On Sundays that fall during the summer recess, the choir director will offer short (15-20 minute) chant workshops after the High Mass. The faithful will be invited to attend these in order to foster a fuller participation in the chanting of the ordinary and hymns of the Mass. Special efforts are to be made to restore the use of Gregorian chant by the people, so that the faithful may again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical offices, as was the case in ancient times (Tra le sollecitudini #3).
Workshops will focus on essential hymns from Catholic patrimony as well as the various ordinaries of the Mass. As a consequence, numbers for the ordinary and hymns will soon begin to appear on the hymn board to encourage the faithful to join in at the chant for High Mass.
