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Advent Lessons, Carols, & Benediction Sunday 1st & 8th December at 4pm Music: Mother of God (Michael Fili, b. 1987, world premiere) Ad te Domine levavi (Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725) Ave Maria (Franz Biebl, 1906-2001) O frondens virga (Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (adapted by David Willcocks, 1919-2015) No Small Wonder […]

The regular Evensong & Benediction schedule has resumed on the second and fourth Sundays of the month through mid-June at 4:00 p.m. Each will be followed by a light reception in the Atrium. 

Ascension Day May 9th at 6:45 pm   Setting: Missa Resurrectionis; Gerre Hancock (1934-2012) Psalm 47; after Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Anthem: God is gone up; Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) Voluntaries: Serene Alleluias, from L’Ascension; Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) Transports de joie, from L’Ascension; Messiaen   Reception to follow in the Atrium.

Palm Sunday, March 24th: 9am: Mass with Blessing of Palms 10:30am: Outdoor Palm Procession & Solemn Mass (meet at Washington Circle) 4pm: Dupré’s Stations of The Cross Monday in Holy Week, March 25th: 9:45am: Morning Prayer 5:30pm: Shrine Prayers 5:40pm: Evening Prayer 6:00pm: Low Mass Tuesday in Holy Week, March 26th: 9:45am: Morning Prayer 5:30pm: […]

The Season of Lent Wednesday, February 14 – Saturday, March 23 “And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God …”   Blessing of Icons February 18 | The First Sunday in Lent You are invited to bring to church any icons you would like blessed and place them, […]

The First Day of Lent February 14 | Ash Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Low Mass with the Imposition of Ashes 5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer 6:45 p.m. Solemn Mass with the Imposition of Ashes Setting: Missa super Mon coeur se recommande à vous; Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) Psalm: Miserere mei, Deus; Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) Psalm 103:1-8; George Thalben-Ball […]

The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle January 25th at 6:45 pm   Setting: Missa Brevis; Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Psalm 67:1-7; Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) Anthem: Let the people praise thee, O God; William Mathias (1934-1992) Voluntaries: Legenda, Op. 20, No. 1; Väinö Raitio (1891-1945)                     Postlude, from Glagolitic Mass; Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)   Reception […]

The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Presentation of Jesus in the Temple February 2nd at 6:45 pm   Setting: Mass for five voices; William Byrd (1543-1623) Psalm 84:1-7; Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) Nunc Dimittis (The Great Service); Byrd Motet: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum; Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) Voluntaries: Offertoire et Fugue: Fête de la […]

December 24 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Please note there will be no 9:00 am Mass this day 10:30 am Solemn Mass (Missa Dixit Maria of Hassler; Motets of Hassler and Palestrina) The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ 4:00 pm Sung Mass (Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena of Willan; Anthems of Ledger and Gabrieli) […]

January 5 The Feast of the Epiphany 6:45 pm Procession & Solemn Mass Sung by the Parish Choir Setting: Missa ad praesepe; George Malcolm (1917-1997) Psalm 72: 1-2, 10-18; Joseph Leopold Roeckel (1838-1923) Anthem: Now there lightens upon us; Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) Voluntaries: Chorale prelude on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern; Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)                     […]