tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360786138950625342024-03-12T17:39:51.007-07:00Gregorian Chant SocietySchola Beati Thomae AbelisJoseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-23301632659340313082022-10-24T04:17:00.000-07:002022-10-24T04:17:09.915-07:00Michaelmas Term and Christmas Vacation<p style="text-align: center;">Masses at which the Schola Abelis will be singing.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><b>Sundays at Holy Rood</b>, 5pm </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">(note that Sunday 30th October is the Feast of Christ the King)</span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><div style="color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><b>Tuesday 1st November</b>: All Saints, 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine's </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><b style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Saturday 26th November</b>: 11:30am High Mass of Requiem, Oxford Oratory </div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thursday 8th December:</b> Immaculate Conception, 6pm Sung Mass SS Gregory & Augustine’s</div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Saturday 24th December:</b> 6pm Anticipated, Sung Midnight Mass, SS Gregory & Augustine’s</div></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Friday 6th January:</b> Epiphany 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine’s</div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thurs 2nd February:</b> Candlemas 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine’s</div></b></span>Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-71864738899474333892022-10-07T05:36:00.003-07:002022-10-08T08:29:41.746-07:00The Schola Abelis <p>Welcome to the website of the Schola Abelis.</p><p>We are no longer registered as a student society but we are still active. We sing on Sundays in Holy Rood in the Abingdon Road at 5pm, on Holy Days at SS Gregory & Augustine's in the Woodstock Road at 6pm, and on other occasions.</p><p>If you wish to join us, please drop us an email. We accept singers of all levels of experience.</p><p>oxfordgregorianchant@gmail.com</p>Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-8295840011593791452021-05-01T08:12:00.008-07:002021-05-01T08:12:54.630-07:00Trinity Term 2021<p>It seems we will be able to sing this term, Deo gratias.</p><p><b>Every Sunday</b>: 4:30 rehearsal for 5pm Mass, Holy Rood, Abingdon Road</p><p><b>Feast days</b> at SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road (5:15 for Mass at 6pm)</p><p>3rd Week: Ascension, Thursday 13th May</p><p>6th Week: Corpus Christi, Thursday 3rd June</p><p>7th Week: Sacred Heart, Friday 11th June</p><p>Long Vacation</p><p>SS Peter & Paul, Tuesday 29th June</p><p>Most Precious Blood, Thursday 1st July</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Email if you want to take part!</i></p>Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-6534112342704082622020-10-06T04:21:00.003-07:002020-10-09T01:05:09.249-07:00Term Card Michaelmas 2020: Singing and the Coronavirus<p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u>Singing and the Coronavirus</u></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">We can sing again! With some limitations, however.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">First, the Schola exists to support liturgical events. While these are limited, so is our activity.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">Second, the number of singers at a particular event is going to be limited by the capacity of the venues.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So we do want to hear from potential singers and we do have opportunities for singing. How this works in practice will depend on how many people want to join us. </span>Committement ahead of a performance will be particularly important.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">We will need to feel our way in terms of the ever-evolving official guidlines, the events we are called on to support, and the number of people wishing to sing. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><ul><li>We will be singing on Sundays at 5pm at Holy Rood, Abingdon Road (though not Sunday 18th October)</li></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">We will be singing for occasional Masses at SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"></p><ul><li>Monday 2nd November (4th Week): All Souls, 6pm</li><li>Monday 2nd December (8th Week), Feast of the Martyrs of Oxford University, 6pm</li></ul><div>Time committment is minimal: we rehearse on the day immediatel before the service. </div><div><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div>Email us on oxfordgregorianchant@gmail.com if you would like to join us on these dates.</div>Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-61201125729771020082020-01-27T02:29:00.000-08:002020-05-16T03:17:05.413-07:00Term Card Hillary 2020<div style="text-align: center;">
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February</div>
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Fri 6th, Ember Friday, 7:30pm Sung Mass, English Martyrs, Didcot</div>
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<br />Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-62068796931312715712019-04-11T10:53:00.004-07:002019-10-11T01:01:27.011-07:00Trinity and Summer Vacation Term Card<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Note: Masses in <b>bold </b>are Schola Masses where student singer may receive a stipend; other Masses are those at which we are invited to participate.</i></div>
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4th Week</div>
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Sunday 19th May</div>
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12 noon, Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's</div>
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5th Week</div>
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<b>Thurs 30th May: Ascension</b></div>
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<b>6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's</b></div>
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7th Week</div>
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Sunday 9th June: Whitsun</div>
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12 noon Sung Mass, Holy Trinity, Hethe</div>
