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ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH (S.E. 41st & Salmon, between Belmont & Hawthorne) is the official home of Cantores in Ecclesia. A fine church with a wonderful Pastor, Fr. Petrus Binh Hoang, St. Stephen’s has welcomed the choir with open arms and we are most grateful Of particular interest to friends who have not yet visited St. Stephen's is the spectacular acoustic of the church, supporting and enhancing the Gregorian and polyphonic music sung each Saturday evening.
All we need now is a viable congregation. Since Cantores in Ecclesia is dependent for its survival on shared collections taken at the 7:30 Latin Vigil Mass, we urgently need your support. Realizing it is not practical for everyone on our mailing list to attend weekly, it is our hope that many of supporters and benefactors will be free to come at least once a month. With better attendance, and God’s grace, we hope to continue singing the Latin liturgy there for many years to come. Meanwhile, we remain extremely grateful to our two regular celebrants, Fr. Robert Palladino and Fr. Edmond Bliven, for their loyalty and generous assistance.
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL WILLIAM BYRD FESTIVAL will be held at our new home, St. Stephen's Church, from the 9th to the 24th of August. On Friday, August 15th at 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s will also host a Pontifical High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which members of Cantores in Ecclesia will sing the polyphonic Proper from William Byrd's Gradualia (1605). Bishop Basil Meeking will travel from Christchurch, New Zealand to celebrate not only this Mass but two others during the Festival. Other events include two concerts, Choral Evensong and three lectures. Please check our website, www.byrdfestival.org, for complete details.
FREQUENT FLYER MILES are urgently needed to defray travel expenses for Festival participants from the East Coast, England, and New Zealand. If you have miles to spare, please contact our travel agent, Nancy Pole-Wilhite, (503.296.7913/ nancy@terranovatour.com), or Dean Applegate (503.295.2811) as soon as possible. We are particularly interested in British Air or Alaska miles, but can work with other carriers, as well. Any other support you might be willing to offer, including underwriting one of our paid singers through the annual $360.00 “adopt a singer” program, is also most welcome and greatly appreciated. Your generosity will help the choir make ends meet during this time of transition and insecurity.
THIS MONTH, THE GREAT SOLEMNITIES at the end of this year's Easter season - Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Corpus Christi - will be accompanied by some of the most sublime music in the Catholic Church's immense choral repertory. Unique among these sacred music performances will be the presentation of music from William Byrd's Gradualia of 1605 and 1607 in actual liturgical circumstances; i.e., as it was originally intended. This, of course, is a hallmark of Cantores in Ecclesia - returning the church's sacred repertory to the liturgy. |
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Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 P.M.
SOLEMN LATIN MASS
TRINITY
Viadana Missa ‘Dominicalis’
Dering Duo seraphim
Gregorian Chant Proper
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH
1112 S.E. 41st Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Fr. Robert Palladino, Celebrant
Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 P.M.
SOLEMN LATIN MASS
CORPUS CHRISTI
Byrd Proper from Gradualia (1605)
Gregorian Missa ‘Cum jubilo’
Gregorian Chant Proper
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH
1112 S.E. 41st Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Fr. Robert Palladino, Celebrant
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