Society of Saint Gregory

Surely a different Gerry Hughes (ie the talker not the walker, as they used to say!) unless I missed the general resurrection, or something more particular...

It may be that all members are busy preparing for the Year of Mercy but there have been some noteworthy announcements regarding Rites of Marriage and Confirmation, Lectionary, Psalter, DIvine Office from the Bishops Conference and Liturgy Office recently. You will find details at http://www ...

Quite agree. Loud playing does discourage singing. Generally it seems to me accompaniment needs to be clearly audible doc gregarious doesn't have to guess at tempo, intervals, even melody but not be so full or substantial as to make singing less attractive than listening

Missal gloria also worked very well in St Petersburg this Sunday.
Quite impressive choir - unaccompanied, perhaps because of Orthodox tradition, apart from single tambourine used (lightly) to indicate pace and rhythm.

Followers of the Forum who do not follow the Society on Facebook and Twitter may have missed this message from the Society Chairman Message from the Chair The Word that is Life - Summer School 2015 With music still ringing in our ears from the past week it is good to celebrate SSG Summer School 2015 ...

There is however a hope (expectation?) that each parish in England and Wales will have a prayer service on the evening of Saturday July 11th to pray for the success of this initiative.
Those who have not been engaged hitherto might like to visit the website referenced above, ie http://www.catholicnews.org.uk/proclaim15

So glad that SC wrote 'Allen are the pits', rather than 'Allen is the pits'. Both may be true, of course: who am I to judge? One of the challenges with singing the responsorial psalm in a school setting may be that there is not time/opportunity to properly prepare ministers for a new psalm for each ...

I'm not sure that the email was sent to the Editors, especially as it was addressed not to them but to the Chairman of the Society. I was one of the editors 'a few weeks ago' and have just checked my emails and find no record of receiving your email... However, now presented in a different forum, I ...

I am pleased to pass on details of a music day being offered at St Augustine’s Hammersmith and led by Chris Walker. Sing well and pray twice: a summer day of music, prayer & fun with international composer Christopher Walker Saturday 29 August 2015, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Workshop, Celebration of Mass & ...

A small writing group - sponsored by the Society of Saint Gregory and the Bishops' Conference Liturgy Office - has revived Spirit of the Season . SoS, for those who have not come across it before, is a resource to promote good and authentic celebrations of the Church's Liturgy with children ...

Should anyone hear when/where Nick's funeral is to be, would you be so kind as to post details here?

Marty Haugen will be holding a workshop, 'Singing for Peace' at St Benedict's Roman Catholic Church, Aberford Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1PX at 7.30pm Thursday 20th November 2014. All welcome, tickets £5/£3 concessions. He will be releasing a CD Songs of Peace in October. The event is sponsored by W ...

I suspect it was St John Southworth.
St Robert Southwell, now that would have been exceptional. I think we don't make enough of him.
Allen Morris

A reminder that there are still 10 days for those interested in applying for the innovative internship posts here at St Johns Wood. http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/jobs/residential-internship-for-parish-music-assistant/ and http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/jobs/residential-internship-for-parish-youth-worker ...

Apologies to members of the Society for the (very) late arrival of the next issue of Music and Liturgy . It is being proof-read even now. The pages of Preparing the Liturgy have been extracted and are now accessible from the front page of the SSG website, or from here: http://www.ssg.org.uk/images ...