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THE
37th
ANNUAL
FESTIVAL
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Lessons
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Carols
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Advent
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SA I N T J O S EPH M EM O RI A L CH A PEL
C O L L EG E O F TH E H O LY CRO S S
A Festival of Lessons
and Carols for Advent
Welcome to St. Joseph Memorial Chapel and the annual Festival of Lessons
and Carols for Advent! This chapel, which has been the spiritual center of the
College since 1924, memorializes those from Holy Cross who died in World War
I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In the vestibule is a plaque
commemorating the visit of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin who was awarded an
honorary degree from Holy Cross in 1983 and who died in 1996, and outside on the
Chapel Plaza is a plaque memorializing the six Jesuit priests and two lay colleagues
who were assassinated at the University of Central America in San Salvador, El
Salvador in 1989. The lower level of the building, which was renovated in 2003,
contains the Mary and McCooey Chapels, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, the
Reconciliation Chapel and the Gathering/Baptismal space. Rest rooms are located
on the lower level. Use the stairs or elevator to the right front of the chapel.
Tonight’s celebration has its foundation in the Office of Readings from the
Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church. At the end of the 19th century,
a service of “Lessons and Carols” for Christmas Eve was introduced at Truro
Anglican Cathedral. In 1918, E. Milner-White adapted it for the chapel of King’s
College, Cambridge, England, where a parallel service was devised to mark the First
Sunday of Advent. “Lessons and Carols” has been a holiday tradition at Holy Cross
since 1978 when it was introduced by former College Chaplain Robert Manning,
S.J. and former College Choir director Bruce Miller.
We wish you God’s abundant blessings this Advent and Christmas!
The College Chaplains
Marybeth Kearns-Barrett, Director,
Virginia Coakley, Megan Fox-Kelly, Normand Gouin,
James Hayes, S.J., Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J., Martin Kelly
Colleen Melaugh, Emily Rauer Davis, Sarah Fontaine-Lipke
Office Coordinator
Heather Dennis
Receptionist
Eileen Dombrowski
A Festival of Lessons
and Carols for Advent
co-sponsored by the Office of the College Chaplains
and the College Choirs of the College of the Holy Cross
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8:00 p . m ., D ecember 10, 2015
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Marybeth Kearns Barrett ’84, Presider
Director
Office of the College Chaplains
The Holy Cross College Choir and
Holy Cross Chamber Singers
under the direction of David Harris, Director of College Choirs
Normand Gouin
Assistant Chaplain and Director of Liturgy and Music
The Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra
under the direction of Eric Culver
Abraham Ross ’16, organist
Prelude
Call to Worship
Veni, veni Emmanuel
Veni, veni Emmanuel, captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exilio, privatus Dei Filio.
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel nascetur pro te, Israel!
Translation:
O come, O come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel.
Processional
Once In Royal David’s City (H.L. Gauntlett)
Melanie Collins, Elizabeth Knuff, Nicole Costa, soloists
The choir will sing verse 1
Please stand at verse 2, and join with the choir in singing, beginning with verse 3.
Sign of the Cross and Responsory
Presider: I look from afar;
All: And lo, I see the power of God coming,
and a great cloud covering the whole earth.
Presider: Go out to meet him and say:
All: Tell us, are you the one
that should come to reign over the people, Israel?
Presider: High and low, rich and poor, one with another:
All: Go out to meet him and say:
Presider: All: Presider: Stir up your strength, O Lord, and come;
All: To reign over the people, Israel.
Presider: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
All: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Hear, O shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a shepherd.
Tell us, are you the one that should come?
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father, who art in heaven…For the kingdom, the power and the glory
are yours, now and forever. Amen.
Opening Prayer
Please be seated.
First Reading
Genesis 3:8-15
Amina Gomez ’16 and Anthony Yakely ’16
Response: Thanks be to God.
Choir Anthem
Adam Lay Y’bounden (Boris Ord)
Adam lay ybounden,
Bounden in a bond;
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long.
And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkes finden
Written in their book.
Ne had the apple taken been,
The apple taken been,
Ne had never our lady
Abeen heavené queen.
Blessed be the time
That apple taken was.
Therefore we moun singen,
Deo gracias!
Second Reading
Isaiah 11:1-19
Richard LaFleur, Department of Psychology
Response: Thanks be to God.
Choir Anthem
Lo’How a Rose E’er Blooming (Michael Praetorious)
Lo how a rose e’er blooming Isaiah ‘twas fortold it
From tender stem hath sprung. The rose I have in mind.
Of Jesse’s lineage coming With Mary we behold it
As men of old have sung. The Virgin mother kind.
