St. Benedict’s uses hymnody, plainchant, and choral music to give glory and honor to God in our worship. In choosing its repertoire, the parish draws from the venerable musical resources of the Western Church.
Sunday Masses and important feast days are accompanied by organ, with congregational hymns sourced from the 1940 Hymnal. Members of the parish serve as cantors to chant the psalmody. We are blessed to have an enthusiastic singing congregation, with ample opportunities for all to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord” (Psalm 100) during the liturgy.
A vocal consort sings polyphonic settings of the Mass ordinary, as well as motets during Offertory and Communion, approximately once a month. The consort comprises experienced professional ensemble singers from the Triangle. Renaissance polyphony is most often sung, with recent repertoire including works by Antoine Brumel, Duarte Lobo, William Byrd, and Heinrich Isaac. A complete music list for upcoming Masses may be found below.
Music List for St. Benedict’s Anglican Catholic Church
Dormition to Christmas 2026
Please join us and our professional vocal consort as we worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Unless otherwise noted, Mass begins at 10 am on Sunday.
For inquiries regarding the music ministry at St. Benedict’s, please contact chapelhillaccmusic@gmail.com
NB: This music list may be slightly revised. The repertoire–including texts and translations–will be printed and provided to congregants in the weekly Mass booklet.
August 16, 2026 – The Dormition of the BVM
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O quam gloriosum
Cristóbal de Morales, Regina caeli
Francisco Guerrero, Alma redemptoris mater
September 13, 2026 – Trinity XV
William Byrd, Mass for 4 Voices
Francisco Guerrero, O crux benedicta
Sebastián de Vivanco, O quam suavis
October 4, 2026 – Trinity XVIII
William Byrd, Mass for 5 Voices
Anon., Rejoice in the Lord alway
Maurice Duruflé, Tantum ergo
October 18, 2026 – Trinity XX (St Luke)
Cristóbal de Morales, Missa L’homme armé a 4
Francisco Guerrero, Per signum crucis
Cristóbal de Morales, Accepit Iesus panes
November 1, 2026 – All Saints – Pontifical High Mass with Archbishop Haverland
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
Maurice Duruflé, Tu es Petrus
Andrea Gabrieli, O quam metuendus
Thomas Tallis, Audivi vocem
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Christe Redemptor omnium
November 2, 2026 – All Souls – 6 pm
Missa pro defunctis
Gabriel Fauré, Pie Jesu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave verum corpus
November 29, 2026 – Advent I
Old Hall Manuscript, selections
Anonymous, Conditor alme siderum
John Dunstable, Speciosa facta est
Leonel Power, Beata progenies
December 13, 2026 – Advent III
Antonio Lotti, Missa octavi toni
Andrea Gabrieli, Sancta et immaculata
Francis Poulenc, Salve Regina
December 20, 2026 – Advent Lessons and Carols – 6 pm
Congregational Hymns
December 24, 2026 – Vigil, Nativity – 11 pm
L.A. Dobbelsteen, Mass in Honor of the Nativity
Anonymous, No rose of such virtue
Anonymous, Ave plena gratia
Claudio Monteverdi, Hodie Christus natus est
December 25, 2026 – Nativity of our Lord – 10 am
Antonio Lotti, Messa a tre voci
Anonymous, Christo è nato
Claudio Monteverdi, Hodie Christus natus est
John Merbecke, A Virgin and Mother
Choral Masses will resume in Epiphanytide, on Epiphany II (January 17, 2027).