Greetings from the St. Ann Choir for a blessed Christmas

and a Happy New Year. We invite you to join us for

special services in Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony

at St Thomas Aquinas Church, Waverley at Homer in Palo Alto

GREGORIAN MASS AT ST. THOMAS

The normal Sunday Mass is now at 11:00 a.m.;

For the Christmas feasts, we had planned festive celebrations, but illness and transportation difficulties have prevented some singers from being here. We hope our more modest repertory will still suport the solemnities of the season. Fr. Maurice will celebrate Christmas Eve, Fr. Anselm Christmas Day.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Saturday, December 24, beginning 11:45 p.m.,

Carols and organ music, followed by

Sung Latin Mass with Gregorian chant and

the Mass for Three Voices by William Byrd

CHRISTMAS DAY

Sunday, December 25, 11:00 a.m. Sung Latin Mass with the Gregorian Missa de Angelis.

THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY

Saturday evening, December 31, 8:00 p.m.

St. Ann Chapel, Melville at Tasso, Palo Alto

First Vespers of New Year’s Day with the antiphon cycle O admirabile commercium

sung in Gregorian chant

Sunday, January 1, 2022; 11:00 a.m.

Sung Latin Mass with Gregorian

Missa de Beata Virgine (Mass IX)

EPIPHANY

Sunday, January 8, 11:00 a.m.

Sung Latin Mass with Gregorian chant

Mass Ordinary to be determined

EVERY SUNDAY

Gregorian chant Mass in Latin, sung by congregation & choir with Renaissance motets,

11:00 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church