The Holy Family Prayer group will meet on Sunday, June 9, 12, 2019 at 5:00PM. For information call Mila at 203-866-2156 or Honi at 203-286-6978
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Teen Catechism: Wed. June 5
Teen Catechism with Fr. Kloster Date: WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2019 Time: 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. Location: St. Mary's Church, in the upper church – 669 West Ave. Norwalk Bring friends!
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Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, 26 May 2019
Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband for the Morning of Easter (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: God of Our Fathers (National Hymn)
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (c.1550-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Non turbetur (Giovanni Croce, c.1557-1609)
Postlude: Regina caeli (David Hughes, b. 1980)
Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Rejoice, Angelic Choirs (Mit Freuden zart)
Introit: Vocem jucunditatis (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: Surrexit Christus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Spiritus Sanctus docebit vos (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedicite gentes (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Rise, Heart, Thy Lord Is Risen (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Spiritus Sanctus docebit vos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Let All the World (from Five Mystical Songs) (Vaughan Williams)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for Wednesday of the Fourth Week after Easter, 22 May 2019
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Wednesday of the Fourth Week after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Postlude: La Cité céleste (Lionel Rogg, b.1936)
Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 19 May 2019
Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cathédrales (Op. 55, No. 3) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus Pariter)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli
Postlude: Toccata et Fugue de la Résurrection (Léonce de Saint-Martin, 1886-1954)
Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Now the Green Blade Rises (Noël Nouvelet)
Introit: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Christ Rising Again (Thomas Tomkins, 1572-1656)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, 15 May 2019
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Postlude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Postlude: Improvisation
Religious Ed Registration for 2019–2020
Registration for the 2019-2020 RCIA classes will begin on Sunday, May 12, 2019. You will be able to register your child/children from Sunday, May 12, 2019, until Thursday, June 13, 2019 when our office closes for the summer. We are asking that all families come in and register their children before our office closes in…
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Book Review: Don’t Let the Culture Raise Your Kids
St. Mary’s parishioner Marcia Segelstein has written a book entitled Don’t Let the Culture Raise Your Kids. (The book is published by Our Sunday Visitor and will be available soon in the St. Mary’s Bookstore). Quoting the biography on the book’s cover, “Marcia Segelstein has covered family issues for more than twenty-five years as a…
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May Crowning
During the month of May many parishes continue the ancient tradition of crowning a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, often referred to as a “May Crowning”. Both in the Eastern and in the Western parts of the Catholic Church the practice of depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary wearing a crown came into use in…
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Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 12 May 2019
Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 649) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
Missa Im Maien (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In resurrectione tua (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Bach)
Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Lamb's High Feast (Salzburg)
Introit: Misericordia Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: Redemptionem misit Dominus (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing ye to the Lord (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above