Society of Saint Gregory

Perhaps I’m not the right person to comment as one of the organisers, but the feedback I have had is very positive. We had a wonderful tour of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St Paul. Clifton on Friday evening, led by Peter Harrison, former Treasurer of the Society. Peter was involved with the...

Like Bob, I was surprised that some dioceses don't seem to be promoting the Year of Faith. In Birmingham, it's being talked about everywhere! There is a wealth of information here , and there are meetings and studies days going on at Deanery level. It is up to people to get things going in their own...

The Society’s Annual Conference is almost upon us! This year, we have extended the conference slightly so as to be able to offer those attending a workshop on Saturday morning. The timetable is as follows: Friday 9 November 6.00 pm Meet at the Cathedral for tour (given by Peter Harrison) 7.30 pm Din...

Some seventy of us are heading for the seaside on Monday - not that we'll see too much of it as we'll have a busy week ahead of us at this year's summer school! People have made their workshop selections and, more importantly, their menu choices for the celebration dinner that takes place on Thursda...

Romuald was also Chairman of the Society of Saint Gregory from 1987 to 1996.

Could an SSG Trustee please confirm (or otherwise) that Mgr Wadsworth has, in fact, been invited to deliver the Crichton Lecture this year? Msgr Wadsworth has indeed been invited to give the James Crichton Memorial Lecture at our Conference this year. The title of his lecture has yet to be confirme...

Andrew Wright, Director of Music at Brentwood Cathedral has asked me to bring this event to your attention: A Day with Marty Haugen at Brentwood Cathedral & Cathedral Parish Hall on Saturday, 30th June 2012 Marty Haugen is an internationally renowned liturgical composer, workshop presenter, perf...

I also attended Catherine's funeral. It was a thoughtful and moving service. For those who don't know, Catherine was the wife of Peter Harrison, a long time member and friend of SSG who was Treasurer of the Society for a number of years, until he stepped down at the last AGM. It was good to see Chri...

As alan29 says, it's good to allow one or two take place without music, so people can hear what's being said. After that, I have to say that I think it's pretty essential to 'cover' all the confirmations with music to deter the chatterers. The problem is that so many people come along to support who...

Our Lady, Lillington (no baptisms) Christ our Light (Missal tone) Exsultet - Missal tone (sung valiantly by our new Deacon) (We've reduced down to five readings) Psalm after 2nd reading - Protect me God (Wellicome) Psalm after 3rd reading - I will sing to the Lord (John Gibbons - Psalm Songs 2) Psal...

Our Lady, Lillington Psalm (Wellicome - arranged for two clarinets; it was very haunting) Gospel Acclamation (Alan Smith) Behold the Wood (Missal tone) During the Adoration - Reproaches (Wellicome), Sing my Tongue the Glorious Battle Communion - Behold the Man (Jimmy Owens, though we've only just di...

At Our Lady, Lillington, we sang: We should Glory in the Cross (Wellicome) Psallite Gloria Psalm - The Blessing Cup (Murray) Gospel Acclamation – Praise to you, O Christ, our Saviour (Farrell) Offertory – Ubi Caritas (Wellicome) Lenten Acclamations (Wellicome) Lamb of God – Bicester Mass (Wellicome)...

For those of you who link directly to the forum, without looking at the home page, I thought I'd bring the 2012 Summer School to your attention. We return to Sneaton Castle, Whitby this year on slightly earlier dates (23 to 27 July) to avoid clashing with the Olympic Games. Our new Chairman, Carolin...

I like the Gloria. We have been using it in our parish since September. We began by singing it in unison for quite a few weeks and then added the harmonies. This has helped it to become well established. It's not a 'big' Gloria, but it sounds good in parts, unaccompanied. We've not used the other pa...

The car-crash that is the permission to publish process and the similar problems with granting of the NO to collections have also generated comment - also good, and such is the discourtesy, incompetence, injustice and dishonesty in the administration of these processes that they are worthy of a cre...