Society of Saint Gregory

For decades my parish has celebrated First Communions fully integrated into the Sunday morning Masses. Over two of the morning Masses over four weeks in Eastertide, from 6 to maximum 10 children make their first Communion (we have about 60 first communicants a year). They will have been expected to ...

I received the attached open invitation as an NNPM contact. Any SSG members or others interested in taking part?

Nearly typed on an Order of Service booklet:

HOMILY - please be sedated.

Some years ago, my then ex-Anglican parish priest brought to my attention a hymn in honour of deceased parishioners. We sang it each November for a number of years. It is from the New English Hymnal (208): I have changed the beginning to read 'In our day of remembrance' instead of 'In our day of tha...

The Tablet this weekend announces that Pope Francis has ordered a review of the guideleines on liturgical translations from Latin. Archbishop Arthur Roche will head a body of bishops 'from across the world'. It will look at the current rules (i.e. Liturgiam Authenticam) and also examine how much of...

Spotted on amazon.co.uk: a learned book by Enrico Mazza - "The Theology of Liturgy in the Parasitic Age".

And when would that be? A special indulgence for the best answer.

During a service with Pope Francis at the Ground Zero Memorial in New York City, Cantor Azi Schwartz delivered a haunting rendition of the Jewish prayer to the fallen.

Here it is: https://youtu.be/EQ6QItyQnGY

The next issue is due to be mailed this week.

'Pax omnibus de liminibus' is what I think you were looking for, PhPh, but there are too many busses there for it to be elegant Latin.

Does it make a difference if we name it Offertory Procession? Shuffle of feet and clink of pennies. Movement. What about dance? Some four or more years ago there was a public meeting in Westminster Cathedral (on the 1st of April, if I remember correctly!) at which Cardinal Arinze, the Nigerian then...

"The Preparation of the Gifts is not usually an appropriate place for a hymn." Explain! Would someone please identify the said 'Centre of Excellence' and also quote the entire paragraph or whatever in which this statement occurs? Now I grant you that an unthinking "we must have a hym...

I feel strongly that, where a Sunday Mass is normally sung, some singing should be provided every Sunday. Music leadership is a ministry to the community, helping them to praise God. Does God take August off? I think not. In my 29 years as music leader in my parish, I made it a point of honour and f...

On Sunday 6th September I was in Boppard-am-Rhein, ten miles south of Koblenz. Big German-Romanesque church, officially a minor basilica. Excellent professional organist who could really lead the congregation as well as play - on the previous day he had entertained a respectable midday crowd to a co...

Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Parish – Balham, London (SW12 8QJ) seeks to appoint, from September 2015, a practising Catholic as Music Animator for its very lively 9.30am Sunday Family Mass. The successful candidate will ideally be a guitar player, with an understanding of the Mass, and able to confiden...

It's still not too late to book a place at this year's Summer School - and in a nice countryside location in this hot weather! There are still some bedrooms free - and we really don't want to pay High Leigh for empty bedrooms! The FREE places for 18-35s are also still open. And there are plenty of £...

Tim’s body will be brought into the church of Our Lady and St George, Walthamstow, E17 9HU at 5 pm on Wednesday 8th July and the Requiem Mass will be at 1 pm on Thursday 9th July, followed by burial at Leystonstone Catholic cemetery. The church is in a built-up area, so car parking may be very diffi...