Mass of St Margaret - Workshop

Dear Friends,

Welcome to a short workshop on a new mass, The Mass of St Margaret, named after my dear Mum, Margaret Teresa Herry who soldiers on at the age of 97 with great courage and resilience, and still finds simple things to enjoy each day.

This is a simple, unison mass, most suited to regular, Sunday congregational singing, rather than use as a 'special occasion' mass, but I'm sure it will be a setting that you will enjoy.

Full Workshop  Mass of St Margaret

Individual Mass Parts:

1. Lord Have Mercy

2. Glory to God in the Highest

3. Gospel Acclamation & Holy Holy Holy

4. Eucharistic Acclamations, Amen and Lamb of God

Tasmania

 Br Michael spent time in Tasmania recently. During this visit, he conducted an evening of song and prayer at St John's parish in Glenorchy which was attended by an enthusiastic group of participants from neighbouring parishes in Hobart.

Time was also spent on final touches for his new album, Come to the Table, Chants for Sundays in Ordinary Time Year B. The beautiful Tasmanian coastline provided the perfect environment to assist the creative process.

Chants for Year B

Advent chants for Year B are available on this site. Go to Year B, Advent to download sheet music and audio files. Chants for Sundays in Ordinary Time for Year B will also be available. Br Michael is working with Anne Rhodes, who sang on the album, 'From Penola's Plains' in honour of St Mary MacKillop. Anne came over to Melbourne from Adelaide to rehearse and record recently. We look forward to a new CD and music album early in 2012. 

St Therese's Parish Kennington

On Thursday, November 27th parishioners, singers and musicians gathered with Fr Joe Taylor and Fr Peter-John Nievandt in the beautiful St Therese's church in Kennington to make music. Br Michael introduced chants from his latest album, 'Come to the Table' as well as chants for Advent and his 'Mass of St Margaret'.

The Advent chants and Mass of St Margaret are available to download from this website.

Come to the Table- scripture-based chants for liturgy and prayer

A Word from the Composer - For many years I have been writing and publishing short reflective chants based usually on the Gospels. I have found them to be a very useful means of praying with the scriptures, and readily adaptable to many times and places. In this collection , the scripture sources are the Sunday Gospels from Year A of Ordinary time, so musicians and choirs will find them the perfect 'music-match'for these particular Sundays. The chants will however be found to have broad liturgical and catechetical use.

In the Sunday worship context they may be used for gathering, for reflection time after the homily or Holy Communion, and some of the brighter chants make very attractive dismissal songs.

My hope and prayer in publishing these simple refrains is that people, far beyond simply enjoying them, might hear and ponder the word deeply in the heart, indeed as Mary did, and in so doing, become nothing less than the presence of Jesus for our world today.

Click on the cover picture to download an order form.