Choir | Saint Adrian Parish

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The music ministry is very important to the Church.

Music that Stirs the Soul

Music is such a powerful tool that can be used to evangelize, lift our spirits and draw people closer to God and His Church. We all know how inspiring it is to hear a beautiful choir during Mass or a contemporary youth group so full of the spirit participating in the Liturgy.

Cantors

The music department is currently seeking new cantors. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Hall. Rehearsal schedule forthcoming.

Adult Choir

Would you like to be part of a new Adult Choir in our parish? Think about it! Call us!

Music at Mass

The music of the Mass must have "grandeur yet simplicity; solemnity and majesty,"3 and must have "dignity,"4 and "gravity,"5 should be "exalted" and "sublime,"6 should bring "splendor and devotion"7 to the liturgy, and must be conducive to prayer and liturgical participation, rather than distracting the listener from prayer.8 It must be music that befits the profound nature of the Mass, which is the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ.9 As Pope Paul VI put it: "The primary purpose of sacred music is to evoke God's majesty and to honor it. But at the same time music is meant to be a solemn affirmation of the most genuine nobility of the human person, that of prayer."10

Pope Paul VI, Address to the Associzione Italiana di Santa Cecilia (September 18^th, 1968) [Notitiae 4 (1968) pp. 269-273].

4 Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Musicae Sacrae (1955), nos. 21, 34; Pope Paul VI, Address to the Associzione Italiana di Santa Cecilia(September 18^th, 1968) [Notitiae 4 (1968) pp. 269-273].

5 Pope Pius X, Tra le sollecitudini, n. 5. The principles inTra le sollecitudini were reaffirmed by Vatican II inSacrosanctum Concilium (1963), no. 112, and by Cardinal J. Villot in his Letter to Cardinal J. Garibi y Rivera, Archbishop of Guadalajara (1969) [Notitiae 6 (1970) pp. 309-310).

6 Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Muiscae Sacrae, n. 34. The principles in Musicae Sacrae were generally reaffirmed by Vatican II in Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963), no. 112, and by Cardinal J. Villot in his Letter to Cardinal J. Garibi y Rivera, Archbishop of Guadalajara (1969) [Notitiae 6 (1970) pp. 309-310].

7Pope Paul VI, Address to the 10^th International Congress of Church Choirs (April 6^th, 1970) [Notitiae 6 (1970), pp. 154-157].

8 St. Augustine, Confessions, x, 33; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 2a-2ae, q. 91, art. 2; Pope Pius X, Motu ProprioTra le sollecitudini, n. 23; Pope Pius XII, EncyclicalMusicae Sacrae, n. 34; Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963), n. 112; Pope Paul VI, Address to the Associzione Italiana di Santa Cecilia (September 18^th, 1968) [Notitiae 4 (1968) pp. 269-273].

9Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963), nos. 112, 113; Vatican Secretariat of State: Letter of Cardinal J. Villot to Cardinal G. Siri, Archbishop of Genoa, on the occasion of a national meeting on sacred music, September 1973.

10 Pope Paul VI, Address to the Associzione Italiana di Santa Cecilia (September 18^th, 1968) [Notitiae 4 (1968) pp. 269-273].

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