PTIFICa LHIGH in tHe o rdinariate use of the ro man rite for tHe FEASTof SAINT G GRY On the Occasion of this Community’s Fourth Feast of and Dedication And the First Episcopal Visitation of our His Excellency Steven J. Lopes

Friday, September Second at Seven-Thirty in the Evening at Saint Andrew’s Parish, Billerica Massachusetts Saint Gregory the Great Church A Community of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Memoranda. His Excellency Steven J. Lopes celebrant The Very Reverend Fr. Timothy Perkins concelebrant The Reverend Fr. Jürgen W.V. Liias concelebrant Edward Giordano deacon Deacon Charles Hall Mr. David Allen Mr. Raymond Chagnon master of ceremonies Mr. Kevin McDermott verger Mr. Ryan Hawkes thurifer Mr. Richard Piwowarski Mr. Joe Cooley Mr. Steven Hardy acolyte Mr. Peter Glendinning acolyte Mr. Alastair-Ian Means acolyte Mr. Thomas O’Neill acolyte Mr. Joshua Pulliam acolyte Mr. Kevin Roy acolyte Mrs. Elise Sweet Mr. Joseph McLellan intercessor Mr. & Mrs. John Covert processors chappel Ms. Jessica Petrus treble Ms. Carey Shunskis treble Ms. Stephanie Scogna mean Mr. Jason McStoots tenor Mr. Marc DeMille baritone Mr. Jacob Cooper bass Mr. Richard Chonak clerk Mr. Michael Olbash director & precentor Mr. Michael Zadig music director & organist 3 .f The Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (vigil) Pontifical High Mass in the Ordinariate Use of the Friday 2. September 2016 .f 7:30 in the Evening organ prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (bwv 662) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) ¶Stand. An Hymn For Saint Gregory ( please refer to Page 13 of this brochure) Chant: O ye of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: O ye holy and humble men of heart, exalt him for ever. Ps. O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him and magnify him for ever. Glory be Cc. O ye priests… The Introductory Rites Invocation; The for Purity; The Summary of the Law Pew , Page 1 and Gloria Pew Missal, Pages 1 & 2 Giovanni de , (1570s?) Collect of the Day: Almighty and merciful God, who didst raise up thy servant Gregory to be the servant of the servants of God, and didst inspire him to send missionaries to preach the to the English people: preserve in thy Church the Catholic and Apostolic Faith they taught; that thy people, being fruitful in every good work, may receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Liturgy of the Word ¶Sit. The First Reading — Ezekiel 34: 11–16 Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when some of his sheep have been scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from 4 .f the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Isræl, by the fountains, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the mountain heights of Isræl shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on fat pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Isræl. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice. PSALM — Psalm 96:1–3; 7; 8a, 9b; 10 Anglican chant is sung with the natural rhythm and stress of the words, which are chanted to the first note of each section until the first upright [|] which like the others mark the music’s barlines. Sing one syllable to a note unless: the word is in italic type (when it should be sung to two notes) or a midpoint [·] appears (when all syllables before it should be sung to the frst, all after to the second, note). J Goss # & # ˙ ˙ ˙ w w * w ˙ ˙ ˙ w # ˙ & # w ˙ w ˙ * w ˙ ˙ ˙ w O sing unto the Lord a|new|song; * sing unto the Lord,|all the|whole|earth. Sing unto the Lord, and|praise his|Name; * be telling of his sal-|vation· from|day to|day. Declare his honour un-|to the|heathen, * and his|wonders· un-|to all|peoples. Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye|kindreds · of the|peoples, * ascribe unto the|Lord |worship · and|power. Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due un-|to his|Name; * let the whole earth|stand in|awe of|him. Tell it out among the heathen, that the|Lord is|King, * and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be movèd; and how that he shall|judge the|peoples|righteously. 5 .f Glory be to the Father and|to the|Son * and|to the|Holy|Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and|ever|shall be * world without|end.|A-|men. The Second Reading — 2 Corinthians 4 : 1–2; 5–7 Brethren: Having the ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who said, Let light shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcen- dent power belongs to God and not to us. ¶Stand. Chant: Alleluia, Alleluia. The Holy Ghost shall teach you : whatsoever I have said unto you. Alleluia. The Holy Gospel — Luke 22 : 24–30 At that time: A dispute also arose among the apostles, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the greater, one who sits at table, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have continued with me in my trials; as my Father appointed a kingdom for me, so do I appoint for you that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Isræl.” The . ¶Sit Bishop Lopes. “You all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father… Let no one do anything concerning the Church, apart from the bishop.… Where the bishop appears, there let the people be, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the .” — Saint Ignatius of Antioch, probably 107 AD. 6 .f The Creed [Stand.] The Celebrant sings “I believe in one God” alone:

[ ] j j j j j j j & œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ […God,] The Fa - ther Al - might - y, maœ - ker of

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ hea - ven and earth, and ofœ all- things vi - si - ble and j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ in - vi - si - ble; And in one- Lord- Jeœ - sus Christ,

j j j j j j œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the on - ly be - got - ten Son of God,

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ beœ - got - ten of his Fa - ther be - fore all worlds,

j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ God- of God,- Light- of Light,- veœ - ry God- j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ of ve- - ry God, œbe got - ten, not made,

j j j j j j j œ j œ œ j œ œ be - ingœ ofœ one sub - stanceœ withœ theœ Fa - ther;

j j j j j j j j œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ by whom all- things were made; œwho for us men 7 .f The Creed, continued.f

[Kneel] j j j j j j j j j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ and forœ ourœ sal - va - tion came down from hea - ven,

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ j œ œ andœ wasœ in - car - nateœ by theœ Hoœ - lyœ Ghost

[Rise] j j j j j j œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ of the Vir - gin Ma - ry, AND WAS MADE MAN;

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ j œ œ œ bœ œ andœ was cru - œci - fi - èdœ alœ - soœ for us un - der

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Pon - tius Pi - late; He suf - fer - èd and was bu - ri - èd;

j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ Andœ the third- day he rose a - œgain œ ac - cor - ding

j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ to the Scrip - tures, Andœ as - cen - dedœ inœ - toœ hea - ven,

j j j j j j j j j œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ And sit - teth on the right- hand- of the Fa - ther;

j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ andœ he shallœ come œa - gain,œ withœ glo- - ry, to judge 8 .f The Creed, continued.f

j j j j j j j j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ both the quick and the dead; whoseœ king - dom shall

j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ have- no- end.- Andœ œI be - lieve in the Ho - ly Ghost the Lord,œ œ

j j j j j j j j œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the Giv - er of Life, whoœ pro - ceed - eth from

j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ the Fa - ther and the Son; whoœ withœ the Fa - therœ and

, j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ theœ Sonœ toœ - geth - er is wor-shiped and glo - ri - fi - èd;

j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ whoœ spake by the Pro - phets. Andœ œI be - lieve one

j j j j j j bœ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ œ œ ho - ly Ca - tho - lic- œ and Ap - os - tol - ic Church;

j j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œI ac - know -ledge one Bap - tismœ forœ the re - mis - sion of sins;

j j j j j j j j j j œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ andœ I look forœ the reœ - surœ - rec - tion of the dead, $ 9 .f The Creed, concluded.f

j j j j j j & œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ andœ the life of theœ œworld - to come.

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ A - - œ men.œ œ ¶Kneel. The Prayers of the People Pew Missal, Page 31 The response is “Lord, have mercy.” The Penitential Rite Pew Missal, Page 5 The Comfortable Words Pew Missal, Page 6 [Announcements.] ¶Sit. The Liturgy of the Eucharist ¶Stand. Chant: My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. Offertory Hymn Hail to the Lord’s Annointed ( please refer to Page 14 of this brochure) The Offertory (Form I) Pew Missal, Page 7 “May the Lord accept the sacrifice at thy hands…” Pew Missal, Page 9 Prayer over the Offerings: Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that this , which thou hast instituted to be a sacrifce for the remission of the sins of all the world, may at the intercession of Saint Gregory be made proftable unto us thy servants; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Roman Canon () Pew Missal, Page 12 Pew Missal, Page 12 Palestrina, Missa Tu es Petrus ¶Kneel. The Roman Canon Pew Missal, Page 13–15 (“We proclaim thy death, O Lord…”) Page 14 10 .f The Rite ¶Stand. The Lord’s Prayer Pew Missal, Page 19–20 The Celebrant begins “Our Father” alone; then the people join him: b [ ] j j j j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ […Father] who artJ in hea - ven, hal - low - ed be b j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ thy Name, thy kingJ dom co - me, thy will be do - ne, b j j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ on earth as it is in hea - ven. Give us this b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ dayJ our dai - ly bre - ad. And for - giveJ us our b j j j j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ œ œ tres - pas - ses, as we for - give those who tres - pass b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ j œ œ -œ œ œ œ œ œ œ a-gainst us. Andœ lead us not in - to temp - ta - tion, [the alone:] b j j j j j j j j j j œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J J but de - liv - er us from e - vil. [De - li - ver us…] [the People join him:] b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ w j œ œ œ œ œ […from all dis - tress.] Forœ thine is the king-dom, b j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ and the pow - er and the glo - ry, b j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ for ev - er and ev - er. A - men. 2 bb ∑

3 bb ∑ b [ ] j j j j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ […Father] who artJ in hea - ven, hal - low - ed be b j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ thy Name, thy kingJ dom co - me, thy will be do - ne, b j j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ on earth as it is in hea - ven. Give us this b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ dayJ our dai - ly bre - ad. And for - giveJ us our b j j j j j j j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ œ œ tres - pas - ses, as we for - give those who tres - pass b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ j œ œ -œ œ œ œ œ œ œ a-gainst us. Andœ lead us not in - to temp - ta - tion, [the Priest alone:] b j j j j j j j j j j œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J J but de - liv - er us from e - vil. [De - li - ver us…] [the People join him:] b j j j j j j j b œ œ œ w j œ œ œ œ œ […from all dis - tress.] Forœ thine is the king-dom, j j j j 11 bb j j œ .f œ œ œ The Lord’sœ Prayer,œ concluded.fœ œ œ and the pow - er and the glo - ry, b j j j j b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ for ev - er and ev - er. A - men. 2 ¶Kneel after the Peace b b Agnus∑ Dei Pew Missal, Page 20 Palestrina, Missa Tu es Petrus 3 bb ∑

The Prayer of Humble Access Pew Missal, Page 20 Lord, I Am Not Worthy (thrice) Pew Missal, Page 21 Communion Chant: A faithful and wise steward, whom the Lord hath made ruler over his household: to give them their portion of meat in due season. HOLY COMMUNION Catholics in Union with the and in the state of Grace may partake of Holy Communion, distributed under both Species and received kneeling at the Kneelers placed at the front. Others present may receive a Blessing; please signify this desire by crossing your arms over your breast. Come forward when the Usher at your pew directs you; the Usher at the front will show you when to take your place at the Communion Rail. Please return to your seat by entering your pew from the side aisle. 12 .f Communion Anthem Tomás Luis de Victoria, Motet: Tu es Petrus ( pub. 1572) prima pars secunda pars Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram Quodcumque ligaveris super terram, Ædificabo Ecclesiam meam, Erit ligatum et in cœlis; Et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus eam: Et quodcumque solveris super terram Et tibi dabo claves regni cœlorum. Erit solutum et in cœlis. You are Peter, and on this rock Whatever you bind on earth I will build My Church, Will be bound also in heaven; And the gates of hell will not prevail against it: And whatever you release on earth And I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Will be released also in heaven. Matthew 16: 18–19

Post-Communion Hymn Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist didst Pray ( please refer to Page 15 of this brochure)

The Thanks-giving ¶Kneel. “Almighty and Everliving God…” Pew Missal, Page 22 Post-Communion Prayer: O God, who didst raise thy blessed Pope Gregory to be made in his righteousness the equal of thy Saints: mercifully grant that we, who observe this festival in his remembrance, may follow after the pattern of his godly life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Concluding Rite The Pontifical Blessing; The Pew Missal, Page 23–24 Recessional Hymn A Recessional for Saint Gregory ( please refer to Page 16 of this brochure) organ postlude Trumpet Tune and Air — Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

[Music performed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is o^ered to God. If you must leave before the postlude is finished please do so quietly; applause is not appropriate. Please do express your pleasure during the reception, however!] y w y 13 .f Processional Hymn An Hymn for Saint Gregory

i iv Hear us, Saint Gregory! England’s Apostle still, We raise our voices to thee help us to do God’s will and ask that you attend, and bless those people and here on earth resemble Christ more truly. here gathered in your name: Hear us, and join our prayer; your patronage we claim grant us your loving care and pray that from us might be kept all evil. that by the Spirit’s guidance we live newly. ii vi Great Shepherd of the Flock Son of Eternal ! standing on Peter’s Rock May we aspire to thy home you taught the Church how best to be a Pastor. in heav’n above, to join thee in the praises Servant of Those Who Serve, of Him who reigns on high help them to never swerve and when, at last, we die from out the path appointed by their Master. may He in mercy thither deign to raise us! iii vii You who in Rome’s broad street Praise we the Father’s Name, saw Englishmen, and thought meet and Jesus Christ, the same:

to send Augustine thence to reap the harvest: in Union with the Spirit,) who leaves us never! Bring all that Church, once more, Praise them! ye heav’nly Host: safely to Tiber’s shore Father, Son and Holy Ghost, that all again be One, as Christ intended. Who reigneth over all, and will forever!

—K. McDermott, 2013 14 .f Offertory Hymn Hail to the Lord’s Annointed

i iv Hail to the Lord’s Annointed Kings shall bow down before him, great David’s greater Son! and gold and incense bring; Hail! in the time appointed, All nations shall adore him, his reign on earth begun! his praise all people sing; He comes to break oppression, To him shall prayer unceasing to set the captive free; and daily vows ascend; To take away transgression, His kingdom still increasing, and rule in equity. a kingdom without end. ii vi He comes with succor speedy O’er every foe victorious, to those who su^er wrong, he on his throne shall rest; To help the poor and needy, From age to age more glorious, and bid the weak be strong; all blessing and all blest: To give them songs for sighing, The tide of time shall never their darkness turn to light, his covenant remove; Whose souls, condemned and dying, His Name shall stand for ever, were precious in his sight. his changeless Name of Love. iii He shall come down like showers —James Montgomery, 1821 based on Psalm 72 upon the fruitful earth, And love, joy, hope, like flowers, spring in his path to birth: Before him on the mountains shall peace, the herald, go; And righteousness in fountains from hill to valley flow. 15 .f Post-Communion Hymn Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist didst Pray

i iii Thou, Who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray, We pray Thee, too, for wanderers from Thy fold, That all Thy Church might be forever one, Oh, bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep, Grant us at every Eucharist to say Back to the Faith which saints believed of old, With longing heart and soul,“Thy will be done.” Back to the Church which still that Faith doth keep; Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body be, Soon may we all one Bread, one Body be, Through this blest Sacrament of Unity. Through this blest Sacrament of Unity.

ii iv For all Thy Church, O Lord, we intercede; So, Lord, at length when Sacraments shall cease, Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease; May we be one with all Thy Church above, Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead, One with Thy saints in one unbroken peace, By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of Peace; One with Thy saints in one unbounded love; Thus may we all one Bread, one Body be, More blessèd still, in peace and love to be Through this blest Sacrament of Unity. One with the Trinity in Unity.

— W.H. Turton, 1881 16 .f Recessional Hymn A Recessional for Saint Gregory

i iv Saint Gregory! Still your heart burned here gathered in your name for those from far away we pray that forever more who knew not the Lord, we be sustained the sheep yet far astray in this, our  shared  life,  help us  to  feel that by  the  Spirit’s living Flame — same great love today — Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! ii v We bid your prayer And at the end, that, like you, we might be when our life’s race is run a boon to those souls may we join you in most desp’rately in need that City, where the sun   is  to bring them both earthly God  the Father, aid and heav’nly creed — Holy Ghost and Son — Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! iii vi You saw the want But even now, of those most near to home we join our voice with thine and succored your flock, to sing with all heaven’s   the su^’ring poor of Rome choir the praise Divine:  help us do  the  same  with  those  Glory   to  God!  now,  and  poor we call our own — past the end of time! — Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! AMEN

—K. McDermott, 2013 17 .f Notes on the Music of the Mass

iovanni Palestrina (c1525–1594) spent his entire life in or near Rome, serving at St. Peter’s, the Lateran, and St. Mary Major G basilicas. He was famous in his own lifetime and has remained so. Tonight’s Mass remained in manuscript at the Vatican until 1887; its musical material is based on Palestrina’s own motet Tu es Petrus, a text used for the Alleluia and/or Communion on the Feasts of SS Peter and Paul and S Peter in Chains. The motet was published in 1572; the Mass may date from the same period. Tomás Luis de Victoria (c1548–1611) was born at Avila and trained as a choirboy in that city’s Cathedral. A singer, organist and Priest he is remembered primarily as a composer: the fnest of the Spanish Renaissance and comparable to Palestrina. From 1565 to 1587 — during which time he wrote the motet heard tonight — he lived in Rome. He may have studied with Palestrina; under any circumstances their styles are similar.

Notes on the Hymns he processional and Recessional Hymns were written in for this community’s frst Feast of Title and Dedication in the year 2013. TThe Offertory Hymn is by editor and poet James Montgomery (1771–1854), son of a dissenting Minister. Although born in Scotland, most of his life was spent in the midlands of England, primarily at She~eld. Author of more than 400 hymns, tonight’s is considered his fnest rendering of a psalm. The Post-Communion Hymn is by William H. Turton (1856–1938), an o~cer of the Royal Engineers. It was written for the English Church Union, an orga- nization founded in 1859 to provide financial and legal support to the early anglocatholic movement, some of whose Priests were jailed; it still exists.

Anglican Chant distinctively anglican style for singing and canticles grew out of the tradition and appears to be a A direct result of the attempt by Thomas Tallis and his mid-sixteenth century contemporaries to provide musical settings for Myles Coverdale’s in the new Book of Prayer. It is now mostly confned to cathe- drals and other places with established choral traditions. Anglican chants are harmonic progressions of 7; 14; 21; or 28 measures of music (known respectively as single; double; triple; and quadruple chants). Tallis and his con- temporaries wrote single chants; the earliest double chants (which allow the music to follow the form of much Hebrew poetry) appeared at the beginning of the eighteenth century; triple and quadruple chants are late nineteenth century developments allowing the music to match unusual textual patterns. 18 .f Memoranda. Mr. Roger Schwitalla, sidesman Mr. Edward Finglas sidesman Mr. Steven Hawley sidesman Mr. John Covert sidesman Mrs. Cynthia McDermott sacristan Mrs. Pamela Covert, flower guild Mrs. Barbara Hawley hospitality guild Ms. Nancy Gilpin hospitality guild Mrs. Evelyn Theriault hospitality guild

With Gratitude he and lay-Folk of Saint Gregory The Great Church wish to express their particular thanks to Father Shawn Allen and Tthe people of the Billerica Collaborative for use of their beautiful church this evening; to Father Mario Orrigo and the people of Saint Patrick’s Parish, our current home; and the whole Archdiocese of Boston for the warm welcome they have accorded our community and the greater Ordinariate.f We are forever grateful for the friendship and assistance of the traditional Mass community of Nashua, New Hampshire.f The particular assis- tance and fellowship of Mr. David Allen and Mr. Raymond Chagnon remains a great blessing to our community.f The during this Mass, add- ing to the Beauty of Holiness as well as the joy and ceremony with which we welcome our Spiritual Father, was made possible by the generosity of a number of donors; please remember them especially in your prayers.f

Donations RECTed in 2013, largely by Anglicans and Episcopalians who left their established parishes behind them to become Catholics, Saint E Gregory the Great — like the Ordinariate as a whole, with few exceptions — is a community of faith, and not much else. During these frst years, while we gratefully make our home with other Catholic parishes awaiting the Lord’s provision of our own church we are attempting to gather the appointments necessary for traditional worship. We have also created a Capital Fund and add to it, as possible, against the day a suitable property becomes available.f If the Holy Spirit moves you to assist us, gifts of any amount will be most gratefully received. Feel free to speak with the Clergy or Verger after Mass; or send an email to [email protected] 19 .f

A Brief History of POPE SAINT GREGORY THE FIRST known as THE GREAT and THE APOSTLE OF ENGLAND

