The Legion of Mary meets every Saturday at St. Mary Church in Norwalk at 10:00 A.M. You are invited to join us in this dedicated active work of evangelizing our Catholic faith in everyday life in fulfillment of the wishes of the Blessed Mother. Call Gail Ratchford at (203) 849-8189.
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Candlemas
February 2nd is the 40th day after Christmas Day. It is the last day of the Christmas Season. This holy time of year always comes to an end with a very important Church Feast, The Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this special day we…
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EnCourage
Encourage apostolate is for friends and family of loved ones with same-sex attractions or gender ID confusion. Confidential meetings are held monthly. For more information, email EnCourageNorwalk@gmail.com.
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Evangelization in the Post-Modern World
At the last Parish Council Meeting we spoke about the future of St. Mary’s. There is complete agreement that St. Mary’s will continue its special mission to be a Traditional parish in the best sense of that phrase: we will continue to celebrate the Holy Mass in the two forms of the Roman Rite in…
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The Mass and Vocations
The Diocese has three dinners each year for priests to bring young men that they think may have a religious vocation. They are called the St Andrew’s dinners, called that because of St Andrew’s words to St Peter with reference to Jesus: “Come and see”. This past Tuesday I brought 13 young men from St…
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Music for Vespers of Sexagesima Sunday, 4 February 2018
Sunday, 4 February 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Sexagesima Sunday
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)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Vobis datum est (mode vi)
Commemoration of St. Agatha: Stans beata Agatha (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation
The sermon will be preached by Fr. Carleton Jones, OP
Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 4 February 2018
Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (Op. 93/1) (Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov, 1865-1936, arr. Dupré)
Hymn at the Procession: Fight the Good Fight (Duke Street)
Missa Non è lasso martire (Leonhard Lechner, c.1553-1606)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore: cum turba (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Fugue (Op. 93/2) (Glazunov)
Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: God, Whose Almighty Word (Italian Hymn)
Introit: Venite, adoremus Deum (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Tollite hostias (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Out of the Deep (Thomas Tomkins, 1572-1656)
Communion: Multitudo languentium (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for Candlemas, 2 February 2018
Friday, 2 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: La Vierge et l'Enfant; Desseins eternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
At the Blessing of Candles & Procession
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii), etc.
At the procession: Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi)
At Mass
Messe cum jubilo (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus Deus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Leonel Power, 1370-1445)
Motet at the Communion: Quem terra, pontus, aethera (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Music for the Feast of St. John Bosco, 31 January 2018
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John Bosco
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. John Bosco: Dedit illi Deus
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Puerorum (Op. 62) (Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Gloria: Missa Sincere in memoriam (Op. 187) (Rheinberger)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Elgar)
Postlude: Master Tallis's Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
St. Cecilia Student Schola
Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 28 January 2018
Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Sicilienne (Op. 53, No. 2) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum (Alonso Lobo, 1555-1617)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Simile est regnum caelorum à 4 (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Et egressus (Simile est, secunda pars) (Guerrero)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Op. 54, No. 6) (Vierne)
Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Quis sicut Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Domine exaudi orationem meam (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above