A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Mater Dei will be hosting the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima on Saturday, December 2nd.
Please join us as you can during any of the day’s events:
A Sung Mass at 8 a.m.
Followed by Rosary Procession
Adoration until noon
Veneration until 5:30 pm
A Low Mass at 5:30 pm
Followed by a Soup, Salad & Hotdog Potluck in the parish hall hosted by the Youth Group.
If you are attending the Potluck, please bring either soup, any kind of salad or dessert to share.
The Youth Group had a benefactor contribute hot dogs.
Questions? Email events@materdeiparish.com
Sponsored by the Mater Dei Safety Team
Speaker: Dennis Ozment: 4theONE Foundation
Date: Monday, November 27;
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Location: Parish Hall
Learn about security settings, dangers of social media, parental controls, how to track internet and cellular activity, IPhone vs. Android vs. flip phones, dangers of gaming systems and certain cell phone apps, and the loopholes predators use to exploit children.
This event is for ADULTS only.
Questions? Contact safety@materdeiparish.com
Join us Saturday, November 11th from 9:30 am – 12:00 in the St. Anne’s Room (Cry Room) for the next St. Joseph’s Workshop. This will be the final Workshop for this year.
workshops@materdeiparish.com or (972) 438-7600 x0
Schedule:
9:30 Light Breakfast
9:45 Discussion One about the topic.
10:30 Fr. Longua’s Talk
11:15 Q&A and Discussion Two about the topic.
11:45 Conclusion
Tomorrow, the 7pm sung mass will feature a Spanish requiem mass setting by Guerrero. This is a newly learned requiem setting for Schola Marianum, and we look forward to singing it as prayer for the Holy Souls in purgatory.
We will be singing the FULL choral requiem, which means that the propers are also set in choral style, with sections of the original chant melodies interwoven throughout.
We will start with a “prelude” before mass, singing “Taedet Animam Meam” by Victoria, which is a choral setting of the 2nd lesson of Matins in the Office for the Dead.
Translation: (Job 10: 1-7)
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest
despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
During communion, after we sing the choral setting of the communion proper, we have 2 motets planned that are fitting for the requiem mass:
Translation: My harp is turned to grieving and my flute to the voice of those who weep.
Spare me, O Lord, for my days are as nothing.
Translation: Jesus, sweet remembrance, Granting the heart its true joys,
But above honey and all things is His sweet presence.