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 |
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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 |
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