St. Matthew’s Church (Dix Hills) « The Recovering Choir Director (est. 2002)

Update on Fr. Jesudas Mapa

April 1, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

I got this yesterday from a parishioner but was not able to post it until now. Though some information is outdated, I thought I’d post it to let those not geographically close to St. Matthew’s know what has been going on in the wake of Fr. Mapa’s untimely death: Fr. Jesudas Mapa, 44, visiting priest [...]

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Tags: Fr. Irinel Racoş; Fr. Jesudas Mapa; Fr. John J. McCartney; Fr. Lawrence A. Chadwick; St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

Sad and unexpected news

March 29, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 13 comments.

“Consider that there was a time that you did not exist.” — St. Francis de Sales “Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.” — Genesis 3:19 From a fellow parishioner: Fr. Jesudas Mapa (from St. Matthew’s in Dix Hills) died suddenly & unexpectedly this evening. This is the Indian priest who was collecting [...]

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Tags: Fr. Jesudas Mapa; St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

Update on Gregorian Chant lessons at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills

October 23, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

The last two Wednesdays have seen the class grow from four to almost twenty willing participants. In these first four weeks students have learned all of the responses of the Mass, Mass XVII (Sundays in Advent and Lent), and the simple setting of Alma Redemptoris Mater (seasonal Marian antiphon from Advent I to the Purification/Candlemas). [...]

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Tags: Alma Redemptoris Mater; Candlemas; Gregorian Chant; Long Island; Music Education; St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

Update on Gregorian Chant lessons at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills

September 25, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Lessons will begin on Wednesday, October 1 in the Chapel of St. Matthew’s Parish, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. See this page (updated) for more details and a FAQ list.

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Tags: Gregorian Chant; Music Education; St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

September 14, 2008 – Extraordinary Form celebrations with pics

September 15, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 2 comments.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross was a busy day around here. The day started with rehearsal at St. Matthew’s in Dix Hills at around 8:30AM for the EF Latin Mass in the parish chapel. One year ago on the 16th, the first regularly scheduled EF Mass in this parish in probably a generation. It is [...]

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Tags: Art Bryan Manabat; Bayonne (New Jersey); Fr. Andreas Hellmann ICRSS; Fr. Ernest Rush; Fr. John J. McCartney; Fr. Michael C. Barone; Gregorian Chant; Holy Rosary Church (Jersey City); Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); Solemn High Mass (Missa Solemnis); St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills); Sung Mass (Missa Cantata).

Starting this Sunday: weekly Extraordinary Form Sung Mass at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills

September 2, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Last Sunday Fr. John J. McCartney, pastor of St. Matthew’s Church in Dix Hills, informed us that the 9 AM Sunday Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated as a Missa Cantata every week starting next Sunday, September 7. Previously the arrangement was to celebrate the Missa Cantata on the first and third Sundays [...]

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Tags: Fr. John J. McCartney; St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills); Sung Mass (Missa Cantata).

Mass I “Lux et Origo” sound files, etc.

March 11, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

For those planning to attend the Easter Sunday 9:00 AM Extraordinary Form Mass at St. Matthew’s in Dix Hills, N.Y. — or wherever Mass I is used for Eastertide. Kyrie I (mp3) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/kyrie_1.mp3] Gloria I (mp3) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/gloria_1.mp3] Credo III (mp3) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/credo_iii.mp3] Sanctus I (mp3) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/sanctus_1.mp3] Agnus I (mp3) [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/agnus_1.mp3] Other useful Eastertide MP3 files: Vidi [...]

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Tags: Easter Sunday; Eastertide; Gregorian Chant; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

Dominica IV Quadragesimae

March 2, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for 9:00 AM Mass (Missa Cantata), St. Matthew’s Church, Dix Hills, N.Y. Organ Prelude: improvisation on Laetare Jerusalem Choral Prelude: Veni Jesu, amor mi (Cherubini) Sprinkling Rite: Antiphon: Psalm 51:9; verses: Psalm 51:3 and Gloria Patri (Gregorian chant, Mode VIII) [ png | mp3 ]. Post-sprinkling dialogs: chanted recto tono Introit3: Antiphon: Cf. Isaiah [...]

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Tags: Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills); Sung Mass (Missa Cantata).

Dominica in Sexagesima

January 27, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for 9:00 AM Mass (Low Mass), St. Matthew Church, Dix Hills, N.Y. Prelude: Organ improvisation on Exsurge, quare obdormis Entrance3: Vexilla Regis prodeunt, vv. 1-7 (Gregorian chant, Mode I) Homily Topics: Acknowledging and protecting the grace God has given to each us. Offertory3: Attende Domine, vv. 1-2 (Gregorian chant, Mode V); organ improvisation on [...]

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Tags: Low Mass (Missa Privata); Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).

Dominica in Septuagesima

January 20, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Music for 9:00 AM Mass (Low Mass), St. Matthew Church, Dix Hills, N.Y. Prelude: Organ improvisation on Circumdederunt me Entrance3: Vexilla Regis prodeunt, vv. 1-7 (Gregorian chant, Mode I) Homily Topics: Catechesis on Septuagesima Sunday; Heaven as the denarius of the parable. Offertory3: Attende Domine, vv. 1-2 (Gregorian chant, Mode V); organ improvisation on Bonum [...]

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Tags: Low Mass (Missa Privata); Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); St. Matthew's Church (Dix Hills).