Website: Sacred Music at Holy Cross: St. Mary

Contact: Aristotle Esguerra, St. Mary Director of Sacred Music

The St. Mary 8:00 AM Choir, open to adults and qualified middle- and high-schoolers, and sings Gregorian chant and three-part a cappella music of the Renaissance and modern eras for the Traditional Latin Sung Mass on Sundays; Christmas Midnight Mass; Christmas Mass at Dawn; Palm Sunday (7:30 AM); the Easter Triduum; and other feasts throughout the year.

Rehearsals: Wednesdays (after Labor Day to before Memorial Day), 6:30–8:00 PM, St. Mary choir loft; Sundays (year round), 7:30–7:50 AM, St. Mary narthex basement.

The St. Mary 10:00 AM Choir, open to adults and qualified middle- and high-schoolers, sings English-language plainsong, simple Latin chants, and English-language hymns for the Novus Ordo Mass on Sundays and the Christmas Day Mass. Historically this choir also has sung an extensive repertoire of SATB sacred music from the Renaissance to the modern era.

Rehearsals: Wednesdays (after Labor Day to before Memorial Day), 6:30–8:00 PM, St. Mary choir loft; Sundays (year round), 9:30–9:50 AM, St. Mary narthex basement.