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Monday, 21 May 2018, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Kyrie: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Alleluia: O felix Virgo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the May Crowning: O Sanctissima
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Hymn at the Offertory: Regina caeli jubila (plainsong, mode v)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on Pange lingua (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

This Mass includes the annual May Crowning
by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adagio sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Berliner Messe (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Alleluias: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Sequence: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Credo: Berliner Messe (Pärt)
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (Gilles Binchois, c.1400-1460)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Sancte Spiritus (John Dunstaple, c.1390-1453)
Postlude: Veni Creator Spiritus (Carl Rütti, b.1949)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Spiritus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Emitte Spiritum tuum (plainsong, mode iv)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Ubald
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor Bishop: Statuit ei
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père; Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Eternal Monarch, King Most High (Gonfalon Royal)
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Non vos relinquam (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Omnes gentes (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Hymn at the May Crowning: Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (Omni die)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Exaudi Domine…alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Rise, Heart, Thy Lord Is Risen (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père; Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (Messiaen)

Saturday, 12 May 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras: Ecce, oculi Domini
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Communion: Signa eos (plainsong, mode vii)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Improvisation

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Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa Lux et origo (Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli à 3 (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers