Since my arrival in Piqua, one of the things I've asked parishioners to do is to include a bit of Latin in Mass; we've used the Latin Agnus Dei and Sanctus, and had an occasional hymn or other prayer in Latin. In conversations with the handful of parishioners who have expressed comments on this, I get the idea that they perceive this to be something very unusual; I suspect some may be saying, "but no one else is doing this."
In fact, quite a few parishes around the country are doing this sort of thing, and a lot more in this vein. For those who care to, they can visit these sites here, and here, for recent posts, where people from around the country and elsewhere report happenings in their parishes. And I know of several parishes in this Archdiocese that are doing as much, or more, and I am confident others, of which I am unaware, are doing likewise.
Still, I got curious--just how many parishes are there, dabbling in this? Rather than wait for someone else to solicit the information, that's what I'm doing with this post...
If you know of a parish (i.e., it's either your parish, or you go there regularly) that is using any Latin on a regular basis, or using any Gregorian chant, please post here. (I'd ask that this not be a place for folks to post opinions pro and con.) I ask that you identify the parish by name, city and diocese. If you can provide a link to a webpage or something else with more information, even better!
Oh, just to be clear--nothing against the classic, "Tridentine" Roman rite, but I'm not talking about that, either; that has to be in Latin. I mean celebrations of parish Masses (i.e., not private/special occasion Masses) according to the current, Vatican II rite of the Mass, And if that is being done with any--or even, all--in Latin, by all means, include that.
I'm going to keep updating the "when posted" date, so this stays toward the top. I'm hoping folks will link this on their pages, since the only value this has as a collection of information is if lots and lots of people come here and give their reports.
Update and reminder: Again, I am simply looking for celebrations of the current, Vatican II (so-called "Novus Ordo") Mass, with any amount of Latin and chant included. Nothing against the Tridentine or other rites, but my purpose is to find out how widespread is the inclusion of Latin in the current rite of the Mass...
And thanks for the many reports received, and the links that brought you here! Keep it coming!
Update, Thursday early am: this was originally posted Tuesday evening, but I'm moving it forward so it stays at the top of the page...
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 270 of 270St. Robert Parish, Diocese of Sacramento. We chant the Agnus Dei in Latin and also Spanish. The Sanctus is also chanted. We have sung several Latin hymns during this Lenten season.
At Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral in Charleston, WV the choir sings Latin hymns such as Panis Angelicus, Ave Verum, Sicut Cervus, and many others. We also sing some chant in Latin such as Parce Domine. If we hillbillies can sing and understand Latin then anyone can!
Also, I visited St. John the Baptist in Front Royal, Va. They have a weekly TLM but the Sunday I was there they were singing the Missa de Angeles at the Novus Ordo.
My Parish of Sts Peter and Paul in Mankato Minnesota in the last year and a half, thanks to a great new and orthodox music director are singing most of the choir portions of the mass in latin. The congregation was only mildly annoyed at the start, but have learned it well now. We also sing many songs, especially the communion meditation in latin. Thanks be to God!
In the Detroit area, I've noticed: Holy Spitit Church in Hamburg usually chants the Kyrie and/or Agnus Dei; St. Patrick's in White Lake does so also and is on track to eventually introduce the entire ordinary in Latin; SS. Cyril and Methodius in Sterling Heights does quite a bit of Latin in the ordinary; Assumption Grotto and St. Joseph's in Detroit have designated all-Latin Masses (not Tridentine).
St. Matthew the Apostle in Gahanna, OH (suburb of Columbus) chants the Agnus Dei.
In my parish we are implementing Jubilate Deo of Paul VI. We sing the Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei plus Marian hymns: Salve Regina, Ave Redemptoris Mater, Regina Coeli.
The Gloria we use from time to time is the Gloria of the Missa De Angelis. We use the St. Michael's Hymnal which is the one used at St. Patrick's Cathedral (NYC) which contains a goodly number of Latin chants and which has the Ordo Missae in the hymnal Latin on one side and English on the other.
On the feast of St. Joseph while saying Mass in Italian I used the third Eucharistic prayer in Latin. My parish is St.Eugene's Yonkers, NY
St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Henderson, NV (Diocese of LV) has a Novus Ordo Latin once a month on Sunday (Thank you Fr. Greg)
St. John the Baptist Parish in Waunakee, (Diocese of Madison) WI occasionally uses the Agnus Dei and Sanctus in Daily Masses (Biretta tip, Fr. Eric)
Holy Name of Mary Proto-Cathedral
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
My predecessor began the weekly tradition of chanting the communion proper in Latin at our main Mass. I'm trying hard to keep that tradition going. We will be using the chant setting of the Good Friday Reproaces for Veneration. We often use the Jubilate Deo Mass, and our priest will pray the Latin Eucharistic Prayer complete with Mortem Tuam. Our Schola has always chanted the sequences in Latin, and we frequently do Latin Hymns. At weekly Exposition and Benediction, the Pange Lingua nd Tantum Ergo are sung or chanted in Latin. Each year, we have a Requiem Mass where we do a Latin setting, complete with sequence. We also have an annual Novus Ordo Latin Mass, usually for Corpus Christi or Trinity Sunday. My predecessor is using Latin chants in his new parish, but I don't know to what extent.
St. James in Forest City, Iowa: we are using Latin Agnus Dei on most Sundays, and chant the Sanctus, Mysterium Fidei & Agnus Dei at most weekday Masses.
Our Mother of Consolation in Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill) has been doing the Introit in Gregorian Chant (in English--out of "By Flowing Waters" a new translation of the Graduale Simplex) at the 11:00 a.m. Sunday mass throughout Lent. In addition, all of the Propers have been chanted in English. The Kyrie is done in Greek.
Also, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence, RI, the 10 AM Sunday Mass is English spoken dialogue, but with Latin chant sung Ordinary - regularly.
Unfortunately it's about the only time you hear it there. Otherwise, expect Massive Cremation most of the time.
BMP
St. Martin of Tours in Louisville, KY chants the Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei in Latin, and all songs/hymns are from the Adoremus hynmal. It's the most beautiful Novus Ordo mass I've ever attended.
St. Peter's in Steubenville, OH chants the Sanctus and the Angus Dei in Latin as well.
In Chicago @ St. Alphonsus lots of chant both in Latin and English is used: this includes liturgical chant in the original Latin, modern-styled chant with settings done by the music director and chant melodies set to new English words ( eg. ADORO TE DEVOTE). They also may sing a polyphonic setting of the Greek Kyrie.
Here are some other examples of chant from recent liturgies: O Salutaris Hostia which is set to 'words' by Thomas Aguinas in Latin, Attende Domine, the Agnus Dei. The choir at the parish is outstanding. Last Sunday was also the first time that I heard the doxology and something else which unfortunately I couldn't quite make out in Latin.
At Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Watsonville Ca. the Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Communion antiphon are chanted evry Sunday at the 11:00 am Mass, except on the 1st Sunday of the month when the complete Ordinary, Introit and Communion are chanted. Generally from the Gregorian Hymnal, but also from the Gradual Simplex.
St. Theresa in Coral Gables, FL (Archdiocese of Miami). Chant the Kyrie in Greek, the Sanctus & Agnus Dei in Latin year 'round.
-J.
P.S. We also sing the Gloria in Lating about 75% of the time, but at completely random intervals. The Schola also chants and sings assorted pieces in Latin, also at random intervals...I'd say at half of the Masses we have such music.
Father,
We sing the Agus Dei and the Kyrie (Greek) during our LifeTeen Mass....
My favorite is when we sing the Tantum Ergo during Benediction...
I forgot to state where my parish is...
The Woodlands Texas, St. Anthony of Padua
Father, I'm not sure whether you meant to ask about parishes in the US of A, or anywhere else beyond!
Anyway, here in Singapore, on the far side of the world, in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, the choir director pretty much decides what's going to be sung in Latin when.
At any Sunday mass, we'll have one of the "common" hymns in Latin. Kyrie is always in Greek, and one or more of the Sanctus, Gloria, Credo, Pater Noster & Agnus Dei will be sung in Latin. At the end of mass, the choir will sing Salve Regina/Ave Maria Regina Caelorum.
Last week they just sang Attende Domine. On some feast days, they will also pick several Latin hymns.
Here I notice the younger people catch on to the Latin hymns much faster (and enthusiastically too!) than the older folks.
No singing on weekday masses.
I am pastor of Holy Ghost in Tiverton, RI. We use the Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Mortem Tuam at all weekend Masses once a month and every weekend Mass during Lent and Advent. We started the Gloria on Christmas and Christmas Season and will do the same at Easter. I do the Sanctus and Agnus Dei every Saturday morning Mass. Our choir does Latin hymns occasionally. Just answering the call of Vatican II and other documents.
St. Patrick's in New Orleans, LA has Novus Ordo ad orientem Masses every weekend, I think.
My parish in Ottawa, Ontario has been doing some Latin for about a year and half. We are gradually adding more. The pastor has made very clear that we are doing out of obedience and unity with the Holy Father. My parish, St. Mary's is also the home of the Companions of the Cross, and they may be doing this in their other parishes around Canada and the US.
http://www.stmarysottawa.ca/index.htm
http://www.companionscross.org/
Martin, we're chanting the Kyrie, the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei at my two parishes on Sundays during Lent. So far, I have received generally positive feedback, with only one person saying it was too much of a burden.
At my school we have a mostly sung Latin Mass every time we have Holy Mass. The only English bits are the readings, preface and Canon. And it ad orientem! No complaints from the boys who know chants off by heart (7 - 13 yrs olds)and the Schola who sing motets. Benediction is ALL in Latin.
I'm the music director at St Luke Catholic Church in Raleigh, NC. We routinely sing chant settings of the Kyrie and Agnus Dei in Greek/Latin. We usually sing the proper Communion antiphon in Latin. And at important liturgies during the year we certainly sing sequences and other antiphons from the Graduale in Latin. In addition, we sing a lot of polyphony in Latin.
My Parish, St. Mary of Perpetual Help in Chicago, chants the Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, alternating with English settings of Chant and non-Chant, and including the Credo in Latin on special ocassions for a widening reportoire in which the congregation participates. The congregation has welcomed the use of Gregorian Chant Mass parts in Latin. The Cantor also chants the Offertory and Communion Antiphons in English. The congregation also chants in English The Our Father.
St. Jude Fort Wayne includes "Agnus Dei" and the Kyrie during Lent and Advent.
Christ the King, a charismatic parish in Ann Arbor, Michigan, regularly sings the Kyrie in Greek and the Sanctus in Latin, with especially beautiful and seasonally appropriate settings during Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. During the Holy Triduum and the Great Easter Vigil, we use additional Latin chants, along with very moving recently composed settings for the Psalms, carefully chosen old spirituals, and appropriate songs of praise. We also use the Latin for certain other hymns, e.g., St. Thomas Aquinas' great works of adoration for the Most Blessed Sacrament.
addendum to previous post: Christ the King, Ann Arbor, also regularly sings the Agnus Dei in Latin.
It's already been mentioned, but I think it bears a repeat:
St. Margaret Mary's in the diocese of Oakland, California offers the Novus Ordo entirely in Latin (& often with chant settings) and has done so for the last 30-ish years.
Someone's also beaten me to the punch on St. Dominic's in San Francisco, so I'll just mention that St. Patrick's, also in SF, advertises a Latin Novus Ordo, 'though I've never personally attented.
My current parish, St. Appollinaris in Napa, CA, (diocese of Santa Rosa) occasionally sings the Agnus Dei.
As for "nobody's using Latin" - I count 4 or 5 parishes (St. Margaret Mary's, St. Dominic's, St. Anne's, Our Lady of Peace, St. Patrick's) that use a fair amount of Latin on a regular basis across 3 different diocese (Oakland, SF, San Jose) in the historically liberal SF Bay Area.
-EC
It's already been mentioned, but I think it bears a repeat:
St. Margaret Mary's in the diocese of Oakland, California offers the Novus Ordo entirely in Latin (& often with chant settings) and has done so for the last 30-ish years.
Someone's also beaten me to the punch on St. Dominic's in San Francisco, so I'll just mention that St. Patrick's, also in SF, advertises a Latin Novus Ordo, 'though I've never personally attented.
My current parish, St. Appollinaris in Napa, CA, (diocese of Santa Rosa) occasionally sings the Agnus Dei.
As for "nobody's using Latin" - I count 4 or 5 parishes (St. Margaret Mary's, St. Dominic's, St. Anne's, Our Lady of Peace, St. Patrick's) that use a fair amount of Latin on a regular basis across 3 different diocese (Oakland, SF, San Jose) in the historically liberal SF Bay Area.
-EC
Holy Rosary Church, Portland, OR
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Camas, WA - in progress of adding latin liturgy, still infrequent but very promising
Holy Redeemer Parish, Vancouver, WA - Only during Advent and Lent, and only a very few parts of the liturgy
Several members of Our Lady of Walsingham Church, our Anglican Use Parish in Houston, TX are digging change out from under sofa cushions to send our delightful new Pastor Fr Bruce Noble to the June workshop in Nebraska to learn to say the Tridentine Mass. He says he's game. (Not an exact quote)
We love the AU Liturgy, and the idea of having a weekly Tridentine Mass is something we are quite comfortable with, even if a lot of our young people & converts don't know Latin. (Some of them are home-schooled in the Classical tradition, though, and translate Latin easily) It's very contemplative and there's a lot of interest in it in and around the parish.
The retired, founding pastor Fr James T Moore, Ph.D, used to say the Latin Novus Ordo Mass--ad orientem, as per our "regular" AU liturgy--and it was very reverent & popular. He did this on Fridays, and often the I [chantress] and the congregation would sing the plainchant propers etc. from the Gregorian Missal. We have taught many of the parish kids to sing old Latin Hymns, (though we don't have them in a choir--it's just an informal thing, they learned by rote from me--who can't read music-- who remembers Gregorian chant from the '50's & 60's when I was in a parochial school choir) and the kids really enjoy learning to sing the Latin .
Every once in a while we have a funeral where they request the Requiem Mass, and we do it in English (ad Orientem) according to the AU, but the music is the traditional Latin Requiem. Father celebrates in Black Vestments, which even non-Catholics LOVE. After one of these Requiems, there's always somebody sidles up to me, the chantress, and says, " I want a Requiem Mass like this one when my time comes. . ."
We've just gotten our new pastor, who doesn't know the Latin Mass Novus Ordo OR Tridentine, but
we get lots of anxious calls at the Church from people wanting to know if we're going to keep on with Latin Masses--they're happy with the wonderfuly reverent Novus Ordo with or without plainchant led by a chantress (moi) or without. The possiblity of the new pastor learning the Tridentine Mass has a lot of people excited. Our experience is that if you advertise a Latin Novus Ordo--particularly if its done ad Orientem--people will drive up to 50 miles to attend on a WEEKDAY. Do it. The Devil HATES Latin, and God loves it. He will bless any parish that makes a comitment to it according the the Pope's wish.
This, from one who sings plainchant and doesn't know how to read music--listen: Gregorian Chant is the folksong of the Church. It belongs to everyone, not just estoteric early music experts. Like Latin itself, Gregorian chant suffers bad singers quite well, and indeed, if you sing it enough, you will turn a mediocre voice into a good one. A sure sign this music is inspired by the Holy Spirit. One hint: listen to good recordings to learn, but for parish singing, do it quicker than the monks who have all day. The less time one spends on a note, the less time you have to go flat on it. Gregorian chant quick and lite is the best for parish singing. It should never drag like a dirge--not even the Requiem. It should be, as Hildegard of Bingen once said "A feather on the breath of God"
Great blessings will accrue to any parish whose priest has the faith to start saying the Latin Mass, whether the Novus Ordo or the Tridentine.
My parish, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Alexandria, VA, uses Latin for numerous Mass parts during Lent and Advent. It is used to a lesser degree during Ordinary Time.
BTW, I'm a Shelby County native.
At Holy Angels, Garnett, KS, and St. John the Baptist, Greeley, KS, the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei are always chanted at daily Mass in the orginal languages (most of the daily and Sunday Mass is chanted in English, except for the Confiteor, the readings, the Creed, the Prayer of the Faithful, and the Eucharistic Prayer). The Kyrie is always chanted on Sunday Masses and the Agnus more than the Sanctus, but these latter two are sometimes done in the vernacular. All Masses, as a norm, have chanted dialogue between priest and people, chanted orations, preface, etc. Other Latin hymns are more occasional: Te Deum, Veni Creator, Salve Regina, etc. The In Paradisum is always chanted at funeral Masses. The sequences are always chanted in Latin (including everyday of the Octave of Easter). Frequently, the communio is chanted in Latin with English psalm verses, during Communion, of course. The Gloria (VIII) has been chanted and will be used more frequently. The Holy Hour before every daily Mass begins with the O Salutaris, and the Tantum ergo precedes benediction.
The list of pieces to be chanted in Latin next includes the In nomine Patris, the Mysterium Fidei, the Per Ipsum, and the Benedicat vos Omnipotens (done without any learning curve because 'Amen' is 'Amen') :). The list for the people to learn includes the Gloria (VIII, not because it is easiest but because it is used so frequently at Papal Masses they might see on TV and it is part of the Jubilate Deo collection), Et cum spiritu tuo, Mortem tuam, and Pater.
20 months ago, these beloved parishes had been doing nothing in Latin (except for maybe Glo-o-o-o-oria in excelsis Deo, Angels why this...) and singing consisted of the 4 song sandwich and St. L. SJs Holy/Lamb of God (or is it prince of peace). Slowly and certainly introducing Latin chant with REGULAR use (it is here to stay, so make the effort! not only in Lent) allows those Catholics preset against Latin and chant (today's standard Catholic) to be drawn in in a non-threatening and pedagogical way. Oh, and they sing these Latin chants better than they ever sing/sang the vernacular songs.
I must be off to prepare for a sung Latin Mass on my 'day off'.
St. Mary of the Assumption, Ft. Worth, TX. Ordinary in Latin, incl Pater noster. Introit, Offertory, Communio in Eglish, using Fr. Samuel Weber's settings. We also have 2 Spanish language masses a weekend.
Both my Parish, The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, and the parish I visit sometimes, St. John the Apostle and Evangelist in downtoen St. Louis, are using chant in the Liturgy. At the Cathedral Basilica, we have been singing the Gloria from Mass XVIII, as well as the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from that Mass. At St. John's, we sing the Sanctus and Agnus Dei.
The Cathdral Basilica of St. Louis is currently using the Gloria from Mass XVIII (arranged fore alternating Cantor/Assembly) as well as the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the same Mass. St. John the Evangelist in Downtown St. Louis has also been using the Sanctus and Agnus Dei during Lent.
I doubt I am the only catholic in New York City who feels left out in the cold here!LOL I am a huge fan of the Tridentine Mass and also enjoy Latin Novus Ordo Masses with chant.It seems they are few and far between in NYC however.This revival of latin and chant in the mass seems to be happening everywhere in the US but NYC.I have no doubt our none too conservative Cardinal is the cause.I live in Staten Island,NY.Are there any NYC priests or laity out there who feel as I do?I am praying that the Pope finally issues the universal indult soon so that Catholics who love the old mass will no longer be denied it.I love the blog..keep up the great work!Ryan in NYC
Fr. Justin Wachs using latin during his masses at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Sioux Falls, SD, as does Fr. Paul Rutten (during advent and lent) at the St. Pius XII Newman Center in Brookings, SD. (both are in the Sioux Falls Diocese)
The Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at UNCW, Wilmington, NC, uses Latin chant during Lent for the Sanctus and Agnus Dei.
St. Michael's abbey in El Toro, CA has a high mass chanted completely in Latin every Sunday at 11.
The schola of Immaculate Conception Church in Cleveland (4129 Superior Ave.) sings Gregorian propers for the Traditional Latin mass every Sunday at 12 noon, holy days at 6 pm. We also sings a polyphonic setting of the ordinary each week, and motets at offertory and communion.
The parish where I used to be the organist, Little Flower Church in Bethesda, MD, still sings Latin during mass on a regular basis: mass parts (Kyrie (in Greek) Gloria, Agnus Dei), motets, and other pieces (e.g. the sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes on Easter Sunday), and has done so for many years.
(Sorry, Father asked for Latin at NO masses, not Tridentine . . .)
St. Mary's in Rockledge, FL
Diocese of Orlando
During Lent, the Sunday 9 o'clock choir has been singing the Kyrie (Greek).
From the beginning of the school year, the school children have sung a contemporary setting (musically) of the Agnus Dei that uses Latin for the phrases "Agnus Dei," "miserere nobis," and "Dona nobis pacem."
(The school attends mass once during the week).
On All Saints, the school sang a Litany of the Saints (again, musically contemporary) that incorporated "ora pro nobis."
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the school choir sang "O Sanctissima"--2 verses, all in Latin.
During Lent, they are chanting the Agnus Dei (entirely Latin).
The weekday mass is well-attended and the use of the Latin and traditional hymns have been very well-received.
And the children actually seem to enjoy the Latin--they sing it with gusto!
Holy Family Parish in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has a weekly sung Novus Ordo Latin Mass. The choir is quite impressive actually. The Mass is all in Latin except for the readings.
Traveling thru Arizona, we found that the mass we attended for Sunday, Our Lady of Mt Carmel, in Tempe, Arizona the choir and community sing the Kyrie, Our Father, Angus Dei and other hymns in Latin. www.olmctempe.com
Our Parish, the Co-Cathedral of the Archiocese of Minneapolis/St. Paul, is the Basilica of St. Mary's in downtown Minneapolis.
We have a phenomenal liturgical program at the Basilica and Latin is used quite often both in the context of ordinary prescribed in the Missal Romanum, and in the selection of beautiful Latin sacred musical literature.
We have a beautiful and powerful 90-voice, auditioned, voluntary choir, a Chamber Choir, a Schola Cantorum, a women's choir, two children's choirs, and a very accomplished contemporary choir called Mundus.
Liturgy and community outreach are the two pillars of the Basilica congregation.
Most masses are preceded by the sung Introit of the day, done in Gregorian Chant, in Latin. With Translation in the service guide (program).
Frequent use of the mass parts, Santus, Agnus Dei, and Kyrie (both with the Greek). Assorted Gloria's.
Latin Motets appropriate for the liturgical calendar are used very frequently.
Mundus sings in English, Latin, and various world languages frequently.
Large choral and organ masses occur every Sunday at 9:30am from early September through mid-June.
The Basilica is an awesome sacred space, with wonderful accoustics for great choral works.
Our Music Director is the acclaimed Teri Larson, who is so very gifted and inspirational. Our singing is truly prayer for both the singers and the congregants participating in the mass. Walter Tabor is the Associate Director of Music and does a great job leading the Mundus group.
The Latin rite was never meant to be thrown out by Vatican II. Last I read, we are still the universal church, and have such a rich heritage in sacred music as part of our liturgical core.
Venite Adoremus, Venite Adoremus
Regards,
Alan Matchinsky
Apple Valley, MN
alanmatch@aol.com
San Buenaventura Mission 1:30pm Mass in Ventura California
sings Gregorian Chant Masses 1,2,8,9,11,and 18 with great gusto. We also sing the ordinaries from the Liber.
Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA, sings all ordinaries and most propers in Latin on Sundays and Feast Days.
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hi im wondering if you could help me.im looking for the meaning of the following which is i think in latin.agnues dei at the janua caeli ora pto nobis.would be very grateful of any help thanks everton
Hi! Someone just pointed out this discussion to me.
At Christ Church Cranbrook (Episcopal) in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, we present a Compline service on Sundays, September through June, at 9:00pm. The entire service is done in plainsong (Gregorian) chant. We do an invitory, hymn, and (usually Marian) anthem in Latin, and the rest of the Compline liturgy in English. Everyone is welcome. Have a look at http://www.christchurchcranbrook.org for more information.
To promote our service, I post it as an event on Myspace. Each week, I take a popular song, translate it into Latin, and set it to chant notation. Then I challenge readers of my blog to NAME THAT TUNE! Have a look at my blog and play - if you're enough of a Latin and/or chant geek!
http://blog.myspace.com/skygenius is where my blog is. Have fun!
Detroit Michigan; Old St. Mary's (in Grektown) Novus Ordo every Sunday, 10:30. Assumption (Grotto) Novus Ordo weekly; if not concerted (Hayden, Mozart, etc.) sung in plain chant. St. Joseph's Church, downtown. Novus Ordo weekly at 10:30.
St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Zionsville, Indiana (Lafayette Diocese)--- the two priests here always do the Agnus Dei in Latin chant, both Sunday and daily Mass. One of the priests does the Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and the Mystery of Faith parts in chanted Latin. Also, sometimes they will go the Kyrie.
Once, last week, during a daily Mass in which the priest wanted to comment about the Pope's recent letter about the Latin Mass, he did the whole first part of the Mass up to the readings, in Latin!
It was very interesting. He commented that that was an allowed form of the Mass, and it is called otu in the Sacramentary, though is not often chosen to be used. I for one really enjoyed it!
Latin resounds year round at St. James in Falls Church, Virginia, with music directed by Dan Day, a gifted organist and liturgist trained in Rome. Here is the pattern:
Kyrie in Greek (always)
Gloria in Latin (sometimes)
Sanctus in Latin (often)
Agnus Dei in Latin(often)
Best of all, the cantor, scola, or choir frequently sing in Latin in appropriate parts of the Mass, such as in meditation after Holy Communion--with repertoire ranging from Gregorian chants to choral pieces from the St. Gregory Hymnal and from composers like Palestrina. I really enjoyed being a cantor there, but have moved out of the area and attend a new church, where a 100 percent English Mass is the norm. I am so homesick for Latin that I plan to volunteer to sing Latin chant there when needed. Please pray that doors will open if this ministry is meant to be.
Call Me, Cantor in Love with Latin
The 11:30AM Mass at the University Parish of St. Joseph in the Village in Greenwich Village, NYC chants the Introitus, Kyrie and Communio. Given that is a great revival of tradition in NYC's oldest standing church in what is a famously progressive neighborhood, the choir deserves all the support it can get for reintroducing the parish to Catholic music.
St. Patrick's in Norcross, GA is saying most of the ordinary responses in Latin: Sanctus, Agnus Dei. At daily masses the Mysterium Fidei is in Latin and sometimes even the High Doxology is in Latin with the Amen for a response.
Recently we started a Schola Cantorum which sings the propers at one mass a month. In January 2008 they will be singing one mass a week with all of the Propers.
The Schola sung masses are also ad orientam with much of the Canon I said in Latin.
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church in Aiken, SC has for the past 10 years used the Latin parts of the Mass during Advent and Lent. The Mem Accl.and Great Amen are from "Mass of Creation"; the Sanctus and Agnus Dei are readily available in the OCP hymnal "Breaking Bread." We use the following chant standards at the appropriate seasons: Veni creator Spiritus, Creator alme siderum, Pange lingua, Tantum ergo, Salve Regina, Of the Father's Love Begotten (in Eng.).We are going to Rome in April and are learning Credo III and the Missa d'angelis Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei for Mass at the Vatican...Latin and chant are NOT as dead a "language" and "style" as some would have you think! Blessings...Maureen Simpson,DMA, Dir. of Music.
St. Ignatius Martyr parish, Long Beach NY (Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island)just had a Christmas vigil (midnight) Novus Ordo, but really done as a solemn mass, with the Kyrie in Greek and the Gloria in latin, with an absolutely magnificent choir and organist.
At St Mary Cathedral in Austin, Texas, the schola always sings at least 2 or 3 pieces in Latin at the High Mass on Sundays.
Hello, Father!
At our parish, Emmanuel Catholic Church in downtown Dayton (diocese of Cincinnati) we regularly sing/use the Latin Sanctus, Gloria, Credo, Pater Noster & Agnus Dei.
www.emmanuelcatholic.com
At St Patrick Church in Fredericksburg, VA our pastor occasionally says the Kyrie (in Greek) and sings the Agnus Dei (in Latin)...but the other priest only ever does the English. I like the Latin...wish we did more of it consistently. There doesn't seem to be a reason or 'season' for the Pastor saying the Greek and Latin...I think it's just when it strikes him. I wouldn't say we 'chant' the Kyrie....we simply recite it.
Father,
We have used Latin parts in our daily and weekly masses for years now- the Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei- these are often per celebrant, and are only initiated in congregations in our diocese that are familiar with them and comfortable with the responses. Much to our encouragement, there has been a movement towards more orthodox Catholic practice, and we now have a regular Tridentine mass on Sundays- it is quite moving, but I think the thing that draws me to it most is that during the Tridentine Mass, everything is about Christ, and there is nothing left that can used for entertainment- it is the purity of Christ's sacrifice, and that to me, makes it more appealing and special than a regular mass. Its not about me, its about HIM.
by the way, the previous comment was from the diocese of fargo, ND.
St. Mary Church in Marietta, Ohio, which is in the Diocese of Steubenville, uses the Latin Mass Parts (at least the Sanctus and Agnus Dei) during Advent and Lent.
St. Patrick's in Galesburg, IL sings some Latin/Greek at 10:30 Sunday Mass for most of the year; in Advent and Lent, we do the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei, and in Ordinary time we do the Gloria, all from Jubilate Deo.
Hello,
Annunciation Catholic Church in downtown Houston, TX offers the Novus Ordo Mass in Latin at 11:00 A.M. and the Tridentine Mass at 8:00 A.M. on Sundays.
Say, does anyone know the beginning chant that is said before the Mass proper during Lent with the sprinkling of holy water?
Thanks,
St. John Cantius in Chicago has all three; the Novus Ordo in English, the Novus Ordo in Latin with full Gregorian chant choir and the Tridentine High Mass (GORGEOUS!!!). St. Thomas More, on the South side of Chicago has the Novus Ordo in English and the Tridentine with one chanter. Father Fanelli got permission from the Cardinal to re-locate the altar to the back while keeping the "new" altar in the center so that both mass types may be said properly.
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