Society of Saint Gregory

Pontypridd Deanery rents space with HostPapa and runs a free interface called ModX which allows multiple editors to be authorised to edit selected parts of the site - so each parish has its own parish editor and it would be easy to allow a parish's SVP secretary, etc, to edit their own pages. We hav...

"In the Dioceses of England and Wales Holy Communion is to be received standing, though individual members of the faithful may choose to receive Communion while kneeling. However, when they communicate standing, it is recommended that the faithful bow in reverence before receiving the sacramen...

And Leeds have a very handy resource page at http://www.dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk/advice_materials/

Will there be a copy of the UK edition of Magnificat containing the entire Triduum, I wonder?

So... the first Lent,Triduum and Eastertide of the new missal approach. After doing some planning today, a few ideas that might be worth sharing. There are new responses in the Litany of Saints at Easter Vigil. When do we teach these to the congregation? We are going to use the "Lord Have Mercy...

Romans 3:23 - "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..." My sin may not be particularly great or grievous compared to other human beings. I know that the fact that the world is tainted by even the smallest sin is a great and grievous matter in God's eyes. Theologically, it...

Methinks that a "2nd collection" is a "retiring collection" if, and only if, it is taken at the door rather during communion, notices, or recessional. My parish's policy, at the strong advice of my Parish Council, is that baskets at the exit door are much preferred over disturbin...

I am now singing less of the Mass than I was. With the pre-2012 text, on Solemnities, I would normally sing the whole Eucharistic Prayer using either Philip Gaisford's EP2 or Mass of Creation (EP3). I haven't yet learned to sing a Eucharistic Prayer all the way through using the new words. In the tr...

By the way - and something of an irritation - the full Altar Missal seems to have a mind of its own and does not wish to remain open at the Offertory Prayers, when placed on a Missal stand. Having used my new Chapel Edition for the first time today (in winter my parish takes refuge in a cosy side-c...

JW wrote:John Bell's 'For All The Saints Who've Shown Your Love' to 'O Waly Waly - which I still associate with Terry Pratchett, rather than a Somerset folk song!

Crivens!

Now that we are in the Age of Implementation, time to revive this thread too. In my parish, following a taster evening open to the whole parish, we have made a shortlist of settings which seemed manageable without accompaniment: Mass of Christ the Savior – Dan Schutte - judged likeable and singable,...

The chant Gloria is IMHO dire. I quite agree... I don't see our unaccompanied congregation managing it either. The last few bars seem quite elaborate - big on nobility, but low on simplicity. So far we have set our Gloria to a 3-note psalm tone and I can see the Psallite AAABBBBAAA tone being our n...

I have cheated slightly... began the using the new Missal on 2 Sept to let the weekday crowd get a couple of days of practice for a strong lead! Before the opening hymn, I taught the Missal chant for "And with your spirit" and said we would chant it for a couple of months to help us get in...

It seemed to me worth starting a thread devoted to the impact of the new texts on services other than Mass. I am sure we will, in our various parishes, be developing solutions and leaflets for non-Mass weddings, funerals and the like, and this might be a place to share stuff. As a starter, I have de...

I wonder whether the figure of 20 in the Southwark directory refers to the total seminarians in training in Valladolid and Wonersh, and therefore includes seminarians from Arundel and Brighton and other dioceses? I doubt it, I suspect the current combined total for those two seminaries is now well ...