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Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 22 October 2017

Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (en fa mineur) (Op. 7, No. 2) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing (Universal Praise)
Missa L’homme armé (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnia quae fecisti
Motet at the Offertory: Super flumina Babylonis (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Oculi omnium (prima pars) (Heinrich Schütz, 1585-1672)
Postlude: Douzième Concerto (en Si bémol): Pomposo, Allegro maestoso (George Frideric Handel, arr. Dupré)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Introit: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Salvum fac populum tuum (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament, 19 October 2017

schneiderThursday, 19 October 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

His Excellency Athanasisus Schneider, celebrant
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
Prelude: Improvisation
At reception of the bishop: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
At the vesting: Versets on Verbum supernum (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Coronation Mass (Mass in C Major, K. 317) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament: Cibavit eos
Qui manducat meam carnem (David Hughes, b.1980)
O sacrum convivium (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Postlude: Prelude in C Major (9/8) (BWV 547/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

This Mass, and the bishop of Bishop Schneider to Connecticut,
are consponsored by St. Mary's and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Schola Cantorum Concert: 5 November 2017

The Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s will present a program devoted to the music of Franz Schubert, including excerpts from his Deutsche Messe and other chamber and choral works. Individual members of the Schola will also sing some of Schubert’s most beloved solo songs, including his “Ave Maria” in the original poetic German. The singers will be accompanied by director David J. Hughes on piano and organ and assistant director Charles Weaver on 19th-century guitar.
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Public Rosary Oct. 14

We are praying a public rosary on October 14th at noon in front of the rectory to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Fatima's Miracle of the Sun and the last apparition of Our Lady. This public rosary is a sign of our love for our Blessed Mother and makes reparation for the sins of abortion…
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Columbus Day

This past week has seen many instances of the “trash Columbus” movement that surfaced about five years ago. One statue of Columbus in Norwalk and two others in adjoining towns were defaced. According to the local newspaper a “radical leftist organization” is claiming responsibility. Historians have never portrayed Columbus as a saint or lauded him…
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Music for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 October 2017

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Missa brevis (Giovanni Rovetta, c.1596-1668)
Gregorian Mass of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Salus populi
Motet at the Offertory: O pretiosum (Virgilio Mazzocchi, 1597-1646)
Motet at the Communion: Caro mea vere est cibus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Fugue in C minor (BWV 582/2) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: All Glory Be to God on High (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Si ambulem (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Recordare mei (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor (BWV 582) (Bach)