Sunday 29 October 2017

Services This Week.

Thursday 2nd November. 7:30pm. Church of St. Joseph the Worker, Heywood.



All Souls' Day Requiem.

Requiem Mass in the Ordinariate Use of the Roman Rite (Divine Worship.)

Friday 3rd November.  7:00pm. Church of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.

St Winefride, Virgin, optional memorial

Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham

(The York Ordinariate Mission's weekly Evensong)

Ps 18


Office Hymn:  Give me the wings of faith (NEH 225: Tune: Song 67)

Readings: Sir 34:1-8, 18-22 Rev (5:1-10) 6:12—7:4

Friday 3rd November. 9:00pm. Church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.

Compline by Candlelight. (Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form.)

Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXI post Octavam Pentecostes V. Octobris ~ IV. classis

Psalms {from the Psalter for the day of the week} 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (tune 3. Ferial)

Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina - simple tone.

This is a good place (and time) to add a few words about the Divine Office, be it Roman Rite (either Form) or Anglican/Ordinariate Use. I borrowed these from the website of Ampleforth Abbey (where I was yesterday) as they hit the nail on the head, so to speak.

The Office is a public prayer, and this means two things. Firstly, in the Office, the community gathers together visibly, in public, as the local manifestation of the Body of Christ. Secondly, in the Office, the community is very much making its own the prayer of the Church, which is Christ’s prayer to the Father. As with Christ, as we listen to and pray the Psalms and readings, we sometimes praise God as our loving father, while at other times we hear him speaking to us as his beloved children, and at other times again we pray to him for our own needs and the needs of the whole Church and the world.

What I want to point out here, is that the Office at Bishophill Junior, isn't just a private gathering of friends on a Friday evening. It's the public prayer of the church, to which all are invited. A very warm welcome awaits at Evensong, Compline, or both!

Saturday 4th November. 12:00pm. Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Hull

Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form.


S. Caroli Epíscopi et Confessoris ~ I. classis

This is normally only a 3rd class feast, but because it's also the Feast of Title of the church, it gets upgraded. :-) It's also a Hull City of culture event.

Missa Cantata, with the Rudgate Singers.

Proper from the Graduale Romanum: Statuit ei.

Ordinary: Byrd. mass for Four voices.

Motets: Johan Kaspar Aiblinger. Inveni David.
Tallis. Sancte Deus
Schubert. Salve Regina.

Sunday 5th November. 12:00pm. Church of St. Joseph, Gateshead.

Dominica XXI Post Pentecosten I. Novembris ~ II. classis

Missa Cantata, (Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.)

Also worthy of note!

Sunday 5th November 6pm. Church of St Wilfrid, York.

Vespers and Benediction.

Sunday 5th November 6pm. Church of St Lawrence, York.

Choral Evensong.

If I have enough energy after Gateshead in the morning, I may end up going to one of these!


Monday 23 October 2017

Services This Week.

I'm going to try and publish these weekly now, ideally on Sunday evenings to give as much notice as possible! I'm also going to include services which I plan to attend, other than take part in, which may be of interest to all who read this, Rudgates & non-Rudgates alike.

Tuesday 24th October. 7pm. St. Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees

Ordination to the Priesthood of Deacon Ian Westby.

I don't know much more about this other than the date and time, but it's an event that's attracted my attention as I'm now involved musically/liturgically with the York Ordinariate Mission & Deacon Ian is a member of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, so this will be a big regional evemt.

Friday 27th October. 7pm. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York

Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.

The York Ordinariate Mission's weekly Evensong

Feria (Friday of Week 29 per annum)

Pss 126-131

Office Hymn : Fight the good fight (NEH 359 Tune: Duke Street)

Readings: Sir 11:2-20 Rev 9:13-21

Friday 27th October. 9pm. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York

Compline by Candlelight. (Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form)

Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XX post Octavam Pentecostes IV. Octobris ~ IV. classis

Psalms {from the Psalter for the day of the week} 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (tune 3. Ferial)

Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina - simple tone.

Regular Compline attendees will (if they're observant!) begin to notice a shift towards this service being TOTALLY by Candlelight as opposed to the odd concession to electricity at various points in the church. :-) This will be even more apparent when the brand new candelabras arrive, possibly not in time for this service, but almost certainly in time for the first Friday of November when the clocks have gone back. These will be in addition to the extra floor standing candle holders which have just arrived! 

