Society of Saint Gregory

blackthorn fairy wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:04 pm

Lucky you Alan29. We too have lots of deathhs in the parish but the first funeral I have been asked to play for since January 2020 will be in two weeks' time.

I have two this week. It feels like I am doing something positive in this awful situation.

This will pass. The worry is what will be left when full worshipping re-starts. We are allowed 80 in our socially distanced church. We get under 60. I go. I play hymns. People appreciate it. We give sad little waves across the building to each other which are answered by thumbs up, or the waggling h...

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Lets hope musicians get sight of it early enough to adjust/re-write responsorial psalms.

There has been precious little money for lay education and formation in the past.
I suspect the impact of Covid on collections will mean even fewer funds in future.

Thank you for your considered reply. If I might reflect on it There is a certain 'confusion' of language in alan29's email. I hope the question marks mean its ok to offer some clarification (at least at the level of the theory of things!) If lay people do these things at present it is by virtue of ...

It raises a number of questions. If lay people do these things at present it is by virtue of their baptism .... why "clericalize" this lay right? If they are commissioned by the bishop will it be just for their parish, or for a wider ministry? Will commissioned people go to the top of the queue when...

Because it isn't. It is for some of us Can I presume you live in a part of the world where there are so many pastoral musicians champing at the bit that you will never be able to serve again? We've just lost our building. But we have no intention of giving up. Good for you. And good luck to you and...

Hare wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:42 pm

Why not just throw in the towel and accept it is all over?

Because it isn't.

I'd agree with everything John said. One caveat about humming, even when wearing a mask. Fairly early on (March/April) they did studies on humming as an alternative to singing and found that just as much was produced in the way of aerosol, even when the hummer was masked. Every week or two, someone...

I am less despondent. I think that those who return when things like singing and provision for children restart will be wanting to sing. I worry more that people will have lost the habit of going to church and will have found other ways of filling that time on a Sunday. I can see a time of shrinkag...

I am less despondent. I think that those who return when things like singing and provision for children restart will be wanting to sing. I worry more that people will have lost the habit of going to church and will have found other ways of filling that time on a Sunday. I can see a time of shrinkage...

Pulls no punches.

Of course this change is of no use at all in parishes like mine where we have no choir.

Hare wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:48 pm

I would happily play but am furloughed until singing is allowed - or the furlough scheme ends - when I would be redundant.

That's a bad situation.

I play before and after and at the Presentation of Gifts and Communion at ours. People really appreciate the change of sound from what has become a spoken word fest. And it gives me personally a change of activity. Good parish liturgy has evolved to have a balance between spoken word and singing. My...