“Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)

St. Joseph’s Parish has two choirs that are for dedicated volunteers
who can learn and sing the chants and hymns for Holy Mass and other liturgical functions.

· Choirs sing at the 9:30 a.m. & 11:45 a.m. Masses on Sundays plus on Holy Days..

· The 9:30 a.m. Mass choir is responsable for singing High Masses and hymns suitable to the feast or season.

· The 11:45 a.m. Mass choir is responsable for singing hymns suitable to the feast or season.

Hymn List: Holy Week 2007
The Mass that will be sung (unless otherwise noted) will be announced

Palm Sunday (4/1)

Blessing of Palms and Procession:
* Hosanna Filio David
* Pueri Hebraeorum
* Cum Angelis
* Gloria Laus
* Lauda, Jerusalem
* Ingredienta Domino

Vesting: All Glory, Laud and Honor
Int: Adoramus Te, Christe
Off: Stabat Mater (alternate melody)
Com: Jesu, Salvator Mundi / Panem Vivum
Clos: O Sacred Head
Holy Thursday (4/5)

Mass XIII

Washing of Feet:
* Ant. 1: Mandatum novum
* Ant. 2: Domini, tu mihi
* Ant. 8: Ubi caritas

Off: O Cor Amoris Victima
Com: Dominus Jesus (Ant. 3) / O Esca Viatorum
Clos: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Procession:
* Pange Lingua

Stripping of the Altars:
* Ps. 21
Good Friday (4/6)

Stations of the Cross:
* Stabat Mater

Liturgy:
* Chants as on sheets
* Popule Meus
* Crux Fidelis

Seven Last Words:
1) I See My Jesus Crucified
2) Jesus, My God
3) Mulier, Ecce Filius
4) Our Lady of Sorrows
5) Adoramus Te, Christe
6) O Come and Mourn With Me
7) What a Sea of Tears

Clos: O Sacred Head
Easter Vigil (4/7)
& Midnight Mass (4/8)

Easter Vigil Chants
* Antiphons after Lessons
* Sicut cervus

Litany of the Saints

Mass:
Mass in Honor of Our Lady: Queen of the Franciscan Order
*Kyrie (Mass I - lux et origo)
*Gloria
*Triple Alleluia & Gradual
*Regina Caeli, Jubila
*Sanctus
*Benedictus
*O Filiit Filiae
*Lauds: Alleluia, Ps. 150
*Et Valde Mane
*Regina Caeli
*Jesus Christ is Risen Today


Off:
Comm:

Close:		 15th Sunday after Pentecost (9/17)
Mass XI, Credo I
Stabat Mater (G-15)
Vexilla Regis (G-10)
Adoramus Te (G-3)
Our Lady of Sorrows (G-34)

Off:
Comm:

Close:		 Feast of Christ the King (10/29)
Mass VIII, Credo III
Adoremus in Aeternum
Panem Vivum (C-30)
Ave Sanctum Viaticum
Christ the King (C-13)

Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 16th Sunday after Pentecost (9/24)
Remember, Holy Mary (D-34)
Salve, Mater Misericordiae (D-14)
Panem Vivum (C-30)
Ave Verum (C-43)
Ave Maria! O Maiden, O Mother (D-38)
Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 Feast of All Saints (11/1)
Holy, Holy, Holy (B-34)
The Divine Praises (B-6)
Godhead Here in Hiding

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (B-1)

Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 17th Sunday after Pentecost (10/1)
Dear Angel, Ever at My Side (X-10)
We Adore Te (C-15)
Ecce Panis Angelorum (C-25)
Panis Angelicus (C-39)
Michael, Prince of All the Angels (X-5)
Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (11/5)
Out of the Depths
Languentibus in Purgatorio (SG 249)
De Profundis

Holy, Holy, Holy (B-34)

Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 18th Sunday after Pentecost (10/8)
Sing of Mary
Sancta Maria (D-28)
O Sacrum Convivium (C-24)
Soul of My Savior (C-7)
O Queen of the Holy Rosary (D-45)
Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (11/12)
My God, My Father (B-5)
Miserere Illi Deus (SG 253)
Ecce Panis (Chant)
Anima Christi
Out of the Depths

Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 19th Sunday after Pentecost (10/15)
Mother of Christ (D-37)
Ave Maris Stella (D-20)
Jesus, Jesus, Come to Me (C-2)
Ubi Caritas (C-35)
Hail, Queen of Heaven (D-46)

Off:
Comm:

Close:		 24th Sunday after Pentecost (11/19)
Mass XI, Credo I
Placare Christi, Servulis
O Esca Viatorum (C-23)

Mother Dear, O Pray for Me (D-44)

Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 20th Sunday after Pentecost (10/22)
O God of Loveliness (C-3)
Praise to the Lord (B-32)
Adoro Te Devote (C-18)

God, Father, Praise and Glory (B-2)
Int:
Off:
Comm:

Close:		 25th Sunday after Pentecost (11/26)
Mother Dearest, Mother Fairest (D-42)
De Profundis
Ave Verum (Chant)
O Salutaris Hostia
O Sanctissima (D-30)

 

Some of the Masses sung by St. Joseph’s Choir at High Mass:

Mass of the Shepherds (Messa dei Pastori) by Pietro A. Yon

Missa Brevis in honor of St. Anthony by P. Ignatius M. Wilkens, OFM

Mass in honor of St. Angela by Rene Becker

Mass in honor of St. Agnes by Rev. L. A. Dobbelsteen

Mass in honor of Our Lady: Queen of the Franciscan Order by Rev. Owen Da Silva, OFM

Gregorian Chant Masses:

Mass I – Tempore Paschali - lux et origo (at Easter time)

Mass VIII – in festis duplicubus – de Angelis (of the Angels)

Mass IX – in festis BVM – cum jubilo (Blessed Virgin)

Mass XI – in Dominicis infra annum – orbis factor (Ordinary Sundays)

Mass XVII –in Dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae (Sundays of Advent and Lent)

The Requiem – Mass for the Departed

The ‘Proper’ of the Mass for the Entire Ecclesiastical Year set to Gregorian Psalm tones by Rev. Carlo Rossini is used for the Proper parts of Mass.

It is a privilege to sing at Mass and for the Liturgy.
We are bringing double meaning to the words of the Liturgy by raising them to the level of song.

Regular practices are Sundays following Mass.

If you are interested in volunteering to be a choir member,
please contact St. Joseph’s Church through phone or email and we will get back with you.
We could use tenor, bass, or baritone voices,
and will always welcome alto and soprano.

"Those who have a part in the sacred music -- composers, organists, choir directors, singers, and instrumentalists -- should above all be outstanding Christians, and give example to the rest of the faithful, conformable to their role as direct or indirect participants in the sacred liturgy," (De Musica Sacra; Ch.III-5, par. 97).