Pentecost is going to be especially beautiful for its transcendent music at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4536 Saint Paul Boulevard Rochester, NY 14617 www.skt-lmc.org.
At both sung Masses (9:00 and 11:15 AM), the Men’s Schola will sing the magnificent Gregorian Chants of the Feast and the Ladies’ Choir will sing the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei of the Mass of St. Hildegard of Bingen (medieval saint and mystic, 1089-1179). A Benedictine abbess, she was canonized in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI and named a Doctor of the Church. She is especially known as a composer, writer, and Christian mystic.
For more information on the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies see: http://www.hildegard-society.org/2014/11/o-ignis-spiritus-paracliti-sequence.html
Both the schola and the choir are under the direction of John Morabito, Director of Music, who also graciously supplied to us the information in this post.
You are invited to attend this very special occasion on Pentecost Sunday, May 20th.
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