SEAS Music Ministry

​Now is the perfect time to join our choir! Since Lent is quickly approaching (Ash Wednesday is March 5), our rehearsals are shifting towards preparation of our Lenten meditations, as well as the hymns and reflections for the Triduum, which consists of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil. This shift is a great opportunity to welcome new members who want to sing with us for these important feasts, so that new members are getting the music at the same time as our more experienced members. The choir is a great place to grow your musical talents while serving the Lord and the parish with a welcoming and inviting community. 

If you are interested in joining, please contact Nate in the parish office or by the piano after Mass. The choir rehearses Wednesdays from 5-6pm. If this time does not work for you, alternate plans can be made.

"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 a combination of sacred music and words, it forms a necessary or integral part of solemn liturgy" (Sacrosanctum Concilium, no. 112). The composition and singing of inspired psalms, often accompanied by musical instruments, were already closely linked to the liturgical celebrations of the Old Covenant. The Church continues and develops this tradition: "Address . . . one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart." "He who sings prays twice" (Eph 5:19; St. Augustine, En. in Ps. 72,1:PL 36,914; cf. Col 3:16).
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1156