Society of Saint Gregory

Wanted in 1 week's time please a simple setting of this wedding psalm for solo, response and organ. :D Psalm 148:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-13a, 13c-14a R. (13a) Let all praise the name of the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights; Praise him, all you his angels, praise him, all ...

Greetings to friends old and new! Hope to be at Autumn assembly.

Love Haydn always make me smile!

Once a year I lead the monthly spirituality day. The theme I was given was A new commandment. With this heat I started thinking about washing feet and consulted 2 distingushed liturgists who suggested getting a point person to start the process with me. Took along 2 washing up bowls, 3 jugs, towels ...

I often go to daily Mass and the parish has 2 priests. One of them has been seriously ill and still walks very slowly and has difficulty climbing steps into the pulpit (which he still insists on doing!) The same person reads every day and there are a variety of people who serve. This week the reader...

A tricky one as many attending will not be church goers. At Westminster cathedral there is silence during the actual confirmations.

Well deserved award

Norman has done wonders following on from Nick Gale. let us hope the right person is prepared to come.

Many thanks to Paul Wellicome for M and L article this June. Recently attended 2 masses with folk groups guitars only.Both suffered because we did not know when to start. Bars of strumming are no help at all. Grandson's first communion at Pentecost began with This is the day. The communion hymn was ...

It is unacceeptable that online bookers can go in up to the start time while the rest have to arrive from work and other places 30 minutes before th time. Complaints have been made. I was not enthusiastic about the Rachmaninoff vespers and wished the choir could have sung their own national music ra...

It was a beautiful Mass with Bishop Richard, lots of priests, family and friends. Wonderful music. Catherine Christmas was cantor/animator and she sang her own psalm setting so prayerfully and beautifully I was very much moved. Bob Hurd's As the deer at communion was the perfect choice and brought b...

Liz and I thoroughly enjoyed the week at Belmont Abbey, Hereford. Being able to take part in the daily office and Mass in that beautiful church is very precious to us. Dom Alan Rees always comes to mind and in fact it was the 12th anniversary of his passing. I did find that the 6.30 a.m. start on tw...

It was great - thoroughly enjoyed the Monteverdi at the Sung Eucharist (far too long a stand during the Taverner Western Wind Mass an Eucharistic prayer). We were able to sit together at the front of the transept. Visiting the shrine of St Edward the Confessor and a glass of wine with the Dean and c...

Yes Martin is indeed a sad loss. He did come and look at the organ I used to play to see whether the tuning could be changed to equal temperament but nothing came of it in the end! The general situation is dismal. Those churches retaining pipe organs are in many cases using digitals or piano. Not ma...

Feel like cheering! Anything to get rid of the clunky translation we have to endure at the moment.