Society of Saint Gregory

and http://www.benedicamus.org.uk/ won't even show the price before asking for contact details and clicking accept! not friendly at all.

.....the other Sundays an organist plays....

Rather dismissive............?

sorry, it was not intended to be. I wondered how to phrase it, and did not find a good way.

There are some significant advantages to having different instruments active - as some much loved hymns are more natural with ...

And another "what have we actually sung": These are the twenty hymns we have sung most often with our Children's Music group over the last twelve years (We sing twice a month, with piano and instruments, the other Sundays an organist plays, and we have an overlapping, but not identical range).

The ...

we have made no decision yet....

we keeping hoping to fit in Wake Up with our Children's group, but as we are always singing on Christmas Eve evening the timing seems wrong...

and on deezer.com too

I think I might prefer something more inspired by the magnificat - cast out the mighty from their VIP lanes and scatter the greed-hearted...

I have been tempted from time to time to try to write a more pro-dragon hymn...

back to the first question

Have you ever used free reed instruments in church, or seen or heard them used? We had an accordion player for a while years ago, for a couple of youth Masses. -I wasn't keen. We had a melodeon and hurdy-gurdy for a wedding once: rather good.


We let our son play a ...

thanks, I will pass this, and all suggestions on

In my large parish we currently use Laudate.

We have wondered about buying the Laudate supplement for the new Mass setting etc, but have decided that handling a separate volume would be too complicated (particularly in the tight changeover between the two main Masses).

We are therefore considering ...

R U serious about:
Fi L973 He's got the whole world in his hand
Tim?

Yes, I am afraid. The 10am Mass is child-heavy, which we always bear in mind, but such "childish-only with lots of actions" we only sing occasionally (seven times since 2004).

The primary school serves more than one ...

And our plans for the 2nd Sunday of Advent (and also enrolment for the first holy communion program, hence the final hymn, just to make sure there is something all the children know)

Date 2011-12-04 Advent2 B
En L107 The King Of Glory Comes
Of L609 In Bread We Bring You
Ho L565 Holy, Holy (Mass of ...

presbyter wrote:Cry of amazement !!! The first England and Wales panel-approved collection of new Music for the Mass is printed and available to buy from Decani Music.

Thanks and congratulations to all involved

(Looks outside front door... no, not here yet come on Post-person!)

New Music for the Mass : a day for parish music directors, organists, singers and other musicians

You are invited to a day at the Cathedral Centre, Salford, on Saturday 25th June (10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.) to look at music for the new translation of the Missal.


Participants came from the ...