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Dialogues
Dialogues
At the heart of the Church's liturgy are the sung dialogues between the people and the priest, deacon, or other ministers. Singing elevates prayers to beauty and helps foster community of the gathered assembly. Chanted dialogues are a integral feature of our Sunday liturgies.
Ordinary of the Mass
Ordinary of the Mass
Certain elements of the Mass have such great importance that they are proclaimed unchanged at every liturgy, therefore making them "ordinary" to the Mass:
--Kyrie
--Gloria
--Creed
--Sanctus
--Agnus Dei
Proper of the Mass
Proper of the Mass
Other liturgical texts change day to day, depending on the liturgical season or feast being celebrated. Many of these belong to the choir or cantor, though the congregation may also be involved:
--Introit (entrance chant)
--Responsorial Psalm
--Gospel Acclamation
--Offertory chant
--Communion chant
Congregational hymnody
Congregational hymnody
Popular hymns for the assembly are a common addition to the Church's liturgy. Our repertoire list is drawn largely from the public domain, but also uses texts and tunes published by Source and Summit and GIA Publications, amongst others. The assembly sings an offertory hymn and recessional hymn year-round, as well as communion hymns during Ordinary Time.
Choral music and organ repertoire
Choral music and organ repertoire
Our parish choirs learn and perform sacred music in a variety of styles. The Church asks us to hold Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony in highest regard, but our choirs also regularly sing from the Baroque to the Romantic to modern compositions. Our choral palette, therefore, reaches emotions from the highest of praise to the depths of repentance and everything inbetween. See this list for a sampling of our choral repertoire!
The Church favors the use of the pipe organ not only because of its ability to accompany congregational singing, but also for its varied breadth and depth of sounds it can produce. Parishioners use organ preludes to help draw themselves before Mass into the mysteries they are about to celebrate, and postludes for "going in peace" to joyful, jubilant sounds. Click here for a list of Brad's organ repertoire from the past few years!
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