It came a floweret bright To show God’s love a-right,
Amid the cold of winter She bore to us a savior,
When half-spent was the night. When half-spent was the night.
Adam Ouellet, conductor
Third Reading
Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Anna Maria Fioro, Housekeeping, Campion House
Response: Thanks be to God.
Shout for joy, daughter Zion! sing joyfully, Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart, daughter Jerusalem!
The LORD has removed the judgment against you,
he has turned away your enemies;
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,
you have no further misfortune to fear. On that day,
it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Do not fear, Zion, do not be discouraged!
The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior,
Who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love,
Who will sing joyfully because of you, as on festival days.
Hymn
Silent Night (Franz Gruber) (sung by all)
1. Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
2. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories strem from heaven afar;
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia!
Christ, the Savior is born! Christ, the Savior is born.
3. Silent night, holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Choir Anthem
Ring, Ring Out Your Bells (Abraham Ross ’16)
Ring out, ye bells!
All Nature swells
With gladness at the wondrous story, -The world was lorn,
But Christ is born
To change our sadness into glory.
Sing, earthlings, sing!
To-night a King
Hath come from heaven’s high throne to bless us.
The outstretched hand
O’er all the land
Is raised in pity to caress us.
Come at his call;
Be joyful all;
Away with mourning and with sadness!
The heavenly choir
With holy fire
Their voices raise in songs of gladness.
The darkness breaks
And Dawn awakes,
Her cheeks suffused with youthful blushes.
The rocks and stones
In holy tones
Are singing sweeter than the thrushes.
Then why should we
In silence be,
When Nature lends her voice to praises;
When heaven and earth
Proclaim the truth
Of Him for whom that lone star blazes?
No, be not still,
But with a will
Strike all your harps and set them ringing;
On hill and heath
Let every breath
Throw all its power into singing!
-Paul Laurence Dunbar
Collect
Fourth Reading
Isaiah 9:2-6
Anne Sheehy, Department of Biology
Response: Thanks be to God.
Choir Anthem
For Unto Us a Child Is Born (G.F. Handel)
For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given,
and the government shall be on his shoulders.
And his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Fifth Reading
Luke 1:26-36
Francisco “Paco” Gago-Jover, Department of Spanish/Class Dean ’16
Response: Thanks be to God.
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the
virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace!
The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and
pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will
be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give
him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob
forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel
said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be
called holy, the Son of God.
Choir Anthem
Borgoroditse Dievo (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Rejoice, O mother of God.
Virgin Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
for thou hast borne the Saviour of our souls.
Sixth Reading
Luke 2:1-7
Yvesh’a Bellevue ’16
Response: Thanks be to God.
Choir Anthem
O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen)
O great mystery,
and wonderful sacrament,
that animals should see the new-born Lord,
lying in a manger!
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb
was worthy to bear
Christ the Lord.
Alleluia!
Collect
Seventh Reading
Luke 2:8-17
David Achenbach, Director of Human Resources
Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Choir Anthem
Gloria (Franz Schubert)
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Eighth Reading
Luke 2:16-21
Lisa Villa, Library
Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Musical Offering
“Fantasia on Greensleeves” (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Ninth Reading
John 1:1-14
James Hayes, S.J., Associate Chaplain
Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
Choir Anthem
Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King (Moses Hogan)
What will we call the pretty little baby?
Baby born in Bethlehem.
What will we call the pretty little baby?
Christ the Lord, the newborn king.
Where was he born this pretty little baby?
Down in a lowly manger.
Where his birth was in a stable.
Christ the Lord the newborn king.
Born this night the son of Mary.
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace.
Glory to the newborn king!
Children go and tell it on the mountain, Lord,
Over the hills and everywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain, Lord,
That Jesus Christ is born.
Responsory and Closing Prayer
Please stand.
Presider: All: Judah and Jerusalem, fear not, nor be dismayed.
Tomorrow go forth, and the Lord will be with you.
Presider: All: Stand still, and you shall see the salvation of the Lord.
Tomorrow go forth, and the Lord will be with you.
Presider: All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Blessing
Recessional
O Come, All Ye Faithful (John Wade)
Please join in singing verses 1 – 4 (English).
Organ Postlude
In Dulci Jubilo (J. S. Bach, BWV 729)
Free Will Offering
Holy Cross is collecting money to support Abby’s House, a homeless shelter for women and
children in downtown Worcester. Baskets for donations will be at the doors of the chapel as you
leave tonight. Thank you for your generosity.
Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra
Violin 1
Violin 2
Eric Culver, Music Director
Christopher Goessling ’18
Gen Tsudaka ’17
Marena Elle Minelli ’17 Sarah Vrountas ’19
Jill Michelhaugh ’16
Abbey DeNorscia ’17
Joe MacNeill ’16
Aaron Katz ’18
Samantha Doherty ’19
Viola
Virginia Peck-Phillips ’17
Alex Hui ’19
Brianna Maynard ’19
John Little *
Violoncello
Contrabass
Flute Oboe
Teddy Chomiak ’18 Lauren Simeon ’19
Brett Cotter ’19
Sean Quinn ’16
Katherine Elacqua ’19 Dara Parsons ’19
Clarinet
Emily Kulp ’19 Michael Hanlon ’18
Trombone
Peter Engel ’18
Jerry Maday *
Emily Sullivan ’19
Bassoon
Michaela Caporello ’16
Tuba
David Bodack ’19Christopher Saeli ’17
Joe DiSabito ’16
Patrick Keefe ’16
TimpaniPercussion
Patrick Keefe ’16
*Holy Cross Faculty
Michael Shun ’18
Holy Cross College Choirs 2014-2015
Soprano
David Harris, Director
Adam Ouellet, assistant conductor
Alison Christovich *
Heather Domenicis
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Clare Foley
Hannah Gabriel * ∞ ‡
Emma Garaban* ∞
Judy Gao
Hannah Moore
Hannah Nguyen
Kiara-Shirin Moritz
Julia Palmerino * ∞
Lisa Petricca*
Alexis Rappaport
Allison Rancourt * ∞ ‡
Sara Reimer
Emily Rivard
Alyssa White
Xinyi Zeng
Alto
Joanna Aramini
Carley Buckley * ‡ ∞
Lauren Carey
Elizabeth Driver * ∞
Anastasia Dulskiy
Julia Dunn *
Michelle Hu
Diana Hurtado * ∞
Abby Kostecki
Melody Lin
Lorraine Mihaliak
Teresa Murphy * ‡ ∞
Caitlin Peck
Caroline Tozer*
Emily Vecchiarelli
Xiangyue Xie
Zhiran Xu
Tenor
Jeremy Berry *
Christopher Fernandez*
Nick Jorgensen *
Bradley Kearse
Chris Little*
Phillip Losquadro * ‡
Adam Ouellet * ∞ ‡
Alex Poluha
Stephen Ross
Bass
Adam Bullock*
Dillon Carmichael*
Kevin Cogan
James Falconer
Ying Hong
Ted O’Neill * ‡
Joseph Portch
Tim Rice * ∞
Abe Ross * ‡
Alex Simrell *
Dan Taylor
Choir Leadership
Adam Ouellet, Assistant Conductor
Adam Ouellet, Board Chair
Diana Hurtado, Chair Elect
Julia Palmerino, Secretary/Treasurer
Servers
Greeters
* Chamber Singers ∞ E Board ‡ Section Leader
Lauren Gerberich ’16, Alex Brisbois ’18, and Katie Prota ’17
Catherine Darcy ’18, Francois Venne ’19, Danielle Wilson ’18,
Charles Richard ’19, Kate Spitler ’18, and Connor Zanini ’16
Resources for Your Observance of Advent
Prayer during the Season of Advent
Read the daily scripture readings at www.usccb.org. Click the
date on the calendar under “Daily Readings.”
Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (eg, Morning Prayer, Evening
Prayer) at universalis.com/today.htm.
Take a few minutes for reflection and prayer with the Irish
Jesuits at sacredspace.ie. Download an MP3 file with prayer
for each day by the British Jesuits at pray-as-you-go.org.
Find out about the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at
maryourmother.net/Guadalupe.html. Celebrated on December
12, this is the patronal feast of Mexico and a popular devotion
among many Hispanic Catholics.
Check out the various prayer resources and information
about Ignatian spirituality offered by Creighton University’s
online ministries at onlineministries.creighton.edu/
CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html.
Responsible Gift Giving
As we prayerfully prepare for the coming of the Prince of Peace, join Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in
spreading joy and peace far and wide! Joy to the World is CRS’ version of an “Alternative Christmas GiftGiving Drive” – a growing movement to bring focus on the blessings of Christmas and provide ways for
people to honor loved ones by giving gifts that gives twice – once by helping the poor overseas and also by
honoring those on your gift giving list. By making a gift through Joy to the World, you and your family will
give the gift of clean water, education, food, and healthcare to the poorest and most vulnerable people around
the globe, bringing Joy to the World!
Simply go online to http://advent.crs.org to donate to CRS projects around the world, purchase fair trade
items, and view prayer resources for the season of Advent.