The 39th AnnualAdvent Festival of

Lessons and CarolsSponsored by the Office of the College Chaplains

with the College Choirs and Chamber Orchestra of the College of the Holy Cross

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2017Eight o’clock in the evening

ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPELCOLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

Worcester, Massachusetts

rMarybeth Kearns-Barrett ’84, Presider

DirectorOffice of the College Chaplains

The Holy Cross College Choir andHoly Cross Chamber Singers

Allegra Martin, Director

The Holy Cross Chamber OrchestraEric Culver, Director

Lorraine Mihaliak, Organ Scholar of the class of 2019Michelle Sacco, Organ Scholar of the class of 2021

Laurence RosaniaDirector of Liturgy and Music

PRELUDE

Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God (BWV 601) - J. S. Bach (1685-1750)Savior of the Nations, Come (BWV 599) - J. S. BachThis Day Is So Full of Joy (BWV 605) - J. S. Bach                   Michelle Sacco, Organ Scholar of the class of 2021

Sleepers, Wake! A Voice is Calling (BWV 645) - J. S. BachNoël Étranger - Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)                 Lorraine Mihaliak, Organ Scholar of the class of 2019

Please stand.

HYMN

Once in Royal David’s City Text: Cecil Frances Alexander; Music: Henry John GauntlettSoloist: Julia Palmerino ’18Verse 1 - solo; verse 2 – choir; verse 3- all.

RESPONSORY

Responsory of Advent Sunday Matins - G.P da Palestrina, adapted by David Willcocks(Sung by Chamber Singers)

I look from afar;And lo, I see the power of God coming, and a great cloud covering the whole earth.Go out to meet him and say:Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people, Israel?High and low, rich and poor, one with another:Go ye out to meet him and say:Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.Tell us, art thou he that should come?Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and comeTo reign over thy people, Israel.Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.I look from afar . . .

OPENING PRAYER & OUR FATHER

Please be seated at the conclusion of the prayers.

FIRST READING

Genesis 3:8-15 God announces in the Garden of Eden that the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent’s head.Reader: Rev. James R. Stormes, S.J., Rector of the Jesuit Community

Response: Thanks be to God.

CAROL

Adam Lay Y’bounden (Boris Ord)Michael Shun ’18 - Conductor

Adam lay ybounden, Ne had the apple taken been, Bounden in a bond; The apple taken been, Four thousand winter Ne had never our lady Thought he not too long. A been heavené queen. And all was for an apple, Blessed be the time An apple that he took, That apple taken was. As clerkes finden herefore we moun singen, Written in their book. Deo Gracias!

SECOND READING

Zephaniah 3:14-18 Israel rejoices for God is in its midst.Reader: Carlito Beal ’18

Response: Thanks be to God.

ANTHEM

O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion From Messiah – George Frederick Handel (1685-1756)Soloist: Teresa Murphy ’19

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain. O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, behold your God! O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Arise, shine, for thy Light is

come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 40:9; 60:1)

THIRD READING

Isaiah 9:2-7 Christ’s birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah.Reader: Michele Murray, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Response: Thanks be to God.

ANTHEM

Conditor Alme Siderum Music: Michael Shun ’18 (World Premiere); Text: Latin 9th century Hymn for Vespers of Advent

Translation:

CREATOR of the stars of night, Thy people’s everlasting light, Jesu, Redeemer, save us all, And hear Thy servants when they call.

Thou, grieving that the ancient curse Should doom to death an universe, Hast found the med’cine, full of grace, To save and heal a ruin’d race.

Please stand.

COLLECT

Please be seated at the conclusion of the Collect.

Thou cam’st, the Bridegroom of the Bride, As drew the world to evening tide, Proceeding from a virgin shrine, The spotless Victim all divine.

At whose dread Name, majestic now, All knees must bend, all hearts must bow; And things celestial Thee shall own, And things terrestrial, Lord alone.

