Litany of Saints at The Easter Vigil

[gwyn]

Hello everyone,

During the singing of the Litany of Saints at the Easter Vigil,

wherein the names of some Saints may be added, especially the Titular Saint of the church and the Patron Saints of the place and of those to be baptized.

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at what point would local and titular saints be added? My guess would be after the last specific, named saint, and pre "All holy men and women, saints of God".

I wonder does the forum membership have any thoughts?

Thanks,

Gwyn.

[nazard]

That's where we always put St Dunstan, our local boy.

[alan29]

That's where Theoderic used to go when Derek W was Archb of Liverpool.

[John Ainslie]

There is a traditional order for the saints invoked in the Litany of the Saints:

biblical saints
martyrs (men first)
non-martyrs:

men

popes
bishops
others
women

Within each category the listing is in historical order.

I provide this for information only.

[FrGareth]

I wrote most of the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litany_of_the_Saints concerning the Ordinary form. There you will find the nuances of how to structure Litanies for different kinds of rituals!

[gwyn]

Thank you everyone for your excellent informative responses.

I've found this thread to best useful.

Gwyn.

[Southern Comfort]

There is a traditional order for the saints invoked in the Litany of the Saints:

biblical saints
martyrs (men first)
non-martyrs:

men

popes
bishops
others
women

Within each category the listing is in historical order.

I provide this for information only.

Expanding on this, and taking into account the Wikipedia article referenced above, the attached article may be of use. It originally appeared in the NPM journal Pastoral Music.

Litanies Pastoral Music.pdf

Once you have established which category your inserted saint is in, the order within the category is then determined by date of death.

[Nick Baty]

For the bicentenary of St Anthony's, Scotland Road, in 2004, we ordered our saints geographically:
Britain
England
Lancashire
Liverpool
Local (Names of saints who gave their names to our local daughter parishes)
and...
"All holy men and women of Scotland Road".

[Ephrem Feeley]

Very informative - the order is fascinating, but really clear. Any particular musical settings being used out there?

[Nick Baty]

James Walsh and/or Bernadette Farrell.

[alan29]

Cant remember the last time we did the Litany.