Society of Saint Gregory

Are any liturgical resources available yet? I gather that my parish is one of two in the deanery holding an opening mass on the 8th December. The mass will be of The Immaculate Conception, which is easy to plan in itself, but I'm wondering how the "mercy" element should be woven in...........

I have let this run for a bit as there have been plenty of interesting and useful postings, however we've not have much about Music Animation for a while. Can we please return to the topic now. If you wish to continue with the guitar/organ/keyboard debate please either start a new thread or PM me t...

Our digi piano is a Kawai. We had "Because the Lord is my shepherd" to the accompaniment of an excellent acoustic guitarist, a bass guitarist, two flutes and me on the harp voice of the piano. All gently amplified through the church PA. Gorgeous. And the people sang - the litmus test of a...

oopsorganist wrote:
I think it was Hare who said that a good organ would attract an organist. But all of that is a bit aspirational..

No - that wasn't me. I agree - that is "aspirational" (Hate the term!!) In theory, it should be true, but.........

The pipe v digital organ debate will always rage. The organ v guitar debate ditto. Personally, I have NOTHING against guitars in church, and have used them on many occasions - and still would were there a guitarist in the parish. The organ is a logical instrument to use in church, as it can fill a l...

I wonder what it is that makes people think a guitar, keyboard or other instruments are what's required for a family Mass. Presumably they've decided the organ would not be appropriate? Personally, I can't see why the organ might be considered inappropriate for a family Mass. Then again, I would ra...

Hmm. Not wishing to be negative, but I would like to think that the clentele at this mass got a more varied diet than can be provided by a guitar-playing animator..... What specifically do think will be missing from their diet? Without a job-description (or some inside information) we cannot know i...

What do they actually do? The only ones I have seen are in France. There they seem to run the Liturgy of the Word from a mike up front, and wave an arm around in a fairly meaningless way while people are trying to ignore them and get on with the singing. Is that it? I'd like to think of myself as p...

I was not being dismissive of guitars at mass, as a re-reading of my comment should reveal.

Hmm. Not wishing to be negative, but I would like to think that the clentele at this mass got a more varied diet than can be provided by a guitar-playing animator.....

Absolutely! I would add that things that should be fast should be very slow - and vice-versa! I used to play regularly at a French church when there on holiday, until the time a young lad of about 15/16 in the congregation, who acted as Animateur at the monthly "Family Mass" decided I was ...

We have never used the ancient triple Alleluia chant. Tends to be the Celtic with the verses. We had "hands in the air" in the congregation this year! Is there a rubric that says the fire should NOT be pre-lit? Two years ago, the week after Easter, the gas board were called in to investiga...

Alleluia SPOKEN!!!! Total travesty. Do you mean the celbrant said "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia", then the Congregation said "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia", then the celebrant again, etc through three iterations? A travesty indeed - did he use a higher voice each time? Q I think...

21.00 start, 23.15 finish. Odd numbered readings and sung psalms, deacon sang Exsultet. One year (1998) we started and finished in broad daylight - at request of then PP who was only with us for a year. Said Exsultet, fire INDOORS!!!!!! AFTER the Readings!! Hymns in place of set psalms....Alleluia S...

JW wrote:We all have these horrible moments when something unexpectedly goes belly-up.

It didn't actually go wrong - the sops didn't actually notice, so it didn't put them off - but other parts of the choir heard it!