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Music for November 2024

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.
Friday, November 1, 2024: All Saints

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Christe redemptor omnium (Alonso de Alva)
O sacrum convivium (Richard Farrant)

Saturday, November 2, 2024: All Souls

9:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa defunctorum (Ludovico da Viadana)
Versa est in luctum (Terrence B. Fay)
Sunday Vigil Masses at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Sunday, November 3, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sonno scendesti in terra (Narcissus Zängel)
Sancta Maria, omnes sancti Dei (Orlande de Lassus)
De profundis (Ludwig Senfl)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, November 10, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa a cinque (Johann Stadlmayr)
De profundis (Giovanni Gastoldi)
Salve Regina (Jacobus de Kerle)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, November 17, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa quarti toni (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
De profundis (Josquin des Prez)
Salve Regina "Diversa diversi orant" (Nicolas Gombert)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, November 24, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa de Deprofundis (Vincenzo Ruffo)
De profundis (Giovanni Bernardo Colombi)
Salve Regina (Diego Ortiz)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, November 28, 2024: Thanksgiving Day

9:00 a.m.  Missa cantata

Music for October 2024

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, October 6, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa L'hora passa (Ludovico da Viadana)
Ave Maria (Claudio Monteverdi)
Salve Regina (Felice Anerio)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, October 13, 2024

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)
Vir erat in terra Hus (Terrence B. Fay)
In salutari tuo (Heinrich Isaac)
Salve Regina (Orlande de Lassus)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, October 20, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa sine nomine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Ave Maria (Palestrina)
Salve Regina (Jheronimus Vinders)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, October 27, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa de la Batalla escoutez (Francisco Guerrero)
Christus vincit (Matthieu Gascongne)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Music for September 2024

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, September 1, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero)
Augustine pater optime (Jean Maillard)
Magne pater Augustine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O doctor optime (Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, September 8, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ave virgo sanctissima (Juan de Esquivel)
Virgo, Dei Mater pura (Gregor Aichinger)
Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Saturday, September 14, 2024

11:00 a.m.  Pilgrimage Feast Mass of Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni)
Sunday Vigil Masses at 4:00 p.m. (English) and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Sunday, September 15, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa quarti toni (Juan de Esquivel)
Mater dolorosa (Robert Fayrfax)
Salve Regina (Esquivel)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, September 22, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez)
Da pacem Domine (Antoine Brumel)
Salve Regina (Cristóbal de Morales)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, September 29, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa della Battaglia (Giovanni Felice Anerio)
Factum est silentium (Peter Philips)
Tibi Christe splendor Patris (Johannes Le Febure)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Music for August 2024

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.
TUESDAY, JULY 30–FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2024: CHANT CAMP

~ Daily Sung Masses for the week of Chant Camp 2024 ~
12:10 p.m.  Missa cantata (TLM) with the Chant Camp Scholars
Thursday, August 1, Mass for the Dead: Gregorian chant and Fauré's Pie Jesu
Friday, August 2, Mass of the Sacred Heart: Gregorian chant and music of Yon, Vernizzi, and Grancini

Sunday, August 4, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa D'ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez)
Exaltabo te (Orlande de Lassus)
Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 11, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Aeterna Christi munera (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O sacrum convivium (Giulio Ciccarelli)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, August 15, 2024: Feast of the Assumption

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ave maris stella (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Surge propera, amica mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Ave maris stella (Victoria)

Sunday, August 18, 2024: Patronal Feast Celebration

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Followed by a Parish Picnic at noon
Missa Psallite sapienter (Jean Mignon)
Virgo prudentissima (Ludwig Senfl)
Salve Regina (Claudin de Sermisy)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor
Parish Picnic continues until 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 25, 2024

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)
Diligam te, Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Salve Regina (Anonymous, Trent Codex 91)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Daily Mass at 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Mass for Blessing & Flag Hoisting of Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni)

Music for July 2024

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, July 7, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus)
Cantate Domino (Lassus)
Omnes gentes (Christopher Tye)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, July 14, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Come la tourtourelle (Giorgio Flori)
Populum humilem (Orlande de Lassus)
Gustate et videte (Ludwig Senfl)
Quid faciam (Sebastian Homo)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, July 21, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Maria Magdalena (Alonso Lobo)
Iustitiae Domini (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Amen, amen, dico vobis (Jean Guyot de Châtelet)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, July 28, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa brevis, op. 83 (Josef Rheinberger)
Ad te Domine levavi (Alessandro Scarlatti)
O salutaris hostia (Franz Liszt)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Monday, July 30–Friday, August 2, 2024: Chant Camp

~ Daily Sung Masses for the week of Chant Camp 2024 ~
12:10 p.m.  Missa cantata (TLM) with the Chant Camp Scholars
Tuesday, July 30, Mass for the Dead: Gregorian chant
Wednesday, July 31, Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola: Gregorian chant and music of Yon, Vernizzi, and Grancini

Music for June 2024

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, June 2, 2024: Corpus Christi Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa a quattro voci da cappella (Claudio Monteverdi)
O sacrum convivium (Giovanni Croce)
O salutaris hostia (Jacob Handl)
Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, June 9, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa super Mon coeur se recomande a vous (Johannes Eccard)
Improperium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Unus militum (Terrence B. Fay)
Tollite jugum meum super vos (Jacob Regnart)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, June 16, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Dittes maistresse (Orlande de Lassus)
Illumina oculos meos (Orlande de Lassus)
O bone Jesu (Ferdinand de Lassus)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, June 23, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Puer qui natus (Francisco Guerrero)
Agnus Dei (Thomas Morley)
Justus ut palma florebit (Josef Rheinberger)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, June 30, 2024

