We have reached the Fourth Sunday of Lent, a day when we look in anticipation towards the hope of Easter. We see this in the lightening of the sacred vestments to Rose and in the use of the organ, the role of which has been all but eliminated through Lent thus far. We also know …
Saturday 4th March saw the public debut of our new chant class! Over the last couple of months, volunteers with varying degrees of musical experience and little to no experience of chant met on Thursday evenings to begin learning how to read and sing our ancient Catholic music. This morning they joined some of our …
Our chant class has been making outstanding progress lately. Through a series of practical sessions our singers, several of whom are completely new to chant, have been improving their vocal technique, learning how to read chant and working on ensemble skills. The group have been working on Mass XI Orbis Factor and the Lenten chant …
It was our solemn privilege to sing a Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form on the 7th January at St James in Coatbridge, for the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict XVI. Fr Denney gave a moving homily which focused on the hope that is to be found in Christ, even when it seems …
On 11th December 2022 Cantores Matris Dei sang Solemn II Vespers and Benediction for Gaudete Sunday at St Brigid’s Toryglen. Despite singers calling off, one with a flat tyre (who also had the rose cope!), those who attended found the liturgy to be an opportunity to retreat from the hustle and bustle of December- an …
On the 8th of December we were delighted to sing the sacred chant for the feast of the Immaculate Conception at St James Coatbridge. The Mass was a beautiful example of what the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council called for in Sacrosanctum Concilium (in continuity with St Pius X and Ven. Pius XII); ad …