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<b>Saturday 15th June: Whit Saturday (Ember Sat of Pentecost)</b></div>
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<b>10:30am Sung or High Mass, Holy Rood Church, Abingdon Road, Oxford</b></div>
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Sunday 16th June: Trinity Sunday</div>
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12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's</div>
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<b>Thurs 20th June: Corpus Christi</b></div>
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<b>Friday 28th June: Sacred Heart</b></div>
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<b>Saturday 29th June: SS Peter & Paul</b></div>
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<b>Tuesday 2nd July: Visitation</b></div>
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<b>7:30pm English Martyrs, Didcot</b></div>
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Sun 28th July</div>
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12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's</div>
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<b>Tues 6th August: Transfiguration</b></div>
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Sunday 18th August</div>
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12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's</div>
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Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-15875985473042403162019-01-09T09:24:00.005-08:002019-01-09T09:26:35.647-08:00Hillary & Easter Vacation 2019 Term Card<div style="text-align: center;">
Schola Masses plus, in <i>italics</i>, other Masses where we are invited to join the singers.<br />
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<i>Sun 20th Jan: 2nd After Epiphany</i></div>
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Sat 2nd Feb: Candlemas (Purification)</div>
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Mass at 10:30am, SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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Sat 9th Feb: St Cyril of Alexandria (Dominican Chant)</div>
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Mass at 11:30am, St Dominic's, Haverstock Hill, London</div>
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Wed 6th March: Ash Wednesday</div>
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Mass at 6pm, SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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Sat 16th March: Ember Sat of Lent, LMS Pilgrimage to Caversham</div>
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Mass at 11:30am, Our Lady and St Anne, Caversham, Reading</div>
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Tues 19th March: St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary</div>
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Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-88301953111986381782018-12-12T14:02:00.001-08:002018-12-12T14:02:19.666-08:00Masses in Michaelmas 2019<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/46256980651/in/album-72157698604986160/" title="IMG_2984"><img alt="IMG_2984" height="333" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1906/46256980651_8e96f02ce3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The Schola sang at some beautiful Masses this term, in a number of different places: Blackfriars, St Benet's Hall, SS Gregory & Augustine's in the Woodstock Road and as far away as Bedford.<br />
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Above is Dominic Bevan, who led most of these Masses; below is our guest director, Prof Peter Kwasniewski.<br />
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<i>Advance rehearsal/audition: Thursday 18th Oct, 6:30pm</i><br />
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Oxford Pilgrimage: Votive Mass of the Martyrs of Oxford University</div>
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11am, Blackfriars, St Giles Oxford</div>
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Votive Mass of St Gregory the Great</div>
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6pm SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road, Oxford</div>
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<i>Advance rehearsal: Thursday 8th Oct, 6:30pm</i><br />
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Saturday 10th Nov</div>
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Bedford Pilgrimage</div>
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Votive Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe</div>
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St Joseph's, Bedford</div>
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Saturday 24th Nov<br />
Annual Requiem, St Benet's Hall<br />
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Wednesday 28th Nov</div>
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Votive Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe</div>
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6pm SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road, Oxford</div>
Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-40839082347578960752018-06-21T07:38:00.000-07:002018-06-21T07:38:04.396-07:00Last Masses of Term<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/42219407244/in/dateposted/" title="IMG_2062"><img alt="IMG_2062" height="333" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/888/42219407244_debef937cb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The final Masses of term included an annual celebration in the historic chapel of Milton Manor House, where the schola sings in an unusual loft with windows opening into the chapel: below.<br />
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The last one of all was an unusual Mass of Reparation, a Votive Mass 'for the remission of sin', celebrated in SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford: above. Both of these Masses were led by Dominic Bevan.<br />
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And so another academic year comes to an end. This year the Schola Abelis has sung at a larger number of churches than in recent years. We now have a regular termly slot in the English Martyrs, Didcot, in Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, in Blackfriars in Oxford, and in SS Gregory & Augustine's, as well as annual events in Milton Manor, Caversham, St Benet's Hall, and Long Crendon.<br />
