On October 22 and 23, the Schola Cantorum will sing at the Masses at St. John Nepomucene (except for the Life Teen Mass).

Here are some pictures of the Schola here last year and in other places:

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Here is some information about them:

The Assumption Seminary Schola Cantorum is a volunteer seminary choir, from Assumption Seminary in San Antonio. The Schola was formed according to the directives of Vatican II and the post Vatican II Instruction Musicam Sacram. Pope Benedict XVI has also encouraged seminarians to sing the ancient liturgical prayer of our Church, Gregorian chant. In his encyclical Sacramentum Caritatis, he asked “that future priests, from their time in the seminary, receive the preparation needed to understand and to celebrate Mass in Latin, and also to use Latin texts and execute Gregorian chant. (Art. 62, SC)” The Schola regularly sings sacred music in English, Latin, and Spanish for liturgies at the seminary.

In 2009 the Schola had the privilege to make a pilgrimage to Rome entitled “The Theology of Musica Sacra: in the footsteps of Popes Pius X and Benedict XVI.” Beginning in Munich singing a Mass at the oldest parish church in the city. Their travels ended in the Eternal City, Rome, where they sang Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and at the Catacombs at the grave of St. Cecilia. They sang for the Pope at the Wednesday audience and ended their pilgrimage singing Mass at St. Mary Major with Bishop Oscar Cantu.

The members of the Schola Cantorum are seminarians from 12 dioceses throughout Texas, New Mexico, California, Tennessee, and El Salvador.  This May the Schola plans to make a pilgrimage entitled “Gregorian Chant in the Heart of the Alps: following Charles the Great on the path to Rome.”

The second collection on these dates will help fund thier pilgrimage.  Plese be generous!

If you would like to make a donation by check, please make checks payable to: Assumption Seminary Schola Cantorum.