Society of Saint Gregory

Last year, some eejit repainted our sanctuary area "municipal-baths-blue" and when I observed that some of the hangings (especially green!) would clash, someone (a Catechist to boot!) asked, quite sincerely, why we couldn't have some blue ones made to match..........Give me strength!

Getting off-topic here, but you have my sympathy! A lady in an electric wheelchair ran over my foot one Christmas Eve - No "Dieu Parmi Nous" after Midnight Mass that year!!

Back on topic- thanks Presbyter. My wife laid a bet you would be the 1st reply!

Have just returned from meeting with PP and MC re Holy Week ceremonies. PP says that after Silent Adoration on Holy Thursday, The Blessed Sacrament is removed from the Altar Of Repose to another "place of repose" (in this case the Presbytery airing cupboard!) and brought thence on Good Friday for th...

I need to get hold of a copy of the words and music of "Count your many blessings, name them one by one" or be pointed in the direction of which book it may be in - requested for a funeral.

If anyone could help, a scanned copy to me by e-mail would be fantastic!

Many thanks everyone!

I always observe the "no organ voluntaries in Lent except for Laetare Sunday and solemnities" rule, and yet I have seen 2 RC cathedrals advertsising organ voluntaries on their music lists. My own PP says "its just a suggestion"

Who is right here please?

A couple of points, not directly picking up on comments already made, but definitely "on-topic". 1. A lady who only attends rarely (i.e when the PP is away - he has upset her by not addressing some serious issues she has about the parish) was there last week, and she sings her socks off. She inspire...

Can every parish find such a person?[/quote]

I would add ........who can find the time!

presbyter wrote:Wait till you have a big Irish funeral and the requests for this and that Irish air on the organ

Had that today actually - "Danny Boy" of course!

presbyter wrote:In my experience, the term tends to be used by the more elderly Irish community.

That encompasses much of my congregation then - thanks!!

As an ex-Anglican, I refer to hymn TUNES - eg; what TUNE shall we use for "Praise to the Holiest"? Since becoming a Catholic, lifelong Catholics (round here anyyay) seem to refer to hymn tunes as "AIRS". Yes, I do know what Air means in this context; I just wonder why the term is used by Catholics ...

Please can this not become a Mayhew-bashing thread? I have no axe to grind, but my organ repertoire has been enriched by KM's publications, as has my congregation's repertoire. As with any catalogue, you pick and choose. I have never used the Alan Rees, but I have a copy. For a parish with vision, a...

Hare wrote:Why? Seems spot-on for this topic...

The point to which this comment applied seems to have disappeared from the forum........in which case, admin, mine could go too.

Also, i am sre there was a new post here last night (Sun 7 Nov) which has gone now - or was I dreaming?

ps - please someone tell me how this quote thing works! I mess it up everytime!!

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During this morning's homily (I'd heard it twice already!) I read an article in The Tablet on parish music by Paul Inwood. (I think it was an early October edition) While it didn't, at least to me, say anything radically new, it gave a good concise history of liturgical music up to the prtesent day,...