Gospel of Life Society presents Joan Howard, Volunteer and Parish Outreach Coordinator of Malta House. Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 10 a.m. St Mary Parish Center. Malta House (Norwalk) is the only home for pregnant women above the age of 18 in Fairfield County, and one of a limited number of programs for young homeless…
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Holy Family Prayer Group
Our next group meeting will be Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 5PM in the Religious Education building. For more information please call Myrna or Priscila at 203-505-6115.
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Rosary Concerts at St. Mary’s
The Sorrowful Mysteries Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. Elizabeth and Charles Weaver (soprano and lute) will present a concert-meditation of 16th- and 17th-century arias and cantatas on the subject of the Passion. FREE ADMISSION Followed by a brief reception Donations will be gratefully accepted, with proceeds benefiting the sacred music program, particularly future concerts.…
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Third Sunday of Lent
One of the best ways to keep a holy and profitable Lent is to come to the parish Lenten Mission. The Mission will begin on Sunday 4 March at 7:30 p.m. and will continue on the following Monday and Tuesday. We are blessed to have Father Michael Novajosky as the preacher of the Mission. The…
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Music for Vespers of the Third Sunday of Lent, 4 March 2018
Sunday, 4 March 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Third Sunday of Lent
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deus autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Magnificat antiphon: Extollens quaedam mulier (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (Werner)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Music for the Third Sunday of Lent, 4 March 2018
Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Missa Come la tourturelle (Giorgio Flori, c.1558-c.1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Lent: Oculi mei
Motet at the Offertory: At te levavi oculos meos (prima pars) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore (Estêvão de Brito, 1570-1641)
Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Oculi mei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Exsurge Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Tract: Ad te levavi oculos meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Justitiae Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Have mercy upon me, O God à 3 (Thomas Tomkins, 1572-1656)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: God of Mercy and Compassion (Au sang qu’un Dieu)
(after Pergolesi)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Music for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent, 28 February 2018
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent: Ne derelinquas me
Second Sunday of Lent
The revolution of the earth around the sun is one year. That sentence may seem strange to us, because it uses the word “revolution” in its original sense, dealing with a body circling around a fixed point. The revolution of a triangle about a fixed axis generates what we call a cone. It is a…
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Music for the Second Sunday of Lent, 25 February 2018
Music for the Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Agincourt)
Missa Ave Regina caelorum (Guillaume Dufay, 1397-1474)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Lent: Reminiscere
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum II (Dufay)
Motet at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (Dufay)
Music for the Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt uns Herr)
Introit: Reminiscere (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Sciant gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Tract: Commovisti (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Felice Anerio, 1560-1614)
Communion: Visionem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O Saviour of the World (John Goss, 1800-1880)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Lent, 21 February 2018
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Lent: Reminiscere
Hymn at the Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)