Music – St. John – St. Paul Catholic Collaborative

Attention All Volunteers! It is Annual CORI Submission Time!

Each year in the Spring, all staff and volunteers age 18 and older (including Eucharistic ministers and lectors, choir members and musicians, members of councils and commissions, ushers and counters, other Mass volunteers, etc.) must complete an annual Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) background screening (except for Religious Education volunteers who complete their screening in the early Fall), as mandated by civil and Archdiocese of Boston authorities.

Staff and volunteers will be available after each Mass this weekend, April 29-30, to assist you in completing your annual CORI form…

Attention Young Actors – Join the Passion Play!

Seeking Actors/Actresses Grade 2 and older to help “perform” the Passion Play at the 9:00AM Family Mass at St. John on Palm Sunday, April 2.

Attendance at one rehearsal Saturday, April 1st from 9:00AM – 12:00PM in St. John Church is required/mandatory. All players will be assigned a part so advanced registration is required. Confirmation candidates earn 5 hours of community service credit.

Please contact Maria Wardwell at 781-258-7249 or maria.wardwell@stjohnwellesley.org for information and registration.

Attention Young Singers – Join the Easter Youth Choir!

Children in grades 1-8 are invited to participate in the Easter Youth Choir. High School Assistants are welcome and receive confirmation credit. Adult family members are invited to join as well and will sing with our Family Mass Musicians and the children at the 9:00AM Family Mass at St. John on Easter Sunday April 9.

There are 5 rehearsals: 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, and 4/2 – 11:15am-12:15pm in the St. John lower level Chapel. The first rehearsal is 3/5. Registration closes Sunday 3/12.

St. John “Carol Sing” – Monday, December 12 at 6:00pm

All are invited to join us Monday, December 12 at 6:00pm for a good old-fashioned Carol Sing!

Come to sing all your favorite Christmas Carols!

Bring your family and friends –

and some festive sweets to share!

Sunday, December 4 at 2:00pm: St. Paul “Christmas Pops Concert”

The St. Paul Parish Adult Choir will present our annual Christmas Pops Concert on Sunday, December 4 at 2:00pm at St. Paul Church. This year’s concert will include a beautiful Advent Cantata “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” by Bach with Chorus, Soloists and orchestra under the direction of Mary Lee Cirella. Concert will also include some well

St. Paul “Christmas Pops Concert”: Sunday, December 4 at 2:00pm

The St. Paul Adult Parish Choir will present our annual Christmas Pops Concert on Sunday, December 4 at 2:00pm at St. Paul Church.

This year’s concert will include a beautiful Advent Cantata “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” by Bach with Chorus, Soloists and orchestra under the direction of Mary Lee Cirella. Concert will also include some well-loved John Rutter carols old and new and a wonderful Festival First Nowell by Dan Forrest Including the Congregation. Join us on a Sleigh Ride and Let It Snow.

Come as we begin this Holy and Joyful Season!

Attention Young Singers and Families: Join the Christmas Youth Choir

Our 21st Annual Christmas Youth Choir sign-up and first rehearsal will take place Sunday, October 30: 11:15-12:15 AM. Participation is open to all St John and St. Paul parishioners in Grades 1-8. Teens in Grade 9-12 are encouraged to participate as assistants – Community Service and Confirmation Credit hours/credit are earned. Adult Family members are invited to join our Family Mass Musician Group for Christmas Eve. Attendance at rehearsals is required.

7 Rehearsals will take place on the following Sunday mornings (rehearsals do not conflict with Sunday morning Religious Education)…

Sunday 9:00am Family Mass Music Opportunities

Children and adults blend voice and instruments to praise the Lord and enrich our Sunday 9:00am Family Mass with upbeat, child-friendly, hand-clapping hymns. We rehearse each Sunday Morning at 8:30am in the church to prepare for that day’s 9:00am Mass (no need to commit to every Sunday), and we also prepare special liturgies for Grade Level Masses, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Palm Sunday and Easter.

All ages, Grade 1 and older, are welcome! We are always seeking new singers and instrumentalists to join our ranks.

Our first rehearsal and Mass is Sunday, September 11 at St. Paul – rehearsal at 8:30am and Mass at 9:00am…

St. Paul Adult Choir

St. Paul Adult choir will be resuming their Music Ministry after the summer vacation. Rehearsals are Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:00pm in the church and we sing at the 11:00am Mass every Sunday.

The first rehearsal is Thursday, September 8th and we will sing our first Mass on Sunday, September 11th.

We welcome new members to come and be a part of this wonderful Ministry. If you love to sing come join us. He who sings prays twice.

Music Update: Goodbye Chelsea…

It is with great excitement and simultaneous sadness that we say goodbye this weekend to Chelsea Whitaker who has been with us as a collaborative musician for more than 5 years. Chelsea has been given a full-time coaching position with Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Chelsea was a Doctoral Student at New England Conservatory of Music and after her studies joined the faculty there. Eastman is very blessed to have her, and NEC will miss her.

Being the constant professional she has always been, Chelsea connected us with an incredible student of hers currently in the Masters of Collaborative Piano program at NEC. His name is Michael Banworth and he will be joining us in the fall…

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