Our Next group meetings will be Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 6PM in the Religious Education building. For more information please call Myrna or Priscila at 203-505-6115.
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Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 14 January 2018
Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Noël No. IV (Louis Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (voci pari) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Tribus miraculis (Palestrina)
Postlude: Noël No. VI (Daquin)
Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Introit: Omnis terra (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Misit Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: All Glory Be to God on High (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
Communion: Dicit Andreas (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O be joyful in the Lord (William Boyce, 1711-1779)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Commemoration of the Baptism of the Lord, 13 January 2018
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Commemoration of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v, with verses)
Postlude: Improvisation
Music for a Feria after Epiphany, 10 January 2018
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for a Feria after Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany: In excelso throno
Postlude: Improvisation
Traditions of Epiphany
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Because we celebrate both the Traditional Mass and the Novus Ordo Mass with their different calendars, we will have a Solemn Mass on Saturday 6 January, the traditional date of the Epiphany, and all Masses on January 7 will be celebrations of this great feast. The…
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Teen Catechism *Cancelled* (Thurs. Jan. 4)
Because of the snowstorm, Thursday evening's Teen Catechism session has been cancelled. ** CANCELLED ** St. Mary's Teen Catechism (for Teens and Young Adults of College Age) * CANCELLED * Thursday, Jan. 4th * CANCELLED * *6:00 p.m.* Rosary in the Chapel 6:30 p.m. Conversation, Pizza & Salad in the Parish Hall 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Talk led…
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Music for Vespers of the Holy Family, 7 January 2018
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Feast of the Holy Family
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Post triduum invenerunt & Psalm 109 (mode viii)
Dixit Mater Jesu & Psalm 112 (mode iv)
Descent Jesus cum eis & Psalm 121 (mode viii)
Et Jesus proficiebat & Psalm 126 (mode ii)
Et dicebat: Unde huic & Psalm 147 (mode viii)
Hymn: O lux beata Caelitum (plainsong, mode ii)
Magnificat antiphon: Maria autem conservabat (mode viii)
Commemoration of the Sunday: Fili quid fecisti (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation
Jan. 1 Mass Schedule
There will be only one Mass on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Please join us at 9:00 a.m. for High Mass in the Extraordinary Form. The Schola Cantorum will sing music of Cristóbal de Morales and Jacob Handl.
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The Octave of Christmas
The time between Christmas and New Year’s Day is a unique time of the year. Despite the after-Christmas sales and all of that stuff, there is quietness about this octave, these eight days. People go to work—at least those who can’t afford to go to skiing for a week or go someplace warm—but there is…
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Music for the Feast of the Holy Family, 7 January 2018
Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Once In Royal David's City (Irby)
Missa corrente (Francesco Foggia, 1603-1688)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater II à 4 (Felice Anerio, 1560-1614)
Motet at the Communion: Videntes stellam (Andrea Gabrieli, 1533-1585)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine / Crudelis Herodes (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude on the Introit for the Epiphany (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: What Star Is This (Puer nobis)
Introit: Ecce advenit (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Omnes de Saba (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: The First Nowell
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine / Crudelis Herodes (Grigny)