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The Schola also plays a major part in the general availability of singers with experience of Chant to come along and sing at other Masses taking place in Oxford.<br />
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In both ways we are fulfilling the purposes for which we were established: to make chant available for the celebration of the traditional Catholic liturgy in the Oxford area. We have also had a lot of fun along the way.<br />
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If you are reading this and are interested in singing Gregorian Chant in the 2018/19 academic year, contact us using the email address on the sidebar. We can also tell you about opportunities to sing, or hear chant sung, in Oxford over the Long Vacation.<br />
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The Masses we have accompanied this term so far have been exceptionally interesting: notably, the Vigil of Pentecost in the Dominican Rite (above), and the Emeber Saturday of Pentecost (below), each with more chants than the standard Mass formulary, with Alleluia verses between the Prophecies in the 'vigil' part of the service. We provided relatively large scholas, of eight, for each of these occasions, which is particularly good going for the exam season.<br />
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The Ember Saturday was one of, if not the, first High Masses in the Extraordinary Form, with deacon and subdeacon, to be celebrated in the church of Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, since the 1960s.<br />
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We were also honoured to mark the Patronal Feast of the Church of the English Martyrs in Didcot on 4th May, at the invitation of the Parish Priest, Fr Philip Pennington Harris.Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-85242536100370015832018-04-14T13:49:00.000-07:002018-06-28T09:51:07.469-07:00Term Card for Trinity Term 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>4th May, English Martyrs: 7:30pm</b></div>
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Church of the English Martyrs, Didcot</div>
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4th Week</div>
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<b>19th May, Vigil of Pentecost, 10:30am</b></div>
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Blackfriars, Oxford</div>
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<b>26th May, Ember Saturday of Pentecost (Whit Saturday), 11:30am</b></div>
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Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, Oxford</div>
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7th Week</div>
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<b>9th June, Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 11:30am</b></div>
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Milton Manor House, Milton, near Didcot<br />
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6pm Sung Mass SS Gregory & Augustine’s</div>
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I am pleased to be able to announce that thanks to the good will and hospitality of the Archdiocese and of the Parish Priest, Canon John Batthula, the Traditional Mass will once again be celebrated on Sundays at Holy Trinity, Hethe.<br />
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In the absence of a resident priest, there will <b>be Sung EF Masses at Hethe at 12 noon on the 2nd Sunday of each month and on the last Sunday of each month</b>. The first of these will be Palm Sunday, Sunday 24th March, to be celebrated, with the blessing of palms, by Fr James Mawdsley FSSP. </div>
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Not having every Sunday covered is not the ideal but two Sundays a month is a very positive step, on which it may be possible to build. It is a very special church, and we have a very loyal schola and congregation which I hope can be preserved and nurtured.</div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Accompanying this Mass last Saturday, singing Dominican chant, won our first (as far as I know) Twitter accolade:<br />
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It is interesting how popular these Masses at Blackfriars, which now take place at the beginning of each term, have become. Fifty people attended last Saturday.Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-419482181096987552018-01-09T06:53:00.000-08:002018-06-28T09:52:11.736-07:00Term Card for Hillary Term 2018<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sat 27th Jan Votive of <b>St Thomas Aquinas</b>, </div>
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11am High Mass Blackfriars (Dominican Rite)</div>
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Sat 10th Feb <b>St Scholastica </b></div>
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11:30am Sung Mass Holy Rood, Abingdon Rd</div>
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Thurs 22nd Feb <b>Chair of St Peter</b><br />
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Sat 24th Feb <b>St Matthias</b></div>
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High Mass, 11:30amOur Lady & St Anne, 2 South View Avenue,</div>
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Wed 7th March <b>Sung Requiem</b></div>
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6.pm SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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The Schola Abelis fielded what I think is the biggest group of singers we have ever had in one service, for the Latin Mass Society's Oxford Pilgrimage: fifteen, including our professional Director, Dominic Bevan, and the photographer of this picture (me).<br />
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The Mass was <i>Intret in conspectu </i>for the Martyrs of Oxford University, a feast specific to the Archdiocese of Birmingham, celebrated as a Votive Mass for the occasion of the pilgrimage. We sang the Dominican Rite versions of the chants where possible (the Alleluia does not appear in the 'Suarez' Dominican Graduale), with a Dominican Rite Ordinary.<br />
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<b>President: </b><b>Jēkabs Jurdžs (Wycliffe Hall)</b><br />
