Auckland Latin Mass Chaplaincy Choir
Sing ye to the Lord and bless His name: shew forth His salvation from day to day.
Psalm 95:2-3
Declare His glory among the Gentiles: His wonders among all people.
Rehearsals
Thursday 8pm to 9pm
St. Anne’s Chapel Hall
3 Cole Place, Te Atatū South
Some extra practises before major feasts, e.g. Easter and Christmas.
Mass
Sunday 10am
(Choir call time 9:30am)
St. Paul’s College Chapel
183 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn
What to expect
Communication between choir members occurs via WhatsApp. The upcoming week’s repertoire is shared so that those who are new can prepare.
The Auckland Latin Mass Chaplaincy Choir sings at all 10am Sunday Masses and on other feasts throughout the year, such as Easter, Christmas and Holy Week.
Patron Saint
St. Cecilia, Virgin & Martyr
Feast day
22nd November
For Enquiries
Peter Yung
Choirmaster
The Auckland Latin Mass Chaplaincy Choir gathered a group of talented musicians (both men and women) from the chaplaincy to bring greater glory to God with our voices. As a Catholic choir for the Traditional Latin Mass, the focus of the choir is primarily on the singing of Gregorian chants during the Sacred Liturgy. As His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI wrote,
In the West, in the form of Gregorian chant, the inherited tradition of psalm-singing was developed to a new sublimity and purity, which set a permanent standard for sacred music, music for the liturgy of the Church.
The Spirit of Liturgy – Pope Benedict XVI
On top of Gregorian Chant, our Sacred Music Program carries on the traditions of sacred polyphonies from renaissance Catholic composers such as William Byrd, Palestrina and Victoria to more modern Catholic composers such as Rev. Carlos Rossini (USA) , Delfino Thermignon (Italy) and Ronan Rielly (Australia) during the Holy Mass.
The choir practices weekly on Thursday night and extra practices may be called if the choir is preparing for a Solemn Feast or events.
To promote the Sacred Music traditions of the Church to our next generation, during the Sunday Sung Mass, younglings of the Chaplaincy (with permission from the parents) are more than welcome to come to sit with the choir and sing along with the choir during the Kyriale and hymns.
The choir sings in the 10 am Sung Mass in St. Paul’s College Chapel every Sunday and on selected Solemn Feasts throughout the year.
Being in a church choir is both a privilege and a calling from the almighty God. If you are interested in joining the chaplaincy choir please fill in this form.
If you would like the choir to sing in your upcoming wedding (Traditional Roman Rite only) or would like to have the choir sing at a funeral (Traditional Roman Rite only). Please email [email protected].
* Subject to choir availability.
May our voices be united with the choir of angels in heaven and all the saints, give glory to God who reigneth forever and ever.
Our Logo
On the left of the logo is the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
On the right, the white background represents the purity of voices from the choir. On the top, we have the Southern Cross constellation, replacing the stars with the cross of Christ. At the bottom, we have the harp of David representing our voices united with those who come before us.
Our Motto is the response during the Preface Dialogue Dignum et justum est, translated to “it is right and just”.
The finance of the choir is governed by Auckland Latin Mass Choir Trust (CC60759).
Please contact Tofa if you would like to make a one-off or regular tax deductible donations towards the choir development fund.
Latin Mass Choir
02 0248 0114116 00
Please put your phone number as the reference so we can get in touch with you.
St. Blaise Choir
Rehearsals
Wednesday 7pm to 9pm
St. Anne’s Chapel Hall
3 Cole Place, Te Atatū South
Some extra practises before major feasts.
Mass
Sunday 8am
St. Paul’s College Chapel
183 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn
What to expect
Communication between choir members occurs via WhatsApp.
The St. Blaise Choir sings at the 8am Sunday Masses and selected feasts when Christian is in New Zealand.
Patron Saint
St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr
Feast Day
3rd February
For Enquiries
Christian Malietoa Brown
Choirmaster
Concordia Ensemble
Rehearsals
1pm to 3pm on the 4th Sunday of the month.
BYO instruments
Who we are
The Concordia Ensemble is the Chaplaincy instruments group. The Ensemble currently consist of violins, and recorders.