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1st Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

4th Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

24 December — (VIGIL) Christmas

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Midnight Mass

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Mass at Dawn

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Daytime Mass

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

1 January — Mary, Mother of God

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Epiphany of the Lord

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Ash Wednesday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

1st Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

4th Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

5th Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Passion (Palm) Sunday

OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Holy Thursday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Easter Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)   •   (Year C)

4th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

5th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION (Years B & C)

6th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION:   (Year A)   (Year B)   (Year C)

Ascension of the Lord

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (1o) (2o)   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

Pentecost Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Trinity Sunday

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

Corpus Christi Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (1o) (2o)   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & B)

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & C)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & C)

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (1e) (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (1c) (2c)

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years B & C)   •   OFFERTORY: (Years A & B)   •   COMMUNION

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & B)   •   (Year C Mp3)

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (1c) (2c)

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (Years A & B)   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years B & C)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

34th Sunday — Solemnity of Christ the King

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

24 June — Nativity of St. John the Baptist

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

8 December — Immaculate Conception

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

(1) The Simple English Propers were published by the CMAA in 2011. The melodies were composed by Adam Bartlett. The book was typeset by Steven Van Roode.

(2) The SEP practice videos were created by Corpus Christi Watershed at the express request of the CMAA. No remuneration was accepted by CCW, as it was our pleasure to assist choirs in learning the SEP. The videos are property of CCW but may be shared freely so long as they are not altered.

(3) The videos were created as a free gift to the Church. Watershed has never received (and will never receive) any payment from the sale of SEP hard copies on Amazon.

(4) At the SEP website, you’ll find important information, such as: “The contents of this book may be downloaded, printed, used, and shared freely by all, as they are published under Creative Commons licensing.”

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President’s Corner

    New Bulletin Article • “21 September 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 21 September 2025) discusses some theological items—supported by certain verses in ancient Catholic hymns—and ends by explaining why certain folks become delirious with jealousy when they observe feats by Monsignor Ronald Knox.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!
    It’s always amusing to see old diocesan newspapers—in huge capital letters—advertising the Cheapest Catholic Paper in the United States. The correspondent who sent this to me added: “I can think of certain composers, published by large companies in our own day, who could truthfully brag about the most tawdry compositions in the world!” I wonder what she could have meant by such a cryptic comment…
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Dom Murray Harmonies
    Along with so many others, I have deep respect for Dom Gregory Gregory Murray, who produced this clever harmonization (PDF) of “O SANCTISSIMA.” It’s always amazed me that Dom Gregory—a truly inspired composer—was so confused when it came to GREGORIAN CHANT. Throughout his life, he published contradictory statements, veering back-and-forth like a weather vane. Toward the end of his life, he declared: “I see clearly that the need for reform in liturgical music arose, not in the 18th and 19th centuries, but a thousand years earlier—in the 8th and 9th centuries, or even before that. The abuses began, not with Mozart and Haydn, but with those over-enthusiastic medieval musicians who developed the elaborate and flamboyant Gregorian Chant.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Karl Keating • “Canonization Questions”
    We were sent an internet statement (screenshot) that’s garnered significant attention, in which KARL KEATING (founder of Catholic Answers) speaks about whether canonizations are infallible. Mr. Keating seems unaware that canonizations are—in the final analysis—a theological opinion. They are not infallible, as explained in this 2014 article by a priest (with a doctorate in theology) who worked for multiple popes. Mr. Keating says: “I’m unaware of such claims arising from any quarter until several recent popes disliked by these Traditionalists were canonized, including John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. Usually Paul VI receives the most opprobrium.” Mr. Keating is incorrect; e.g. Father John Vianney, several centuries ago, taught clearly that canonizations are not infallible. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen would be another example, although clearly much more recent than Saint John Vianney.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Vatican II Changed Wedding Propers?
    It’s often claimed that the wedding propers were changed after Vatican II. As a matter of fact, that is a false claim. The EDITIO VATICANA propers (Introit: Deus Israel) remained the same after Vatican II. However, a new set of propers (Introit: Ecce Deus) was provided for optional use. The same holds true for the feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great on 3 September: the 1943 propers (Introit: Si díligis me) were provided for optional use, but the traditional PROPRIA MISSAE (Introit: Sacerdótes Dei) were retained; they weren’t gotten rid of. The Ordo Cantus Missae (1970) makes this crystal clear, as does the Missal itself. There was an effort made in the post-conciliar years to eliminate so-called “Neo-Gregorian” chants, but (contrary to popular belief) most were retained: cf. the feast of Christ the King, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and so forth.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Solemn “Salve Regina” (Chant)
    How many “S” words can you think of using alliteration? How about Schwann Solemn Salve Score? You can download the SOLEMN SALVE REGINA in Gregorian Chant. The notation follows the official rhythm (EDITIO VATICANA). Canon Jules Van Nuffel, choirmaster of the Cathedral of Saint Rumbold, composed this accompaniment for it (although some feel it isn’t his best work).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

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“In the Latin Church the pipe organ is to be held in high esteem, for it is the traditional musical instrument which adds a wonderful splendor to the Church’s ceremonies and powerfully lifts up man’s mind to God and to higher things.”

— Vatican II Council

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