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The First Mass for Artists
Continuing our coverage of Sundays events, the Catholic Artists Society sponsored its first Solemn High Mass for Artists at Our Saviours Church on Park Avenue in New York. A capacity congregation, very proficient in singing the responses, filled the church. But that seems to be the rule for Solemn Masses at this parish. David Hughes led the schola of St. Marys Norwalk and Herve Duteil was the organist need we say that the music was splendid? (Missa super Credidi Propter by Orlando di Lasso and works by Palestrina, Philips, Vaughan Williams, Bach and Messiaen)
Mr. Eddy Torribio was Master of Ceremonies.
The celebrant (and superlative preacher) was Fr. George Rutler. Father Michael Barone was the deacon and Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ the subdeacon.
Kevin Collins, the leader of this evenings exceedingly well organized proceedings, introduced the speaker, Fr. Koterski.
Fr. Koterski provided a much needed presentation on the Ignatian approach to the examination of conscience. The audience was enthusiastic.
As already noted, there always seems to be a full house for a Solemn mass at Our Saviours. But the Catholic Artists Society has succeeded in bringing most of them down to the lecture hall as well. It was heartening to see so many artists and would-be artists especially given the nonexistent Catholic presence in the arts in New York. Perhaps these artists have only been waiting for something like the Catholic Artists Society to come along to draw them all out of the woodwork. In any case, we will be hearing more from this Society in the near future ..
Continuing our coverage of Sundays events, the Catholic Artists Society sponsored its first Solemn High Mass for Artists at Our Saviours Church on Park Avenue in New York. A capacity congregation, very proficient in singing the responses, filled the church. But that seems to be the rule for Solemn Masses at this parish. David Hughes led the schola of St. Marys Norwalk and Herve Duteil was the organist need we say that the music was splendid? (Missa super Credidi Propter by Orlando di Lasso and works by Palestrina, Philips, Vaughan Williams, Bach and Messiaen)
Mr. Eddy Torribio was Master of Ceremonies.
The celebrant (and superlative preacher) was Fr. George Rutler. Father Michael Barone was the deacon and Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ the subdeacon.
Kevin Collins, the leader of this evenings exceedingly well organized proceedings, introduced the speaker, Fr. Koterski.
Fr. Koterski provided a much needed presentation on the Ignatian approach to the examination of conscience. The audience was enthusiastic.
As already noted, there always seems to be a full house for a Solemn mass at Our Saviours. But the Catholic Artists Society has succeeded in bringing most of them down to the lecture hall as well. It was heartening to see so many artists and would-be artists especially given the nonexistent Catholic presence in the arts in New York. Perhaps these artists have only been waiting for something like the Catholic Artists Society to come along to draw them all out of the woodwork. In any case, we will be hearing more from this Society in the near future ..