he only pope other than Leo I to be called The Great came from a wealthy and aristocratic Roman family. We know little about T Gregory’s early years, but he was well-educated. After a secular career in urban administration culminating in the Prefecture of the City of Rome, Gregory became a monk about the year 574 and turned his family home into a monastery. When Pope Pelagius ii died the papal electors unanimously cast their votes in his former advisor Gregory’s favor and on September 3, 590 he became the first monk to occupy the Throne of Saint Peter, much to his dismay. After expressing his initial reluctance at leaving monastic seclusion, however, Gregory set about his duties with vigor. First he had to deal with a current famine ravaging Rome; the starvation dealt with, Gregory continued to prove himself a shepherd to his Roman flock and, in particular, a champion of the City’s poor. There was much to claim the Pope’s attention outside , however: Africa’s resurgence of the Donatist heresy and the continuation of his predecessor’s lengthy disagreement with Constantinople over the title Ecu- menical Patriarch were troubling; the establishment of amicable relations with Spain and Gaul, and the mission to England were notable successes. Gregory was a prolifc writer: his Regula Pastorum (The Rule of the Pastor, c591), still used by the Church as a principal source for the conduct of her clergy, is his most famous book but writings poured from his pen: many ; his Dialogues, a series of Saint’s lives; the Magna Moralia (in thirty-five volumes) and, remarkably, 854 of his letters survive providing invaluable insights into Gregory’s character. All this took its toll: never in good health, by 604 Gregory was worn out. The Lombards were once more preparing to strike and (as when he ascended the papal throne) Rome was gripped by famine: the panic-stricken people turned against him. When he died in March the East revered him as a Saint; Spain as a great writer; England as its true Apostle — only Rome (more or less) ignored him, an injustice which would last two centuries. But his legacy was rich and could not be passed over: the promotion of monasticism in the West; a more e^ective papal administration; and the conservation of a particularly Roman view of what constitutes order under law. His epitaph fttingly called him God’s Consul. Gregory himself had used a less exalted title which has been adopted by all later : »Servant·of·the·Servants·of·God«

Use of Divine Worship : The Missal, containing the form of the Holy Mass for all the Personal Ordinariates established under the Anglicanorum Cœtibus, was promulgated by the Vatican to begin on Sunday 2015. At the same time the North American Ordinariate produced and published a pew missal, mandating use by all its communities. The present brochure will help guide you through our Mass from beginning to end. You may refer to it for when to stand, kneel, or sit; the music of the Mass; the hymns to be sung; and page references to the pew missal for the various elements of the Mass. Responses are similar to those of the Novus Ordo Mass: “And with thy spirit;” “Glory be to thee, O Lord;” Praise be to thee, O Christ.” The first time you are likely to require the pew missal to recite a portion of our Mass will be the Prayers of the People, after the homily. On the Occasion of His First Episcopal Visitation to the Community of Saint Gregory the Great on its Fourth Feast of Title and Dedication September Second through Fourth — Two Thousand Sixteen

His Excellency Steven J. Lopes First Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Pastor to All its Members and Clergy in the United States and Canada teven Joseph Lopes was born in 1975 in Fremont, California to Barbara Jane and (the late) Dr. José de Oliveira Lopes. His father was Portuguese and his mother is Polish. SJosé emigrated to the United States in the early 1960s and became an American citizen in 1970. Barbara Jane was born and raised in Detroit, where much of her family still resides. The only child to two educators — his father taught languages and history at the university level, and his mother taught in Catholic schools for 47 years — Bishop Lopes was formed and educated by Catholic schools in the Golden State. In high school he began to discern the possibility of a vocation to the priesthood. He continued his discernment during his studies at the Saint Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, where he majored in theology and minored in philosophy and German. With the encouragement of his family he entered Saint Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California for one year, then completed his seminary education at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He studied philosophy and liturgy at the University of Innsbruck. He then earned three degrees — including a doctorate — in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he has also served as an adjunct faculty member. On June 23, 2001 he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco by Cardinal William J. Levada (then Archbishop Levada). As a priest of the Archdiocese he served as an associate pastor at two parishes: Saint Patrick Catholic Church in San Francisco, and Saint Anselm Catholic Church in Ross, California. In 2005 he was named an o~cial of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican o~ce responsible for promoting and preserving Catholic teaching. For seven of his ten-plus years at the Vatican, he served as secretary to the Cardinal Prefect. He was named a monsignor in 2010. named him the first Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter on Nov. 24, 2015. He succeeded Monsignor Je^rey N. Steenson as leader of the Ordinariate on Feb. 2, 2016. For his motto Bishop Lopes selected Magna Opera Domini, or in English Great are the works of the Lord. By these words the new bishop ex- presses his awe of God’s grace in drawing His people to the fullness of Eucharistic communion. Bishop Lopes is a member of the Order of Malta and remains deeply committed to the Order’s service to the sick and the poor. He is a full member of the United States Conference of Catholic and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.