Tuesday, February 25, 2008 / 7 PM
St. Pius V Church, Providence, RI
Tomorrow night I'm filling in for another good friend of mine, Reuel Gifford. Some may remember Reuel from posts around the Christmas seasons of 2005-06 and 2006-07, as he was my accompanist for a couple of concerts we did at the ghosthouse.
Anyhoo, tomorrow is day three of a parish mission going on at St. Pius V Church, a parish staffed by the Dominican Fathers just blocks from Providence College (also chocked full of Dominicans). This is the "reconciliation" portion of the mission.
Here's the music list:
Attende, Domine...Mode V (Latin antiphon; English verses)
Remember your mercies, O Lord...Joncas/Gelineau
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ...Schoen
Instrumental music during confessions (I haven't "prepared" any yet. Usually, since you never know how many people are going to come, I tend to do a lot of improvs and ad libs and just milk the daylights out of them. Talk about penance! snark snark!)
There's a wideness in God's mercy...In Babilone
Peace,
BMP
Showing posts with label parish missions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parish missions. Show all posts
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
MORE ON MISSIONS
There has been a couple of really good definitions of "parish mission", as heard by two different priests.
Fr. William Casey calls it a "crash course on Catholicism". When I heard Fr. Casey mention this the other day, it made me think of two years ago, when I heard Fr. Anthony Mancini call it "the classroom of Christ".
Both priests I just mentioned put on excellent missions. Fr. Mancini is known in these parts for his music. He directs the Gregorian Concert Choir, the resident professional choir at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence, RI. He became Cathedral music director upon the retirement of Alexander Peloquin in 1990, and was appointed Cathedral rector just a couple of years ago. But little did I know until 2004 how well he preaches.
Fathers Casey and Mancini have been my two favorite priests that I've heard a mission from, not only in my 25 years as a church organist, but in the 41 years I've been on this earth.
So, perhaps, collectively - a "crash course on Catholicism in the classroom of Christ"?
Peace,
BMP
Fr. William Casey calls it a "crash course on Catholicism". When I heard Fr. Casey mention this the other day, it made me think of two years ago, when I heard Fr. Anthony Mancini call it "the classroom of Christ".
Both priests I just mentioned put on excellent missions. Fr. Mancini is known in these parts for his music. He directs the Gregorian Concert Choir, the resident professional choir at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence, RI. He became Cathedral music director upon the retirement of Alexander Peloquin in 1990, and was appointed Cathedral rector just a couple of years ago. But little did I know until 2004 how well he preaches.
Fathers Casey and Mancini have been my two favorite priests that I've heard a mission from, not only in my 25 years as a church organist, but in the 41 years I've been on this earth.
So, perhaps, collectively - a "crash course on Catholicism in the classroom of Christ"?
Peace,
BMP
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