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Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Præludium in C Major [BuxWV 137] (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Is The Feast Day of the Lord’s True Witness (Iste confessor)
Communion: Qui mediabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig Fugue’) [BuxWV 174] (Buxtehude)

Mass is sung approximately once per month by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig [BWV 1095] (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Nos autem gloriari (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nos autem gloriari
Hymn at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi I (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Fugue in C minor [BWV 582/2] (Bach)

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Introit: Nos autem gloriari (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dulce lignum (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Protege Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis / The Royal Banners Forward Go (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Per signum Crucis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Cross of Jesus (from The Crucifixion) John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Motet at the Communion: God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion) (Stainer)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 12:00 noon
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Nanmaikal ceyta iraivanukku
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Prabhu Yesu
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Valvai alikkum
Hymn at the Communion: Pranon se pyaare Yesu mere
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Antiphon at the Procession: Ave Maria
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Motet at the Communion: Beata progenies (Lionel Power, d.1445)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Monday, 8 September 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: O gloriosa virginum [Op. 77, No. 3] (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Mass Ordinary: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Alleluia: Solemnitas gloriosae (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Sanctissima
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

This Mass marks the traditional opening of the school year
for Regina Pacis and Cardinal Newman Academies.

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket Alle Gott [BWV 657] (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The Mean Mass (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Postlude: Passacaglia in C minor [BWV 582/1] (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the External Solemnity of St. Augustine,
patron of the Diocese of Bridgeport
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction-Choral (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: O Doctor optime (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Iste confessor Domini sacratus (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: De profundis tenebrarum (Evangelists, after Bach)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: Magne Pater Augustine (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphon at the Veneration of St. Augustine’s Relics: O Doctor optime (plainsong, mode ii)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Menuet Gothique (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Toccata (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude “The New Commonwealth” (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Missa Carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in loco sancto suo
Motet at the Offertory: Manus tuae fecerunt me (prima pars) (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Postlude: Imperial March (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call, Vaughan Williams)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Puisque j’ay perdu (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Dum clamarem ad Dominum
Motet at the Offertory: Pater peccavi (Duarte Lobo, c.1565-1646)
Motet at the Communion: Adjuva nos Deus (Ascanio Trombetti, 1544-1590)
Postlude: Versets on Jesu dulcis memoria (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

Music for the Twentieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost (Lambillotte)
Introit: Protector noster (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite, exsultemus Domino (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Domus mea (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina coelitum)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Assumpta est Maria (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Salve Regina

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
and conclusion of the Forty Hours’ Devotion
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Langlais)
Missa Assumpta est Maria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Signum magnum
Motet at the Offertory: Assumpta est Maria à 6 (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Virgo prudentissma à 6 (prima pars) (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Litany of the Saints
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets from the Livre d’orgue de Montréal
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces “Te Deum” (Langlais)