The Society of Saint Gregory is the national society for liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic Church in the UK.
Founded in 1929, the Society of St Gregory has played an important role in the liturgical reform and continues to do so by promoting the study and understanding of the liturgy and resourcing and encouraging good pastoral practice in the public worship of the Catholic Church.
The Society’s interests and activities encompass music and composition, the ministry of readers, presiding at liturgy, liturgy with children and young people in schools and parishes, and Christian art and architecture.
Welcome
Fr Adrian Porter sj, SSG Chair, writes: “Welcome to the Society of St Gregory. We are an association of people interested in good liturgy – the public worship of the Catholic Church. Our members include singers and musicians, readers and servers, bishops, priests and deacons, and ordinary lay folk who have an academic or pastoral interest in liturgy.
We publish a journal three times a year, hold an annual residential Summer School, run online and in-person training courses for those involved in liturgy in their parishes or schools, and organize composers’ groups for those writing music for the liturgy.
Please take a look at our website. Ask for a free copy of our journal, Music & Liturgy. And, if its right for you, think about joining us. You will be most welcome!”
News, views and reviews from the liturgical world . . .
Clifton Podcasts
The Clifton Diocese has produced a series of short podcasts in which Christopher Walker and Richard Jeffrey-Gray talk about ways to introduce singing of the parts of the Mass from the simplest Alleluia to more accomplished settings. There also links to recommended musical settings. The topics of the podcasts . . .
Music & Liturgy 50.3
The latest edition of Music & Liturgy (Vol 50.3), the journal of the Society of St Gregory, hits doormats next week (or shortly thereafter). In this issue, there are reports and reflections...
New Lectionary
Fr Paul Denney speaks about the process of preparing the new Lectionary, to be introduced across England & Wales and Scotland from First Sunday of Advent 2024. Fr Denney was closely involved in...
The pattern of scripture
Ordinary Time - Week 29 "The Word of God unceasingly calls to mind and extends the plan of salvation, which achieves its fullest expression in the liturgy. The liturgical celebration becomes...
SSG AGM
Notice is hereby given to members that the Annual General Meeting of the Society of Saint Gregory will be held online (by Zoom) on Saturday 23 November 2024 at 12.15pm. AGENDA 1. Welcome from the...
New lectionary
Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Scottish Bishops' Conference and a member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, speaks on the new translation of the scriptures, the English Standard Version...
New Rieger organ
For all those organ enthusiasts out there, this video by Balint Karosi gives an extraordinary introduction to the new Rieger instrument at the Musikkittalo in Helsinki. Parish organists may have...
Young Conducting Scholarships
Sing for Pleasure has opened applications for its Young Conducting Scholarship 2024-25. This specially designed, year-long programme offers promising young musicians, ages 18-25, funded places on...
Composers’ group
The Composers' Group next meets online on Saturday 14th September at 2pm. All involved in writing music or texts for the liturgy, from beginners to advanced, are welcome. The session lasts no...
Schweitzer 2025
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's birth and the 60th anniversary of his death. Various events are planned to mark this important occasion in organ musicianship. More...
Happy feast day!
A happy feast day and every blessing on this patronal feast of St Gregory the Great to all SSG members and followers of our website. "For, as on the festival of Saint Gregory, you bid your Church...
Season of creation
Sunday 1 September is the beginning of the Season of Creation which continues until the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October. In a joint statement, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch...