Christmas at St. Louis

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St. Louis Choir Trip

Last weekend, members of the St. Louis Choir traveled to Summit, New Jersey to combine forces with the Choir of St. Teresa of Avila Church. This collaboration began in April 2009 when the St. Teresa Choir visited St. Louis to sing for Mass and a concert (featuring Mozart's Coronation Mass). Later that year, the two choirs combined to sing the Mozart Mass at St. Teresa. In 2010, the two choirs combined to sing for a concert featuring the Schubert Mass in G at SS. Philip and James Church in Baltimore. All of this led to the trip this past weekend in which the two groups combined for a Veteran's Day Concert at St. Teresa.








It's always wonderful to put to the two choirs together, but this particular performance to a nice-sized crowd was especially welcome after all of the difficulty felt in the New Jersey area in the wake of the recent hurricane.

Stay tuned for information about future collaborations.

Hymn Festival at St. Louis

The new hymnals are here! As a preview we will have a Hymn Festival this Sunday, November 18 at 4:00pm. Members of the St. Louis Choir, Folk Group, Youth Band, and Children's Choir will be present to sing a variety of music - both familiar and new. If you have an hour free on Sunday, stop by to sing, stop by to listen, or simply

Some recent history: Now that the new English translation of the Roman Missal has begun, we are able to address our books by replacing our current annual Missalettes and Music Issues with permanent hymnals. The new hymnals include a set of two books – Worship, Fourth Edition from GIA Publications and the Saint Augustine Hymnal from International Liturgy Publications. The two books combine to provide hundreds of hymns – well-known hymns from our current Music Issue, well-known hymns currently unavailable to us, a whole variety of new music for use in the future, and all of the revised texts for Mass. In addition, Worship 4 includes all of the readings for each Sunday as well as an easy to follow Order of Mass.

Purchasing the hymnals is a significant capital expense, so we have started a sponsorship program. Over 300 parishioners have already sponsored hymnals. Have you sponsored yet? Please consider doing so. We are asking you to consider sponsoring a set of the two hymnals for $50.00. As you will see at the Hymn Festival the sponsored hymnals have a bookplate on the inside cover inscribed with the sponsor’s name, family name, or the name of a loved one. The sponsorship form is available on the St. Louis website: here. By making this purchase now through the support of this special sponsorship, we will be able to save substantially in the long term by not having to purchase the Missalettes and Music Issues each year.