Mater Ecclesiae’s Tenth Annual Solemn High Mass of the Assumption
On the Feast of the Assumption, Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church will celebrate the Tenth Annual Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church, 43 West Maple Avenue, Merchantville, New Jersey. The Solemn High Extraordinary Form of the Mass will be celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal and will once again feature the Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
For the tenth consecutive year, the Reverend Robert C. Pasley, KHS, Rector of Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ, will celebrate this Solemn Mass in thanksgiving for the canonical establishment of Mater Ecclesiae.
The Music for the Mass is:
Gregorian Propers
The Missa brevis septorum sanctorum dolorum B.V.M by Carl Heinrich Biber
Alleluia Assumpta est and the Dilexisti iustitiam by Heinrich Isaac
Offertorium de Sanctissimo Sacramento by Leopold Mozart, the father of A. Mozart
Dulcissima Maria – Francesco Guerrero
Sonata VII of Heinrich Isaac Biber
Ave Maria by Johann Joseph Fux
Sonata in D for two trumpets IV and Sonata in D for two trumpets II by Franceschini
O Sanctissima and Hail Holy Queen arranged for Brass and Orchestra by Timothy McDonnellThe orchestra and choir will be conducted by Dr. Timothy McDonnell. The singing of the Gregorian Propers will be directed by our Cantor, Mr. Nicholas Beck.
For more information, please call 856-753-3408 or visit the website: www.materecclesiae.org.
Mater Ecclesiae, in the diocese of Camden New Jersey, was established on October 13, 2000, the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima. All Masses and Sacraments are celebrated according to the liturgical books of 1962.
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