MusicaSacra

October 17-19, 2007
St. John Cantius
Chicago, Illinois
[Seminar only registration deadline extended! Housing no longer available.]

“For the celebration of the Eucharist with the people, especially on Sundays and feast days, a form of sung Mass (Missa in cantu) is to be preferred as much as possible, even several times on the same day.” Musicam Sacram, 1967.

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The sung Mass remains the normative form in the Roman Rite – but it is not the norm in most parishes. “A liturgical service takes on a nobler aspect when the rites are celebrated with singing,” says the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy (1964). Many celebrants are ready to take the step, but they need training in the finer details and the confidence to begin.

That’s precisely what this seminar is for: to train priests in the sung Mass in English and Latin. The seminar includes tracks for the new and old forms of the Roman Rite. It designed for those who have never attempted to sing the Mass before, and also those who need to refine their abilities, as a means of making the liturgy more beautiful. The seminar is also open to deacons and music directors.

This seminar broadens the full range of liturgical possibilities. Even for those who know no Latin, it is easier to learn through singing than merely speaking. And the seminar is open for those who are interested in observing the extraordinary rite, even if celebrating it isn’t yet viable.

Indeed, the goal of the seminar is to provide a full initiation into the method and manner of singing the Mass in the Roman Rite. The seminar covers: basics of common tones; pronunciation; singing the collects, readings, prefaces, and other parts of the Mass; musical rubrics for the Roman rite; integration of the celebrant, schola, and people; literature and the wide range of options; vocal production and style; and much more.

The faculty has many years of experience in training priests for the sung Mass. They are all specialists in the rationale, method, and liturgical management of the sung Mass.

The seminar is sponsored by the Church Music Association of American in conjunction with St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago (825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, Illinois). The event will take place on the premises of St. John Cantius in Chicago, one of the most beautiful parishes in the region, and a place where the liturgical vision of Pope Benedict XVI thrives alongside a growing order of Canons Regular.

The seminar begins at noon on Wednesday and concludes with lunch on Friday. Sessions take place at the parish and daily Masses will be celebrated in this splendid Church that has achieved national prominence for its multiplicity of liturgical forms and its vast musical program.

Participants can also join the members of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius and their parishioners for all of the hours of the Divine Office, the recitation of the Holy Rosary, Solemn Benediction, and the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Ordinary Form (in both English and in Latin), as well as in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missale Romanum). They will be joined by several parish choirs, including the Cantate Domino Choir (girl choir), the Holy Innocents’ Choir (children’s choir), Schola Cantorum of St. Gregory the Great (men’s schola) and the Sine Nomine Choir and Orchestra (adult mixed choir and orchestra).

The participants who choose to remain in Chicago after the conclusion of the seminar on Friday, October 19th, will have the opportunity to join the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius for the Solemn Feast of St. John Cantius on Saturday, October 20th (1962 Liturgical Calendar). There will be a Tridentine Latin High Mass at 9:00 a.m. to celebrate the patron of the parish and the patron of the order. On Sunday, October 21st, the 40 Hours Devotion will conclude with a Tridentine Latin High Mass at 12:30 p.m.. Mozart’s “Sparrow Mass” (K 220). Members of Austrian Embassy will be in attendance at this Mass which will be sung in honor of Blessed Karl of Austria, whose Feast Day it is.

Faculty
Fr. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., pastor of St. Johh Cantius
Fr. Scott Haynes, St. John Cantius (primary music instructor for Order of St. John Cantius)
William Mahrt, Stanford University (President of the Church Music Association of America)
Scott Turkington, Stamford Schola Gregoriana (twenty years of workshop experience)

Seminar price: $165 (includes three lunches, two continental breakfasts, two dinners)

Housing [no longer available]: We have reserved 14 double rooms at the Cenacle Retreat Center, a very beautiful, comfortable, and affordable place to stay in Lincoln Park and only one mile away from the parish. Spaces will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. The price per night is $50, double occupancy. A certain number of single rooms may be available upon request. Write us for more information. Guests at the Cenacle are welcome to come a day early or stay a day or two late - but you must let us know if you plan on doing so. Additional nights subject to availability. Add the appropriate amount to your check or paypal payment, and we will handle your reservation from there.

Text: Sacramentary , the Common Tones for the Sung Mass, and (optional) the “Rules Governing Chant.”
Optional text: Ordo Missae in Cantu (Latin for the ordinary form, from Solesmes)
Optional text: Missale Romanum 1962 (Latin, classical rite)
Optional text: Missa Cantata: A fully notated Sacramentary for the sung liturgy (English, new rite) Sample for download.
Optional CDs: Teaching CD for English 1970 | Teaching CD for Latin 1970

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