Society of Saint Gregory

Did you do "Oh the lOve of My Lord" like a tango? It's almost irrestible!

Ah, so Amazing Grace is not OK.... mixed feelings about this as our congregation really sing this with wellie... no wonder the Bishop's helper gave me that hard look when one of our dames launched into it unaccompanied after Communion and the Communion hymn finished too soon... he had to move a few ...

not rushing forward in this matter then If it was the DFES there would have been 600 new initiatives since 1980 and a mountain of glossy documents to match. It will still fall on the shoulders of unpaid and untrained people so will it really make any difference. Three years ago the bossiest music gr...

Don't know Spring Harvest. I tend towards the traditional hymn ( the more miserable the better!) although I have found this is area specific and also note that many of these are Anglican in origin.... I have two great old tomes of old Catholic Hymns in the organ loft which have such things as Marian...

yep

similar here. We haven't learned the old ones yet. We're still having big upsets about who chooses the hymns for the sandwich.

And, we just used guitars for the Confirmation and I was a bit worried about doing this as I do not think our Bishop likes this. I was in a real stew about it all.

Yes

There they all were wearing white with red stripes en masse looking like they were fully supporting England..... very topical. Nice one Leeds Diocese.

During a run through for the service today I noticed that Father looked very smart in his white dress and red scarf...... did the Bishop secretly plan this year as Service of the Words so that the ceremonial robes were in England colours..... different colour robes for a Mass you see.....

Have you found this yet? I asked a Little Brother this morning if he knew it or had it ...... it made him laugh when I asked but I don't know why..... he has gone home to have a look for you.

Can anyone advise? Today I thought it would be a good choice to sing "Firmly I Believe and Truly" as we have not sung it for a while (maybe years as it turns out), so launched into it on the organ and was met by silence. Only one person I talked to after admitted to knowing it. A Brother s...

I am sitting right in the place where the sound is produced I think. Never use pedals, perhaps just as well.

Just wondering, as you do

does playing the church organ make you deaf? I sometimes wonder if I should have ear muffs on when playing. Is there any advice on this?

Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

Thanks all, for all the help.

Well we can manage a Great Amen and an Alleluia. We can do four Holy Holies but that includes 664 663 and 666 (HON). We even know 2 Glorias. But we have never got to grips with the Memorial Acclamations. We tried to get into the Gathering Mass settings but they are too like to Holy Holy and rather l...

Well that solves that mystery

It is a Service of the Word when there are many candidates for the Sacrament,with a Mass it would take too long. It is a Mass when there are less than 50 to do as a job lot. There you go, all sorted!