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)
Caro mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Veni in hortum meum (Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Music for May 2024

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, May 5, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez)
Benedicite gentes (Orlande de Lassus)
Ave verum corpus (Franz Liszt)
Cantate Domino (Orazio Vecchi)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Wednesday, May 8, 2024: Vigil of the Ascension

Daily Mass at 12:10 p.m.
12:45 p.m.  Regina Pacis Academy's May Crowning ceremony (gym)
1:30 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa octavi toni (Antonio Lotti)
Benedicite gentes (Orlande de Lassus)
Regina caeli (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for the Regina Pacis Academy community (open to all)

Thursday, May 9, 2024: Feast of the Ascension

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Regina caeli (Antonio Lotti)
Non vos relinquam orphanos (William Byrd)
O rex gloriae (Palestrina)

Sunday, May 12, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa super Jesu nostra redemptio (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (Giovanni Maria Casini)
Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Regina caeli (Francisco Guerrero)
11:15 a.m.  May Crowning
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, May 19, 2024: Pentecost

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de Ste. Hildegarde
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita (St. Hildegard of Bingen)
Veni Creator Spiritus (Gilles Binchois)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Monday, May 20, 2024

8:00 p.m.  Holy Hour with Pontifical Vespers and Eucharistic Procession
with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

Ave maris stella (Johann Stadlmayr)
Magnificat octavi toni (Orlande de Lassus)
Part of the 2024 Eucharistic Procession in the Diocese of Bridgeport

Sunday, May 26, 2024: Trinity Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Puisque j'ai perdu (Orlande de Lassus)
O lux beata Trinitas (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, May 30, 2024: Corpus Christi

12:10 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for Regina Pacis Academy
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd)
Cibavit eos (Byrd)
Oculi omnium—Alleluia: Caro mea (Byrd)
Sacerdotes Domini (Byrd)
Quotiescunque manducabitis (Byrd)

Music for April 2024

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, April 7, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales)
Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Claudio Monteverdi)
Surgens Jesu (Monteverdi)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Monday, April 8, 2024: Feast of the Annunciation (transferred)

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Missa Cantata with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina (Cristóbal de Morales)
Ave Maria (Jerónimo de Aliseda)
Ecce virgo concipiet (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)

Sunday, April 14, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Octavi toni (Antonio Lotti)
Regina coeli (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
Surrexit pastor bonus (Jacob Regnart)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, April 21, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Surrexit pastor bonus (Orlande de Lassus)
Agnus Dei (Thomas Morley)
Surrexit pastor bonus (Lassus)
Regina coeli (Vicente Lusitano)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, April 28, 2024

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales)
Jubilate Deo (Giovanni Lucario)
Ad coenam agni providi (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Music for Holy Week 2024

Sunday, March 24, 2024: Palm Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Asperges me (Cristóbal de Morales)
Pueri hebraeorum I (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Pueri hebraeorum II (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Occurrunt turbae (Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei)
St. Matthew Passion (Victoria)
Improperium (Palestrina)
Vexilla regis – Passio (Pierre de La Rue)
Sancte Deus (Thomas Tallis)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024: SPY WEDNESDAY

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.; Adoration 1–4 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Responsoria: First Nocturn (Anonymous, 16th c.)
Responsoria: Second and Third Nocturn (Orlande de Lassus)
Benedictus es, Domine (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Miserere (Josquin des Prez)

THURSDAY, March 28, 2024: MAUNDY THURSDAY

7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass in Cena Domini with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa breve a quattro voci (Giovanni Rovetta)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
Coenantibus illis (Juan de Lienas)
Vigilate et orate (Cristóbal de Morales)
O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère)
Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)
Pange lingua (Ludwig Senfl)
9:00 PM: Vespers and Stripping of the Altars.
9:30 PM–12:00 AM: Vigil before the Blessed Sacrament (at the Altar of Repose in the lower chapel).

FRIDAY, March 29, 2024: GOOD FRIDAY

Stations of the Cross (Latin, English, and Spanish) at 11:00 AM
3:00 p.m.  The Mass of the Presanctified with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
St. John Passion (William Byrd)
Improperia (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Crux fidelis (att. John IV of Portugal)
Vere languores nostros (Victoria)
Vexilla regis (Victoria)
Miserere (Victoria)
7:00 p.m.  Procession of the Cristo Muerto and Burial of the Body of Christ with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Responsoria (Michael Haydn)
Miserere (Antonio Lotti)

SATURDAY, March 30, 2024: HOLY SATURDAY

7:00 p.m.  The Great Vigil of Easter with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Missa de la Batalla escoutez (Francisco Guerrero)
Regina caeli (Orlande de Lassus)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (John Taverner)
Magnificat (Cristóbal de Morales)
Followed by a festive reception in the gym at 11:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, March 31, 2024: EASTER

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa de la Batalla escoutez (Francisco Guerrero)
Terra tremuit (William Byrd)
Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus)
Pascha nostrum (William Byrd)
In resurrectione tua (Byrd)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor