In Scotland, the Edinburgh Schola (founded this year, with the specific aims of rendering praise unto God, preserving the music of the Church, and promoting the use of Chant throughout the St Andrews and Edinburgh Archdiocese), goes from strength to strength. The Schola has sung Latin Vespers (Extraordinary Form) in St Mary's Cathedral on eight occasions. This has now become a monthly event, always accompanied by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament - an unexpected blessing from Our Lord.
Members of the Schola also sang at recent
Una Voce Scotland Masses at Seton Collegiate Church, the ruins of Cambuskenneth Abbey, and also at various Requiem Masses this month. Yesterday also saw the first Mass at Torphichen Preceptory, the ancient seat of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta), since the Reformation - again organised by
Una Voce Scotland.
Upcoming
"Dates for your Diary" include:
- Monday, 16 November, Vespers for St Margaret;
- Monday 30 November, Vespers for St Andrew; and
- Thursday 17 December, the first of the Great Antiphons: "O Sapientia" (Vespers).
All liturgies will start at 6:45pm in St Mary's Cathedral, Broughton Street, Edinburgh. It is also hoped to arrange extra Vespers in Glasgow at some point during Advent. Another commitment of the Schola is to regular Deanery Masses in the Ordinary Form (with the Ordinary sung in Latin Chant), which will be progressed in the New Year.
The Schola hopes to continue to swell its numbers, and all interested are invited to browse the Schola "blog" at
edinburghschola.blogspot.com or email
edinburghschola at
gmail.com .
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