No 12:10 Mass, confessions, or adoration on Wed. 2/15; no 8:00am Mass on Thurs. 2/16; no Masses or Confessions on Fri. 2/17. Church and chapel will close early throughout the week.
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Music for February 2023
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Thursday, February 2, 2023: Candlemas
1:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
With the Blessing of Candles and Procession
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for Regina Pacis Academy
Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Aires Fernandes)
Ave Maria...virgo serena (Josquin)
Sunday, February 5, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum (Rodrigo de Ceballos)
Ave regina caelorum (Orlande de Lassus)
Simile est regnum caelorum (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, February 12, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem)
Perfice gressus meos (Orlande de Lassus)
Introibo ad altare Dei (Heinrich Isaac)
In illo tempore...cum turba plurima (Francisco Guerrero)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, February 19, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa sexti toni (Costanzo Porta)
Ave regina caelorum (Porta)
Ecce ascendimus Hierosolimam (Francisco Guerrero)
Benedictus es Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Wednesday, February 22, 2023: Ash Wednesday
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.; Service with Imposition of Ashes at 6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Immutemur habitu (Cristóbal de Morales)
Inter vestibulum (Morales)
Missa Inter vestibulum (Francisco Guerrero)
Exaltabo te (Orlande de Lassus)
Emendemus in melius (Lassus)
Sunday, February 26, 2023: First Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Adesto dolori meo (Jacob Handl)
Tribulationes civitatem (William Byrd)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
No Daily Masses, Confessions Wed Feb. 1–Fri Feb. 3
There will be no daily Masses or Confessions Wednesday 2/1 through Friday 2/3. The chapel will be open from 8:30am to 3:30pm. There will NOT be Adoration on Wednesday, 2/1. On Thursday, 2/2, there will be a Solemn Mass at 1:00 pm (Regina Pacis Academy school Mass) for the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas). On…
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Thurs. Feb. 2: Solemn Mass for Candlemas at 1:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Feb. 2, there will be a Solemn Mass at 1:00 p.m. (Regina Pacis Academy school Mass) for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as the Presentation of Our Lord or Candlemas). The Mass includes the Blessing & Distribution of Candles and a candlelit procession. Bring your own…
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Music for January 2023
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Sunday, January 1, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen (Jacob Handl)
Mirabile mysterium (Handl)
In nomine Jesu (Handl)
In illo tempore (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Friday, January 6, 2023: Feast of the Epiphany
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
Quem terra, pontus, aethera (Byrd)
Sunday, January 8, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sancta et immaculata (Francisco Guerrero)
Unam petii a Domino (William Byrd)
Fili, quid fecisti nobis (Orlande de Lassus)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Lassus)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, January 15, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Jubilate Deo (Girolamo Lambardi)
Tribus miraculis (Rinaldo Del Mel)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, January 22, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Peter Philips)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, January 29, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa breve (Maurizio Cazzati)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Aires Fernandes)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Adoration for New Year’s Eve
We will have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve, from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. in the chapel.
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Music for December 2022
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Saturday, December 3, 2022
6:00 a.m. Rorate Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sung Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent, lit only by candlelight
Beata viscera (Worcester Fragments)
Quam pulchra es (John Dunstaple)
Sunday Vigil Masses at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sunday, December 4, 2022: Second Sunday of Advent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Youth Schola and St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Kyrie Firmator sancte
Ecce Dominus veniet (Michael Praetorius)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei (Chant Mass XVII)
Canite tuba (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Alma redemptoris mater (Palestrina)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Thursday, December 8, 2022: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de Ste. Hildegarde (Hildegard of Bingen)
Stella splendens (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)
Mariam matrem virginem (Llibre Vermell)
Sunday, December 11, 2022: Third Sunday of Advent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Hic est praecursor (Duarte Lobo)
Gaudete omnes (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Hierusalem plantabis vineam (Agostino Agazzari)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Followed by Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration Feast in the gym (Raffle winners to be drawn at 2:00 p.m.)
Monday, December 12, 2022: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
Concerts of Advent & Christmas Music with the Magdalen College Polyphony Choir
2:00-2:30 p.m. First performance
6:30-7:00 p.m. Second performance (prelude to the Mass)
7:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Magdalen College Polyphony Choir
Sunday, December 18, 2022: Fourth Sunday of Advent
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass (Terrence B. Fay)
Ne irascaris Domine (William Byrd)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
5:00 p.m. A Festival of Advent Lessons & Carols
Featuring St. Mary's Youth Schola and St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Seven Scripture readings foretelling the coming of Christ • The Great “O” Antiphons • Music from England, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany • Hymns and chants of Advent
Concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Followed by a festive reception in the gym
Saturday, December 24, 2022: Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m. Mass in English with cantor
7:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
11:30 p.m. Choral Prelude to Midnight Mass with Christmas Carols
In the bleak midwinter (Harold Darke) • O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green) • Virgen sancta (Francisco Guerrero) • What child is this (Greensleeves)• Gesù Bambino (Pietro Yon) • Lo, how a Rose (Es ist ein Ros) • Silent Night (arr. Fr. John Ringley) • In dulci jubilo, Op. 28 No. 41 (Marcel Dupré)
Sunday, December 25, 2022: Christmas Day
12:00 a.m. Midnight Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
O regem caeli (Victoria)
O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
O regem caeli (Victoria)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Dec. 18, 2022: Advent Lessons & Carols
Dec. 12: Special Concerts & Mass with Visiting Choir
Accountability Sunday (Dec. 4, 2nd Sunday of Advent)
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano has declared the first Sunday in December will now serve as Accountability Sunday. All parishes, schools and certain entities across the diocese will use a standardized accounting reporting model to issue their financial reports to the faithful. “In short, the purpose of Accountability Sunday is to ensure financial transparency, to communicate…
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