St. Benedict Tridentine Catholic Community

The Latin Mass Community of Windsor, Ontario


Sacred Music


From Palestrina to Mozart, from Victoria to Vierne, to the Monks of Solesmes, the greatest composers of history have written music for the Church. At the St. Benedict Community Tridentine Mass, we are dedicated to bringing this great treasury of sacred music to the setting for which it was originally composed: The Traditional Latin Mass.

Our choir of professional and volunteer singers is comprised of men and women with experience in Gregorian Chant and Polyphonic works. Members of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra join our choir to perform orchestral Masses for special occasions. Gregorian Chant is an important part of the Latin Mass, and therefore the Propers of the Mass are sung every week. Handouts are provided so that the congregation may join in chanting the Ordinary of the Mass.

The Church Music Association of America wrote about our choir here.

Organist and Choir Director for the St. Benedict Tridentine Community is Mr. Wassim Sarweh.
E-mail: music@windsorlatinmass.org, Cell: (519) 257-9594


RECORDINGS OF OUR CHOIR
(made during Masses, thus there is background noise)

Excerpt from Kyrie from Missa Caça by Cristóbal de Morales

Ave María by Tomás Luis de Victoria

De Profúndis by Antonio Salieri


MUSIC SCHEDULE:

September 20, 2020 - Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa Ætérna Christi Múnera (G.P. da Palestrina)
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ave María (Gregorian)
Communion Motet: Cantáte Dómino (Hans Leo Hassler)
Recessional: Organ

September 13, 2020 - Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ave María (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Communion Motet: Pange Língua (Gregorian)
Recessional: Organ

September 6, 2020 - Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: Magníficat (Arranged by W. Sarweh)
Communion Motet: Jubiláte Deo (W.A. Mozart)
Recessional: Organ

August 30, 2020 - Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales)
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ave María (Jacques Arcadelt)
Communion Motet: Dómine, Non Sum Dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Recessional: Organ

August 23, 2020 - Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Salve Regína (Simple Tone)
Communion Motet: Jesu, Rex Admirábilis (G.P. da Palestrina)
Recessional: Organ

August 16, 2020 - Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa a Tre Voci (Antonio Lotti)
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Concórdi Lætítia (Traditional)
Communion Motet: Bonus Est Dóminus (G.P. da Palestrina)
Recessional: Organ

August 9, 2020 - Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ubi Cáritas (Traditional)
Communion Motet: Adorámus Te, Christe (Ludovico Viadana)
Recessional: Organ

August 2, 2020 - Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ánima Christi (Gregorian)
Communion Motet: Ave Verum Corpus (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Recessional: Organ

July 26, 2020 - Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Motet: Ave Maris Stella (Gregorian)
Communion Motet: Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Recessional: Organ

July 19, 2020 - Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa O Quam Gloriósum (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: O Quam Gloriósum (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Communion Motet: Adorámus Te, Christe (Théodore Dubois)
Recessional: Organ

July 12, 2020 - Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: Adóro Te Devóte (Charles Gounod)
Communion Motet: Laudáte Dóminum (W.A. Mozart)
Recessional: Organ

July 5, 2020 - Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: Jesu, Dulcis Memória (Traditional)
Communion Motet: Ave Verum Corpus (Edward Elgar)
Recessional: Organ

June 30, 2020 - Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle
Processional: Organ
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: V
Recessional: Organ

June 28, 2020 - Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: Salve Regína (Solemn Tone)
Communion Motet: Veni, Jesu, Amor Mi (Luigi Cherubini)
Recessional: Organ

June 21, 2020 - External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
Processional: Organ
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: V
Offertory Motet: Ubi Cáritas (Gregorian)
Communion Motet: O Salutáris Hóstia (Luca Marenzio)
Recessional: Organ

March 8, 2020 - Second Sunday of Lent
Processional Hymn: Have Mercy, Lord, On Us
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XVIII - Deus Génitor Alme
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Atténde Dómine
Communion Motet: Ave Verum (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

March 1, 2020 - First Sunday of Lent
Processional Hymn: O Merciful Redeemer
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XVIII - Deus Génitor Alme
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Audi, Benígne Cónditor
Communion Motet: Dómine, Non Sum Dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Closing Hymn: The Glory of These Forty Days

February 26, 2020 - Ash Wednesday
Mass Setting: Mass XVIII - Deus Génitor Alme
Offertory Hymn: Audi, Benígne Cónditor
Closing Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

February 23, 2020 - Quinquagésima Sunday
Processional Hymn: Be Thou My Vision
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ubi Cáritas
Communion Motet: Jubiláte Dómino (Diego Ortiz)
Closing Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

February 16, 2020 - Sexagésima Sunday
Processional Hymn: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Quis Sicut Te
Communion Motet: Óculi Ómnium (Heinrich Schutz)
Closing Hymn: Praise to the Lord

February 9, 2020 - Septuagésima Sunday
Processional Hymn: Soul of My Saviour
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ave Regína Cælórum
Communion Motet: De Profúndis (Antonio Salieri)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: Out of the Depths

February 2, 2020 - Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Processional Hymn: O Purest of Creatures
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa Ætérna Christi Múnera (G.P. da Palestrina)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: O Sanctíssima
Communion Motets: Mater Christi Nóbilis & Gaude Virgo (Anonymous)
Closing Hymn: Hail, Queen of Heav'n, the Ocean Star

