Friday, 3 November 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Requiem Masss for Etta Tate Peterson
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Viri Galilæi
Music for All Souls’ Day, 2 November 2017
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
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Thursday, 2 November 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (La Rue)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (La Rue)
Motet at the Communion: Parce mihi (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Music for All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2017
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Gaudeamus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: For All the Saints (Sine nomine) (continued)
Postlude: Improvisation
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Motet at the Offertory: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Justorum animae (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BWV 540/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Religious Education News
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Feast of Christ the King
“We no longer live in Christendom. We really have to accept that it’s a thing of the past.” This was a quote from an article sent to me published by the Washington Post about the decline of the number of Americans who go to church on a regular basis or even at all. The article…
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Music for the Feast of Christ the King, 29 October 2017
Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2): Adagio, Intermezzo (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Missa Che fa oggi (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Adoramus te Christe (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: O quam gloriosum (Byrd)
Postlude: Symphony No. 6: Allegro (Widor)
Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Unam petii (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: A New Commandment (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: The Beatitudes (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer, 25 October 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor: Justus ut palma
Postlude: Improvisation
Remember Our Sick
We are trying to keep our Sick List as current as possible. If someone's name does not appear and should be listed, or to include the name of your Sick please contact the Rectory Office at (203) 866-5546. The Sick List will be cleared every two months to maintain current.
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The Meaning of Vestments
People often wonder why a priest wears vestments at the Mass. The short answer is that this is how he clothes his own self and becomes “just” a priest of Jesus Christ. Mass vestments, like all church vestments, are meant to point away from the person who is wearing them to what that person is…
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No Masses Oct. 16-17
Monday, Oct. 16–Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2017: No Masses (Priest Convocation)
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