We have just added a PDF file for Maundy Thursday Tenebrae. You can find the PDF under “Resources” or you can use the link below: Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday N.B.: It is quite a large file (over 2.2 MB – larger than the files for Good Friday and Holy Saturday put together). For your enjoyment [...]
We have recently added PDFs of Good Friday Tenebrae and Holy Saturday Tenebrae. The purpose of these PDFs is to provide interested parties with the musical texts for Tenebrae; if you are joining us at Mater Ecclesiae for Tenebrae services this year and need translations, you should still refer to the bound Tenebrae booklets available [...]
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf celebrated Mass at Mater Ecclesiæ on Quinquagesima Sunday and gave a great sermon, which can be found here on his blog.
If you downloaded the Compline booklet during its brief appearance on the web site, you should download it again. When I printed the Word document to PDF, I did not have the “Meinrad” fonts installed necessary to render some of the chant notation correctly. The booklet has been fixed and can be found linked at [...]
Posting this as a courtesy to Mater Ecclesiæ and Fr. Pasley: There will be no First Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at Mater Ecclesiæ tomorrow, February 5, due to the incoming snow storm.
Hello all, and welcome! This is the new cyber home of the Confraternity of St. Benedict. We will hopefully be making a number of updates and additions to the web site over the coming days, so please be patient. Thank you for your well wishes and support.