The inspiration behind this move has been my research into how other venues have done this, particularly colleges in academic institutions, and I want to show that what we do in St. Mary's can be just as effective. What was always a special service at the end of the working week should be even more so once everything is in place!

Saturday 28th October. 10am. Ampleforth Abbey.

Choral Orthodox Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

Music will be mainly in English, but will be translations of traditional Russian Orthodox choral music.

And finally: Last but not least!

Sunday 29th October. 6pm. St. Lawrence's Church, York.

Choral Evensong.

Responses: Sanders
Psalm 93
Canticles: Dyson in D
Anthem: Wood - O Thou the central orb
Final Responses: Naylor























Monday 16 October 2017

Services this weekend. Solemn Evensong, Compline and Vespers.

Friday 20th October. 7pm. 

Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Feria.

Ps 104

Hymn: Jesu, Lover of my soul (NEH: 383)

Readings: Sir 1:1-10, 18-27 1 Cor 15:1-11

Friday 20th October. 9pm.

Compline by candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.

S. Joannis Cantii Confessoris ~ III. classis

Pss 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (1st tune)

Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (simple tone)

Both these services as usual at the church of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.

Saturday 21st October. 4pm

St. Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College.


Gregorian Chant Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Roman Rite. Extraordinary Form.

Pss 109; 112; 121; 126; 147

Office Hymn: Ave Maris Stella

Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (from St. Mary's Abbey, York.)

I'm incredibly excited about this, as it will be the first time that Vespers has been sung in this Form at Ushaw for decades!

You may also be interested in the following, where I'm singing with the excellent St. Austin's Choir from Wakefield.

Sunday 22nd October. 11am.

Leeds Cathedral.

Solemn Mass. Roman Rite. Ordinary Form.

Casciolini: Mass in A
Gregorian Chant: Credo III
Rutter: For the beauty of the earth
Pitoni: Cantate Domino

Monday 9 October 2017

Services this weekend. Solemn Evensong, Compline and Holy Mass.

Friday 13th October. 7pm.
Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.

St Edward the Confessor, optional memorial.

Pss 69; 70

Readings: Mic 3:9 - 4:5 1 Cor 12:12-26

Friday 13th October. 9pm.
Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.

S. Eduardi Regis Confessoris ~ III. classis

Compline of Friday.

Pss 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon, Voce mea.


Office Hymn: Te Lucis tune I


Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina - simple tone.


Both these services as usual at the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.

All welcome!

Saturday 14th October. 4pm.

Holy Mass according to the Ordinariate Use of the Roman Rite. (Divine Worship.)

This will be the very first Mass of the York Ordinariate Mission. It's an historic occasion on two counts, as not only is it the Mission's first Mass, it is also taking place (with permission) in the oldest church in the City of York, St Mary's Bishophill Junior.

The Mass will be Celebrated by Fr. David Stafford of the Sheffield Ordinariate, and will be the anticipated Mass of the Sunday, the 18th after Trinity . The music will be chant taken from the Plainchant Gradual and Anglican Use Gradual, with Merbecke's setting of the Mass and the simple tone Salve Regina.

Anyone within reasonable distance of York is very welcome!



Tuesday 3 October 2017

Solemn Evensong and Compline. 6th October.

7pm. Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.

St Bruno, Priest, optional memorial  or: Feria (Friday of Week 26 per annum)

Pss 32: 33: 34

Readings:  Hos 10:1-15 1 Cor 9:16-27

Schola:  Do let me know if you’re going to be at Evensong as well as Compline, so I know how many (or few) copies of the Psalms to produce!
I’m conscious that I’m wasting too much of my own time and resources on producing music, so I really do need to know who’s going to be there or not. Just turning up on the day doesn’t help me one bit!

Your assistance would be appreciated. J


9pm. Compline by Candlelight. Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.

S. Brunonis Confessoris ~ III. Classis

Compline of Friday.

Pss: 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon: Voce mea.

Office Hymn, Te Lucis – 1st  Tune.

Marian Antiphon. Salve Regina, Simple Tone.

Both services as always in the church of St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York.

All welcome!