As a guest choir at Mass in the Vatican. I had recalled guidelines but cannot find them. If this is disallowed, then why are the same criteria not applied to parish churches?

NORMS
FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF CHOIRS
IN THE CAPITULAR MASS
IN THE PAPAL BASILICA OF ST. PETER IN THE VATICAN

1. The Musical Chapel of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter is happy to welcome ‘guest’
choirs who wish to animate the Liturgy. They must demonstrate their suitability and
be able to guarantee a quality of song that is worthy of it surroundings.

2. The Musical Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica follows the norms of the Magisterium of
the Church regarding liturgical song, and especially the Chirograph of John Paul II
and the latest pronouncements of Benedict XVI in the matter of liturgical music.

3. The liturgy is celebrated in the Latin language, according to the Roman Rite. Gregorian
chant has first place. The guest choir is expected to chant the Ordinary of Holy Mass
in alternation with the Musical Chapel of the Basilica.

4. As a general norm, the chants from the Ordinary to be executed are:
Sundays of Advent: Missa XVII Credo IV
Sundays of Christmas: Missa IX Credo IV
Sundays of Lent: Missa XVII Credo IV
Sundays of Easter: Missa I Credo III
Sundays of Ordinary Time: Missa XI Credo I
Feasts of Ordinary Time: Missa VIII Credo III
Feasts of the B.V. Mary: Missa IX Credo IV
Feasts of the Apostles: Missa IV Credo III

5. The guest choir may sing:
- at the Entrance procession until the moment when the celebrant reaches the altar.
The Gregorian Introit is sung by the Musical Chapel of the Basilica.
- at the preparation of the gifts and relative offertory,
- at Communion, after the Gregorian antiphon has been sung,
- at the end of Mass, after the Blessing.
The program of music must follow the Liturgy of the day and will be agreed upon
with and approved by the Choirmaster.

6. Singing in St. Peter’s is a stupendous prospect: all those who wish to do so may apply
to the Chapel Prefect, in full freedom, without restrictions on the part of any
organization, travel agency, or other. The application, which will be vetted by the
Choirmaster, is to be sent if possible along with some recordings useful for verifying
the qualifications of the choir and with a proposal of songs for the liturgy in which
the choir is requesting to participate.

7. Participation in the Capitular Mass is free of charge. Nonetheless, the Chapter of St.
Peter’s Basilica accepts with gratitude the free offerings of guest choirs who wish to
participate in maintaining quality liturgical service in the Basilica. An official receipt
will be issued.

These norms were approved by the Most Reverend Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in an
audience of 17 December 2006 and he has mandated their publication.
Msgr. Tarcisio Cola
Canon of St. Peter’s

But then, how about those musicians who come to 'glorify God" with guitars, drumms, tambourines... ? Isn't it heartless and uncharitable thing to do to share with them the info. on the Church's norms and instructions?

I think a workshop or a training session would be very helpful for parish musicians where they can get together to share the goal of the parish music program (especially if the director and the pastor plan to do ‘brick by brick.’), learn about Church’s instructions and the liturgy more deeply. ( There are many parish musicians don’t even know what Propers and Ordinaries are. I was one of them.) The music director can talk about something like starting the Simple English Propers... This can also be a good chance for everyone to learn basic chant notation (although it will be an ongoing practice throughout the year.). There are many things you can do in the session, according to the need of the parish. It seems that all other people who want to serve for the Mass get formally trained, except for musicians. As far as I know, after musicians are recruited, in most parishes, they just come to rehearsals and sing. Although musicians may get trained musically during rehearsals, usually there aren’t enough time to discuss other things than just practicing the music for the week. I think the proper training and instruction can guide the good intention of those musicians who come to glorify God to be more fruitful.

ahhh... thank you St. Cecilia (on this your feast day) as the requirement for singing in St. Peter's is now that you should be able to sing the Latin rite in....


..... LATIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Forever Live the Dead Language!

... and may God Bless and Keep the POPE!

Why is the church permitting the existence of publishing houses that do not support the church in their product offerings?

FNJ,
What font did you use for the "bad church" sign?
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Mia, that's American English code.
For example, "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" from THE WIZARD OF OZ can be a cryptic way of sizing something or someone up in shorthand.

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