Society of Saint Gregory

However, it might be tricky to do the animator bits whilst actually playing the guitar. It seems to me this might be two jobs? Oh, I don't know. Although the ideal would be to have two people, I think that one reasonably skilled guitarist with an expressive face and standing in a conspicuous positi...

Maybe I'll show this to my PP! It would be nice to even have expenses covered!!

Absolutely no mention of it in our parts. Most frustrating; scandalously so.

Monsignor Kevin McGinnell, at last year's Summer School, gave the best illustration of "active participation" that I have been confronted with. In one of his talks he got us all to introduce ourselves, including a potted biography, to some one seated nearby. I'm sure that I was not the onl...

Southern Comfort wrote:In the same way that you'd never have a pre-recorded CD of the Huddersfield Choral Society singing along with your hymn....

In my parish 30 years ago, the then PP had a Walkman on the altar and the congregation sang along to Harry Secombe!!!

FYI, Musescore has recently been updated from version 1.3 to version 2.0 There are some very good improvements but also the way some things are done has changed, and will cause a little confusion at first. Musescore 2.0 can read 1.3 files, but not vice versa. When you "update" it actually ...

A mixed bag and, frankly, some real liturgical horror stories amongst them. Why do so many parishes habitually break the rules? Thus robbing everyone so much of the drama and theatre of the Vigil! Why do so many settle for what is so prosaic! Rant! Rant! Rant! Rant! Ros Wood : With whom was the &quo...

I would be most interested to know at what time your Easter Vigil started and concluded. I am aware that this has been mentioned in at least one other thread, but that thread really focussed on another aspect of the Vigil. In my area, sun set this year was at 7.39pm but one parish had their Vigil st...

John 11:35 As do I! How the liturgy is celebrated is SO important to the spiritual life of the Church. One thing I have learned over the last two or three years since being invited to take up my present ministry, is that you do not need outstandingly talented musicians and singers (though it can hel...

.......On those occasions, the missal chants (English, Latin or mixed) also get a look-in - usually unaccompanied (with the exception of the missal chant English Gloria setting, which is, I think, dreadful). I couldn't agree more, which is a big reason why we only use the Missal Chants during the P...

Maybe part of the problem is that lots of people just don't know whats out there that they could possibly tackle or that might suit the worship style of their community. Not everyone has the time or knowledge to go hunting, or the skills to make sense of what they might find. Quite often, in my wan...

I am in the middle of trying to build up a repetoire of four or five Mass settings of different styles for use in our Vigil Mass; it is taking somewhat longer than I had anticipated and I've certainly discovered that you cannot please all of the poeple all of the time!! The music-providers at the pa...

It is certainly my experience that readers, etc., are often afraid of pauses and silence in several parts of the Mass. For example, when my group is playing we ALWAYS sing the Psalm and the Gospel Acclamation, but I don't want to rush in with either of these as soon as the congregation has said, &qu...

Here is what we had this weekend at the Vigil Mass: Creator of the stars of night (again with just flutes accompanying with melody and harmony). My soul in stillness waits. Streams in the desert (sung by music group). O come, O come Emmanuel . ( Obviously persuaded by the argument for its use before...

It's not just you - I am often getting that message.

At the Summer School we were informed that one or more of our younger members were working on completely overhauling the site. Maybe it's due to that?