August 15, 2018 Solemn High Tridentine Mass, Feast of the Assumption, at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, 18th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Assumption Mass, August 15, 2018
Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church will celebrate its 18th Annual Mass of Thanksgiving for the Feast of the Assumption on Wednesday, August 15th, at 7 p.m. at The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Reverend Robert C. Pasley, KCHS, Rector of Mater Ecclesiae, will be the Celebrant.
Parking at the Cathedral is available in the adjoining parking lot (enter the parking lot through the north 17th Street Entrance, located on the north side of the Diocesan Administration Building at 222 N. 17th Street), and at the underground garage at the Sheraton Hotel on 17th Street. A link to directions at the Cathedral’s website is here.
The Solemn High Tridentine Mass will once again feature the Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orche, stra. Our Cantor Mr. Nicholas Beck, a graduate of Westminster Choir College, will direct the singing of the Gregorian Propers. Dr. Timothy McDonnell will be the conductor.
Mater Ecclesiae celebrates this feast each year by the use of the great treasury of Sacred Music, especially the beautiful polyphonic Masses that are very infrequently prayed in their proper place: the Sacred Liturgy. We want to foster a greater love for the great works of our Catholic heritage.
The setting for this year’s Assumption Mass will be Antonio Caldara’s (1670–1736) Missa Commemorationis, from the Catholic Baroque period, a time of unrivaled artistic enterprise in central Europe. It dates from 1729, when Caldara, born in Venice and long associated with Rome, was well ensconced in the musical scene of imperial Vienna as Vize-Kapellmeister. This performance of the Missa Commemorationis is from a new edition of the work completed by conductor Timothy McDonnell, and is only the second known performance of this work in the United States.
In addition, the Mass will include works by composers Wolfgang Almadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), and Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Beata es, Virgo Maria, by Renaissance master Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612), will be sung at the Offertory. Holy Communion will feature Girolamo Frescobaldi’s (1583–1643) Ave Virgo Gloriosa, and a selection composed in the New World, Coenantibus autem illis, by Mexican composer, Juan de Lienas (fl.ca. 1640). A new work by Timothy McDonnell, Dicit Mater Eius, pays homage to the polyphonic tradition of the Church.
In order to sponsor such grand music we cannot depend on our little parish of 500 families. We need the help of everyone in the Delaware Valley who wants to foster excellent sacred music as well as support professional musicians who have been blessed by God with a magnificent talent. I, therefore, appeal to you for financial assistance. We need to raise at least $11,500.00. Any money that is raised over the amount needed will be put directly in the Sacred Music Fund.
To donate, click here for the Patron Donation Form, or send a check to Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church, 261 Cross Keys Rd., Berlin, NJ 08009-9431. When we receive the donation, we will send a letter acknowledging receipt that can be used for tax purposes. We will also put your name before the statue of Saint Jude, and specifically remember all the donors at our Perpetual Novena to St. Jude on Wednesdays starting August 22nd.
Parking at the Cathedral is available in the adjoining parking lot and at the underground garage at the Sheraton Hotel on 17th Street. A link to directions at the Cathedral’s website is here.
Click here for the donation form.
Assumption Mass, August 15, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Solemn High Tridentine Mass for the Feast of the Assumption
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, PA
Celebrated by Father Robert C. Pasley, KCHS, Rector
Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church.
Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church will celebrate its 18th Annual Mass of Thanksgiving for the Feast of the Assumption on Wednesday, August 15, 7 p.m. at The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Reverend Robert C. Pasley, KCHS, Rector of Mater Ecclesiae, will be the Celebrant.
The Solemn High Tridentine Mass will once again feature the Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Our Cantor Mr. Nicholas Beck, a graduate of Westminster Choir College, will direct the singing of the Gregorian Propers. Dr. Timothy McDonnell will be the conductor.
Mater Ecclesiae celebrates this feast each year by the use of the great treasury of Sacred Music, especially the beautiful polyphonic Masses that are very infrequently prayed in their proper place: the Sacred Liturgy. We want to foster a greater love for the great works of our Catholic heritage.
The setting for this year’s Assumption Mass will be Antonio Caldara’s (1670–1736) Missa Commemorationis, from the Catholic Baroque period, a time of unrivaled artistic enterprise in central Europe. It dates from 1729, when Caldara, born in Venice and long associated with Rome, was well ensconced in the musical scene of imperial Vienna as Vize-Kapellmeister. This performance of the Missa Commemorationis is from a new edition of the work completed by conductor Timothy McDonnell, and is only the second known performance of this work in the United States.
In addition, the Mass will include works by composers Wolfgang Almadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), and Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Beata es, Virgo Maria, by Renaissance master Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612), will be sung at the Offertory. Holy Communion will feature Girolamo Frescobaldi’s (1583–1643) Ave Virgo Gloriosa, and a selection composed in the New World, Coenantibus autem illis, by Mexican composer, Juan de Lienas (fl.ca. 1640). A new work by Timothy McDonnell, Dicit Mater Eius, pays homage to the polyphonic tradition of the Church.
In order to sponsor such grand music we cannot depend on our little parish of 500 families. We need the help of everyone in the Delaware Valley who wants to foster excellent sacred music as well as support professional musicians who have been blessed by God with a magnificent talent. I, therefore, appeal to you for financial assistance. We need to raise at least $11,500.00. Any money that is raised over the amount needed will be put directly in the Sacred Music Fund.
To donate, click here for the Patron Donation Form, or send a check to Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church, 261 Cross Keys Rd., Berlin, NJ 08009-9431. When we receive the donation, we will send a letter acknowledging receipt that can be used for tax purposes. We will also put your name before the statue of Saint Jude, and specifically remember all the donors at our Perpetual Novena to St. Jude on Wednesdays starting August 22nd.
Parking at the Cathedral is available in the adjoining parking lot and at the underground garage at the Sheraton Hotel on 17th Street. A link to directions at the Cathedral’s website is here.
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