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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.
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