast of St. Augustine
A note from Father Ringley (Notas del Padre Ringley): It has been my custom in the past to recommend various spiritual authors to my parishioners for “summer reading”. While I have been a bit busy about many things this summer, in honor of the feast of St. Augustine, the patron saint of our diocese, and the patron saint of my former parish, I suggest for your end of summertime pleasure and spiritual edification St. Augustine’s “Confessions”.
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Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 26 August 2018
Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Choral varié (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)
Hymn at the Procession: My Lord, My Life, My Love (Orlando Gibbons: Song 20)
Missa Che fa oggi (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Immitet Angelus Domini (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut lilium inter spinas I (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Fugue in E minor (Ropartz)
Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Mit Freuden zart)
Introit: Inclina Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Spiritus est qui vivificat (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Sacris solemniis (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 22 August 2018
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Adeamus
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Postlude: Improvisation
Our Lady of Good Health Annual Celebration Aug. 29-Sept. 8
Blessing & Hoisting of Our Lady’s Flag by Fr. Ringley will be on Wednesday August 29th, 2018 at 6:45PM followed by Mass at 7:00PM in the Upper Church.
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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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Assumption Festival and Other Notes
A note from Fr. Ringley: We are looking forward to the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption this weekend. Thanks to all who contributed in any way to make things work smoothly.
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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)