11:30pm Carols service & Solemn Midnight Mass for Christmas, St. Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta

11:30pm Ceremony of Carols and Readings and 12:00am Solemn Pontifical Midnight Mass
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Celebrant: Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen, Bishop of Parramatta
Concelebrants:
Very Reverend Robert Riedling, Dean
Reverend Tom Green, Assistant Priest
Deacon: Reverend Mr. David Dowling
Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Jorel Mateo

Music: St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir and musicians are directed by Bernard Kirkpatrick KSS, assisted by Eric Grella
Organ Scholar: Patrick Newman

The music selections for the Ceremony of Carols and Readings are,
Strings: Preludes will be played before the Ceremony
Advent responsory: Send us, O Lord – Wilson
In the bleak mid-winter – Darke
Carol of the Birds – Wheeler
Christmas Proclamation: Eng. Chant
Organ: Nöels

Hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel (VENI EMMANUEL)
Carol: While shepherds watched their flocks (WINCHESTER OLD)
Carol: Hark! the herald angels sing (MENDELSSOHN)

The music selections for the Midnight Mass are,
Messe de minuit pour Noël, H.9 (K, G, A) – Charpentier
Mass Shalom (S) – Smith/Mason
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem – Philips
O magnum mysterium – Lauridsen
Organ: Carillon de Longpont, Op. 31, Nr. 21 - Vierne

Introitus: DOMINVS dixit (Psalm 2:7,1-2,8)
Communio: In splendoribus (Psalm 110(111):3)

Carol: Silent night, holy night! (SILENT NIGHT)
Carol: O come, all ye faithful (ADESTE FIDELES)

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Solemn Sung Catholic High Mass 11am Sunday with St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir, featuring traditional & contemporary hymns, sacred polyphony, Gregorian chant propers. Choral & congregational Music in Latin & English. Hear the 1898 Norman & Beard Pipe Organ play preludes, interludes, improvisations and voluntary postludes. St. Patrick's Cathedral Parish Parramatta in Western Sydney, the heartland of multicultural Australia, is a large, dynamic community which comes together for Prayer and Praise. The Cathedral has a strong liturgical and music tradition, offering dignified worship drawing on ancient and new Catholic ritual and ceremonial practice. Further info https://stpatscathedral.com.au/