January 26, 2020 - Third Sunday After Epiphany
Processional Hymn: Bethlehem, of Noblest Cities
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass VIII - Missa de Ángelis
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Flos de Radíce Jesse
Communion Motet: Alma Redemptóris Mater (G.P. da Palestrina)
Closing Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

January 19, 2020 - Second Sunday After Epiphany
Processional Hymn: In the Darkness Shines the Splendour
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Missa Prima (Claudio Crassini)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Quem Pastóres
Communion Motet: Tóllite Hóstias (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Closing Hymn: Praise the Lord, Ye Heav'ns, Adore Him

January 12, 2020 - The Holy Family
Processional Hymn: Sing the Holy Family's Praises
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass VIII - Missa de Ángelis
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Adéste Fidéles
Communion Motet: Verbum Caro Factum Est (Loyset Compère)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

January 5, 2020 - Holy Name of Jesus
Processional Hymn: Joy to the World
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass VIII - Missa de Ángelis
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Jesu Dulcis Memória
Communion Motet: Ave Jesu Deus (Sir John Stainer)
Closing Hymn: The First Nowell

January 1, 2020 - Octave of Christmas / Circumcision
Processional Hymn: What Child Is This?
Mass Setting: Missa Prima (Claudio Crassini)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Veni Creátor
Communion Motet: Ave Jesu Deus (Sir John Stainer)
Closing Hymn: Joy to the World

December 29, 2019 - Sunday in the Octave of Christmas
Processional Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Messe de Minuit de Noël (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Résonet in Laúdibus
Communion Motet: O Magnum Mystérium (Morten Lauridsen)
Closing Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

December 25, 2019 - Christmas Day
Preludes:
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Michael Praetorius)
Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing (English Carol)
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Harold Darke)
Processional Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Mass Setting: Messe de Minuit de Noël (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Résonet in Laúdibus
Communion Motet: O Magnum Mystérium (Morten Lauridsen)
Closing Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

December 22, 2019 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
Processional Hymn: O Heavens, Send Your Rain
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ave María
Communion Motet: Alma Redemptóris Mater (G.P. da Palestrina)
Closing Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 15, 2019 - Third Sunday of Advent
Processional: Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Anonymous)
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XVIII with Kyrie B
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Veni, Veni, Emmánuël
Communion Motet: Laudáte Dóminum (W.A. Mozart)
Closing Hymn: The Advent of Our God

December 8, 2019 - Immaculate Conception
Processional Hymn: Immaculate Mary
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass of St. Michael the Archangel (Hani Sarweh)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Concórdi Lætítia
Communion Motet: Ave María (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above

December 1, 2019 - First Sunday of Advent
Processional Hymn: On Jordan's Bank
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XVIII with Kyrie B
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Creátor Alme Síderum
Communion Motet: Ave Verum (Edward Elgar)
Closing Hymn: Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

November 24, 2019 - Last Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Christus Vincit (Gregorian)
Communion Motet: De Profúndis (Antonio Salieri)
Closing Hymn: Christ is Made Our Sure Foundation

November 17, 2019 - Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: Out of the Depths
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Salve Regína
Communion Motet: Ubi Cáritas (Maurice Duruflé)
Closing Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past

November 10, 2019 - Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ánima Christi
Communion Motet: O Bone Jesu (G.P. da Palestrina)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: God, My King, Your Might Confessing

November 3, 2019 - Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ave Maris Stella
Communion Motet: Cantáte Dómino (Hans Leo Hassler)
Closing Hymn: Faith of Our Fathers

November 2, 2019 - All Souls
Mass Setting: Messe a Tre Voci in La Minore (Antonio Lotti)
Dies Iræ (Gregorian)
Offertory Motet: Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Communion Motet: Ave Verum Corpus (Alexandre Guilmant)
Absolution at the Catafalque
In Paradísum (Gregorian)

October 27, 2019 - Christ the King
Processional Hymn: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd)
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Christus Vincit (Vatican Radio edition)
Communion Motet: Jesu, Rex Admirábilis (G.P. da Palestrina)
Closing Hymn: Rejoice! The Lord Is King

October 20, 2019 - Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: Jesus, Thou Art Coming
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass XI - Orbis Factor
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Jesu, Dulcis Memória
Communion Motet: Adorámus Te (Ludovico da Viadana)
Closing Hymn: Lift High the Cross

October 13, 2019 - Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Processional Hymn: Praise to the Lord
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Salve, Mater
Communion Motet: O Salutáris Hóstia (Jacobus Handl-Gallus)
Benediction: O Salutáris Hóstia, Tantum Ergo (Traditional Hymns)
Closing Hymn: Now the World Is Saved From Darkness

October 6, 2019 - External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary
Processional Hymn: I'll Sing a Hymn to Mary
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IX - Cum Júbilo
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Ave, Regína Sacratíssimi Rosárii
Communion Motet: Panis Angélicus (Peter Meurers)
Closing Hymn: O Queen of the Holy Rosary

September 29, 2019 - Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel
Processional Hymn: Splendour of the Father's Rays
Aspérges Me: I
Mass Setting: Mass IV with Ambrosian Glória
Credo: III
Offertory Hymn: Pange Língua
Communion Motet: Panis Angélicus (Claudio Casciolini)
Closing Hymn: Michael, Prince of All the Angels


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