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Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-522753400947300962017-03-27T07:48:00.002-07:002017-03-27T09:24:35.993-07:00A successful Hillary Term<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/32156388062/in/album-72157675382691374/" title="IMG_9475"><img alt="IMG_9475" height="333" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/535/32156388062_9313e5a2a8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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A less fortunate 'first' was the cancellation of the Mass of the Purification of Our Lady -- Candlemas -- due to the illness of the celebrant. The schola has sung at this feastday in his church for a decade! Happily Fr Saward has made a complete recovery.<br />
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Hillary Term sees the Schola's longest regular trip outside Oxford, to Our Lady and St Anne, Caversham, the official Marian Shrine of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The Latin Mass Society's annual pilgrimage takes place on the Ember Saturday of Lent, an unusual service with five extra readings, and we were joined by the <a href="http://www.newmanconsort.com/">Newman Consort</a> who sang a polyphonic Mass Ordinary and two motets. Mass was followed by a rather splendid lunch at Bel and the Dragon for singers, servers, and sacred ministers.<br />
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<b>St Hilary of Poitiers</b></div>
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Thursday 2nd February 6pm</div>
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<b>Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)</b></div>
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SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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Chapel of Milton Manor House, near Abingdon</div>
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Friday 17th February, 6pm</div>
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SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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SS Gregory & Augustine's, Oxford</div>
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Our Lady and St Anne, Caversham</div>
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Saturday 25th March, 10:30am</div>
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<b>President: Ben Koons, Oriel</b></div>
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<b>Secretary: Jēkabs Jurdžs</b></div>
<b>Treasurer: Andrew Auty</b><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"></b></div>
Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-72844849622970862922016-12-24T03:03:00.001-08:002016-12-24T03:03:59.565-08:00A successful Michaelmas Term<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/30060341853/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_9161"><img alt="IMG_9161" height="283" src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5548/30060341853_50b46e2e3c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Michaelmas Term was a busy one for the Schola Abelis, with a new intake of student singers. As has become usual, they tend to be graduate students. Our numbers at events have been up to ten, which is a lot for a chant schola.<br />
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We have this term focused on Oxford venues: the Mass we accompanied in Blackfriars is captured above; the one in St Benet's Hall, below.<br />
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We also sang in SS Gregory & Augustine's in the Woodstock Road, and, for the first time, in Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, thanks to the generosity of Fr Daniel Lloyd, who was also the celebrant (below).<br />
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We sang with a number of different cantors: Christopher Hodkinson, Brian Sudlow, Thomas Neal, and Matthew Schellhorn, while practicing with Daniel Tate.<br />
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We have an even more interesting and busy schedule arranged for next term, which I will be posting shortly.Joseph Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036078613895062534.post-21834043822717091302016-10-05T03:23:00.000-07:002018-06-28T09:52:11.588-07:00Term Card for Michaelmas 2016<div class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-top: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;">
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Fr Richard Biggerstaff, the Director of the St Barnabas Society, officiated.<br />
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We don't often do services in Anglican chapels, but Vespers is a rather different proposition from Mass. It was an opportunity for the Schola to tackle the somewhat different challenges of the Divine Office, compared to Mass, and to sing in the wonderful acoustic of Merton's historic chapel, as well as to honour St Barnabas and beg his interecession for the important work of the St Barnabas Society.<br />
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The Schola Abelis is the only choir in Oxford focusing on Gregorian Chant. And though I say it myself, we sounded very good at Vespers. Anyone, from Town or University, who is interested in singing with us should contact us (). We don't expect previous experience singing chant - or anything else. I should mention that it is an all-male schola.<br />
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These days we are being looked after, in the capacity of cantor and trainer, by Will Dawes, a professional singer based in Oxford with an excellent knowledge of chant. Amusingly enough, he also directs an all-female liturgical choir. There is something for everyone in Oxford!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday 11th June (7th Week)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feast of St Barnabas</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vespers according to the 1960 Divine Office</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merton College Chapel, 8:30pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunday 19th June (9th Week)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fifth after Pentecost</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 12noon</span></div>
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