Michaelmas Term and Christmas Vacation

Masses at which the Schola Abelis will be singing.

 Sundays at Holy Rood, 5pm (note that Sunday 30th October is the Feast of Christ the King)

Tuesday 1st November: All Saints, 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine's 

Saturday 26th November: 11:30am High Mass of Requiem, Oxford Oratory 

Thursday 8th December: Immaculate Conception, 6pm Sung Mass SS Gregory & Augustine’s

Saturday 24th December: 6pm Anticipated, Sung Midnight Mass, SS Gregory & Augustine’s

Friday 6th January: Epiphany 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine’s

Thurs 2nd February: Candlemas 6pm Sung, SS Gregory & Augustine’s

The Schola Abelis

Welcome to the website of the Schola Abelis.

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.

If you wish to join us, please drop us an email. We accept singers of all levels of experience.

oxfordgregorianchant@gmail.com

Trinity Term 2021

It seems we will be able to sing this term, Deo gratias.

Every Sunday: 4:30 rehearsal for 5pm Mass, Holy Rood, Abingdon Road

Feast days at SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road (5:15 for Mass at 6pm)

3rd Week: Ascension, Thursday 13th May

6th Week: Corpus Christi, Thursday 3rd June

7th Week: Sacred Heart, Friday 11th June

Long Vacation

SS Peter & Paul, Tuesday 29th June

Most Precious Blood, Thursday 1st July

Email if you want to take part!

Term Card Michaelmas 2020: Singing and the Coronavirus

Singing and the Coronavirus

We can sing again! With some limitations, however.

First, the Schola exists to support liturgical events. While these are limited, so is our activity.

Second, the number of singers at a particular event is going to be limited by the capacity of the venues.

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. Committement ahead of a performance will be particularly important.

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. 

• We will be singing on Sundays at 5pm at Holy Rood, Abingdon Road (though not Sunday 18th October)

We will be singing for occasional Masses at SS Gregory & Augustine's, Woodstock Road:

• Monday 2nd November (4th Week): All Souls, 6pm
• Monday 2nd December (8th Week), Feast of the Martyrs of Oxford University, 6pm

Time committment is minimal: we rehearse on the day immediatel before the service. 

Email us on oxfordgregorianchant@gmail.com if you would like to join us on these dates.

Term Card Hillary 2020

Sadly, from 20th March our events have had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus epidemic.

February

Wed 26th: Ash Wednesday

6pm Sung Mass, SS Gregory & Augustine's

March

Fri 6th, Ember Friday, 7:30pm Sung Mass, English Martyrs, Didcot

Sunday 15th, 12 noon Sung Mass, SS Gregory & Augustine's

Saturday 21st, 11:30am High Mass, Our Lady and St Anne, Caversham

Sunday 22nd, 11am Sung Mass, Holy Trinity, Hethe

Wednesday 25th: Annunciation of the BVM

6pm Sung Mass, SS Gregory & Augustine's

Welcome to the OUGCS: Michaelmas Term 2019

Here is our Term Card

Regular opportunities to sing:

Sundays, 5pm, Holy Rood,

Abingdon Road

1st Week

Dominican Chant

Saturday 19th Oct 11am

Oxford Blackfriars

3rd Week

All Saints

Friday 1st Nov 6pm

SS Gregory & Augustine’s Woodstock Rd

4th Week

Annual Requiem

Saturday 9th Nov 10:30am

St Benet's Hall

6th Week

St Cecelia

Friday 22nd Nov 7:30pm

English Martyrs Church, Didcot

9th Week

St Lucy

Friday 13th Dec 6pm

SS Gregory & Augustine’s, Oxford

Trinity and Summer Vacation Term Card

Note: Masses in bold are Schola Masses where student singer may receive a stipend; other Masses are those at which we are invited to participate.

4th Week

Sunday 19th May

12 noon, Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

5th Week

Thurs 30th May: Ascension

6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

7th Week

Sunday 9th June: Whitsun

12 noon Sung Mass, Holy Trinity, Hethe

Saturday 15th June: Whit Saturday (Ember Sat of Pentecost)

10:30am Sung or High Mass, Holy Rood Church, Abingdon Road, Oxford

8th Week

Sunday 16th June: Trinity Sunday

12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Thurs 20th June: Corpus Christi

6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Long Vacation

Friday 28th June: Sacred Heart

6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Saturday 29th June: SS Peter & Paul

10:30am Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Tuesday 2nd July: Visitation

7:30pm English Martyrs, Didcot

Sun 28th July

12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Tues 6th August: Transfiguration

6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Thurs 15th August: Assumption

6pm Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's

Sunday 18th August

12 noon Sung Mass at SS Gregory & Augustine's