Chant workshop in Madison

A Treasure of
Inestimable Value
October 1-2, 2010

Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center
Madison, Wisconsin

co-sponsored by the Diocese of Madison
and the Tridentine Mass Society of Madison

The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art. The main reason for this pre-eminence is that, as sacred song united to the words, it forms a necessary or integral part of the solemn liturgy. (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 112)

Schedule

Friday, October 1, 2010
You do not need to be a trained musician to attend either session.

3:30-4:00 p.m. Registration & Gathering

4:00-5:30 p.m. Welcome & Opening Prayer, Music History Session I with Fr. Skeris

5:45-6:15 p.m. Evening Prayer with Bishop Robert C. Morlino, presiding and music ministry by the Madison Diocesan Choir

6:15-7:30 p.m. Dinner (Fish Fry)

7:30-9:00 p.m. Music History Session II with Fr. Skeris

9:15-9:30 p.m. Night Prayer

Saturday, October 2, 2010

8:45-10:15 a.m. Chant Session I with Fr. Skeris

10:15-10:30 a.m. Break (with refreshments)

10:30-11:45 a.m. Chant Session II with Fr. Skeris

12:00 p.m. Mass (Novus Ordo) in the Chapel with Bishop Morlino, principal celebrant and music ministry by workshop participants

1:00 p.m. Departure

Our Clinician

Fr. (Dr.) Robert A. Skeris has been a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee since 1961. He has studied at the Universities of Notre Dame (USA), Cologne and Bonn (Germany). He received his Doctor of Theology from the University of Bonn.

He served from 1986 through 1990 as Professor and Prefetto della Casa at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome where he also had been named Consultor to the Vatican's Office of Pontifical Ceremonies. He is the President Emeritus of CMAA (the Church Music Association of America).

Registration at Diocese of Madison

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