If we all continue to do all in our power to keep things moving in the right direction, we can survive all this and emerge as a stronger, more Faith-filled parish than ever....Si todos continuamos haciendo todo lo que está a nuestro alcance para mantener las cosas en la dirección correcta, podemos sobrevivir a todo esto y resurgir como una parroquia más fuerte y con más fe que nunca.
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Music for July 2020
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's feature the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Chanting and Spiritual Health: an essay by Charles Weaver
In a time of contagion and social unrest, we need plainchant more than ever, even when we stay home.
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass VI
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor (Ad organum faciendi, ca. 12th c.)
Gloria (Chant Mass IV, with organum)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Anonymous, 14th c.)
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe du seizième ton (Henry Du Mont)
Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (André Campra)
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Cantate hymnum ad Virginem contra plagam!
Stella caeli—A prayer to the Virgin in the time of contagion
A Note from Father Ringley—Una nota del padre Ringley
We have a few updates this week. First, the Fire Marshall did come to assess our occupancy loads. The upstairs church can hold 640 people while the downstairs chapel can hold 376. At the moment, we are still limited to 100 people in the building at one time. The bishop has written to the governor…
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“Chanting and Spiritual Health”: an essay
From Charles Weaver's recent guest post on Corpus Christi Watershed:
We find ourselves in a difficult time in which many cannot sing at church or cannot even attend church because of the pandemic. Even when we have choirs, we are often reduced in number, or limited by circumstances to monophony. Let us not be disheartened by this. Without denying the communal and public dimension of Christian worship, we have really only lost, for a time, the horizontal dimension of chant.
A Note from Father Ringley—Una nota del padre Ringley
First, I wish to thank all of the volunteers who have generously agreed to serve as ushers and sanitizers in the church as we try to follow all the necessary protocols required to worship inside the church building again. I think our system is working well, all things considered. As the weather warms up, we…
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Corpus Christi
The symbolism of the crucifix, which we see in the church every Sunday, reminds us of the fact that the same sacrificial offering of Himself, which Jesus made for us on the cross, is continued for us in the sacrifice of the Mass. Ultimately, the same symbolism of the crucifix prompts us to consider how…
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Phase II: Instructions for ushers and sanitation engineers—Instrucciones para Servidores y personal Sanitario
1) We ask that everyone enter through the front doors only, meet an usher, and be shown to a seat. This will ensure that we will be able to seat as many people as possible in the church while maintain the proper distancing. The pews to be used are marked with blue tape. People should…
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Opening the church building for Mass—Apertura del edificio de la iglesia para la celebración de la Santa Misa
We plan to open the church for public Mass on Saturday, June 13. Planeamos abrir la iglesia para la celebración de la Misa pública el sábado 13 de junio. 1) We are going to need volunteers to sanitize after each Mass and to act as ushers. There will be a training meeting for these volunteers…
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Music for June 2020
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's feature the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020
Sung Masses (livestreamed from the church with distribution of Communion to follow outside—reservations required)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor (Ad organum faciendi, ca. 12th c.)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Anonymous, 14th c.)
Laus Trinitatis (St. Hildegard of Bingen)
Duo Seraphim (Alvise Balbi, c.1570–c.1625)
O virgo splendens (Llibre Vermell, 14th c.)
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
| In accordance with Phase II of our Diocese's restoration of public worship, we will resume celebrating Mass inside the church on Saturday, June 13. Reservations are still required; go here for more information. Masses will also continue to be livestreamed for those at home. |
Corpus Christi Sunday, June 14, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass in A (Samuel Webbe)
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass III
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Missa cantata with members of St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass V
12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Cantate hymnum ad Virginem contra plagam!Stella caeli—A prayer to the Virgin in the time of contagion
The Holy Trinity—La Santísima Trinidad
Most Catholics are familiar with the ancient formula that declares that there is one God in three persons. Or, to say it another way, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons in one God. However, beyond that it can become very difficult very quickly to speak about the Trinity. We…
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