We are children and adults, boys and girls, men and women who sing and play instruments at two Masses on Saturday evening and at three Masses on Sunday. We also provide music for Masses on Holy Days of Obligation and major civic holidays, as well as for reception of the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation and Marriage. We do this for the honor and glory of God and to serve Him.
Understanding the power of music to lift the spirit and lead us to participate more deeply in the Mass and Sacraments, we strive to learn the music to be sung by all very well so that we may lead and encourage all to participate, we learn ways to enhance the ordinary music to make it more beautiful and inspiring, and we work to improve our skills of singing and accompanying song so that we may both support and inspire those who come to St. Christopher’s Church to worship.
Members of the Music Ministry serve God and others as:
A Cantor : An individual who sings the verses of the Responsorial Psalm and Gospel Acclamation and who leads the assembly in hymns, acclamations, and responses. The cantor may also teach the assembly new music to be sung.
A cantor may also be a member of a choir.
A Choir Member: A member of a group who enhances the ordinary music of the assembly with harmonies or sings music to be listened to before Mass and at times during Mass at the Preparation of the Gifts.
An Instrumentalist: The ordinary instruments that accompany the sung music at St. Christopher’s are the organ, the keyboard, and the guitar.
During the major feasts and seasons of Christmas and Easter, we invite flutists, violinists, trumpeters to further enhance the music and add to the festive nature of these feasts, always mindful that the instrumentalists’ role is in support of the singing voices of the worshipping assembly and not to bring attention to themselves as individual performers.
Occasionally, members of the youth ensemble will play various other instruments, along with the organ or keyboard, at their special monthly Mass to give added support and emphasis to a particular piece of music being sung or listened to before or during Mass.
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