Missa in Cantu The singing of the Church comes Missa in Cantu: October 17-19, 2007 ultimately out of love. It is the utter depth of love that produces the singing. A Seminar in the St. John Cantius ‘Cantare amantis est’, says St. , Augustine, singing is a lover’s thing. In Sung Mass for so saying, we come again to the REGISTRATION FORM trinitarian interpretation of Church music. The Holy Spirit is love, and it is Celebrants he who produces the singing. He is the Title______Spirit of Christ, the Spirit who draws us October 17-19, 2007 First______into love for Christ and so leads to the St. John Cantius Last______Father. Address______Chicago, Illinois City______St______Zip______Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) Email______

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Missa in Cantu: A Seminar in the Sung Mass for Celebrants | October 17-19, 2007 | Chicago, Illinois

Faculty:

The sung Mass remains the normative form in The event will take place on the premises • Fr. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., pastor of St. the Roman Rite – but it is not the norm in of St. John Cantius in Chicago, one of the John Cantius most parishes. Many celebrants are ready to most beautiful parishes in the region, and a • Fr. Scott Haynes, St. John Cantius take the step, but they need training in the place where the liturgical vision of Pope • William Mahrt, Stanford University finer details and the confidence to begin. Benedict XVI thrives alongside a growing (President of the Church Music order of Canons Regular. Association of America) That’s precisely what this seminar is for: to • Scott Turkington, Stamford Schola Class train priests in the sung Mass in English and The seminar begins at noon on Gregoriana (Gregorian Chant Master . The seminar includes tracks for the new Wednesday and concludes with lunch on ) and old forms of the Roman Rite. Friday. Sessions take place at the parish and daily Masses will be celebrated in this Seminar price: $165 (includes lunches, It is designed for those who have never splendid Church that has achieved breakfasts, dinners) attempted to sing the Mass before, and also national prominence for its multiplicity of those who need to refine their abilities, as a liturgical forms and its vast musical Registration Deadline: September 17, 2007 means of making the liturgy more beautiful. program. Housing: We have reserved 14 double rooms at The seminar covers: basics of common tones; Participants can also join the members of the affordable Cenacle Retreat Center in Lincoln singing the collects, readings, prefaces, and the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius Park, only one mile away from the parish. Spaces other parts of the Mass; musical rubrics for the and their parishioners for all of the hours will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve Roman rite; integration of the celebrant, of the Divine Office, the recitation of the basis. The price per night is $50, double schola, and people; literature and the wide Holy Rosary, Solemn Benediction, and the occupancy. Guests are welcome to come a day Romanum range of options; vocal production and style; celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the early or stay a day or two late - but you must let and much more. Mass in the Ordinary Form (in both us know if you plan on doing so. Additional English and in Latin, 1970 Missale nights subject to availability. Add the appropriate The faculty has many years of experience in ), as well as in the Extraordinary amount to your check and we will handle your training priests for the sung Mass. They are all Form (1962 Missale Romanum). reservation. specialists in the rationale, method, and liturgical management of the sung Mass. They will be joined by several parish If you prefer a hotel, we have made special choirs, including the Cantate Domino arrangements with the Crowne Plaza Metro in The seminar is sponsored by the Church Music Choir (girl choir), the Holy Innocents’ Chicago. The nightly group rate for priests Association of American in conjunction with Choir (children’s choir), Schola Cantorum attending this seminar is $199 plus tax for single St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago of St. Gregory the Great (men’s schola) or double rooms. Call (312) 829-5000 and say (825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, Illinois). and the Sine Nomine Choir and Orchestra that you are part of the "Priest Training Seminar." (adult mixed choir and orchestra).

"A liturgical service takes on a nobler aspect when the rites are celebrated with singing" – Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 1964