FOURTH READING

Isaiah 11:1-9 The wolf shall live with the lamb, and a little child shall lead them.Reader: Daniel J. DiCenso, Assistant Professor of Music

Response: Thanks be to God.

Please stand.

CAROL

Lo, How a Rose e’er BloomingText: German, 15th Cent.; translated by Theodore Baker, 1894Music: Es ist ein’ Ros’, German traditional, harmonized by Michael Praetorius, 1609

Please be seated. FIFTH READING

Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to the Blessed Virgin Mary.Reader: Siobhan Plummer ’18

Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

ANTHEM

Veni, Veni Emmanuel / O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Text: Latin, 9th century; trans. John Mason NealeMusic: Chant mode I, Processionale, 15th cent.

SIXTH READING

Luke 2:1-7 Saint Luke tells of the birth of Jesus. Reader: Pedro Guarcas, Class of 2018

Reading proclaimed in Spanish.

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Reader: Palabra del Señor.Response: Gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.

3. The shepherds heard the story proclaimed by angels bright, How Christ, the Lord of glory, was born on earth this night. To Bethlehem they sped and in the manger found him, As angel heralds said.

4. This Flow’r, whose fragrance tender With sweetness fills the air, Dispels with glorious splendor The darkness everywhere. True man, yet very God, From sin and death He saves us, And lightens every load.

Please stand.

CAROL

Silent NightText: Joseph Mohr, 1816; Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818

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. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia: Christ the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born! 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.

COLLECT

Please be seated at the conclusion of the Collect.

SEVENTH READING

Luke 2:8-21 The angel announces good news of great joy to the shepherds. Readers: Ryan Grant, Senior Associate Director of Residence Life and HousingAndrea Grant, Administrative Coordinator - Chaplains Office and Joyce Contemplative Center

Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

ANTHEM

Ding Dong Merrily on High (sung by Chamber Singers) Text : George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934); Music: Jenah Tabourot (1519-1593)

Ding dong! Merrily on high,  In heav’n the bells are ringing: Ding dong! Verily the sky Is riv’n with angel singing. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!  E’en so here below, below,  Let steeple bells be swungen,  And “Io, io, io!” By priest and people sungen. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!  Pray you, dutifully prime Your matin chime, you ringers. May you beautifully rhyme Your eve time song you singers.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! 

EIGHTH READING

Matthew 2:1-11 The Magi are led by a star to Jesus.Reader: Marie Therese Kane ’18

Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Please stand

CAROL

Good Christian Friends, RejoiceText: John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Music: In dulci jubilo, German carol, 14th cent.

Please be seated.

NINTH READING

John 1:1-14 Saint John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation.Reader: M. Estrella Cibreiro-Couce, Professor of Spanish, Dean of the Class of 2018

Response: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

ANTHEM

En El Portal de BelénTraditional Puerto Rican Carol; arranged by Ed HendersonInstrumentalists: Dan Daley ’18, guitar / Conor Larsen ’18, guitar /Hiram Gandia Torres ’20, percussionMichael Shun ’18, percussion

In a stable full of cobwebs, between a mule and an ox,The redeemer of our souls was born. Singing “lerum, lerum” is the dear Mary,Singing “lerum, lerum” out in the stable.Let’s all join in and sing this song: “Lerum, lerum. Lerum, la!”

In that Bethlehem stall shines a star, the sun, and the moon;The Virgin and St. Joseph and the Child who sleeps in the hay.

A Spaniard enters the stable: “I come from Galicia to bring the Holy Child fine linen for a shirt.”

A gypsy enters the stable: “I come from Granada to bring the Holy Child a proud rooster – qui- qui-ri-qui!”

Please stand.

CLOSING PRAYER & BLESSING

Presider: Judah and Jerusalem, fear not, nor be dismayed.

All: Tomorrow go forth, and the Lord will be with you.

Presider: Stand still, and you shall see the salvation of the Lord.

All: Tomorrow go forth, and the Lord will be with you.

Presider: Glory be 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.

HYMN

O Come All Ye FaithfulAdeste Fidelis, Latin hymn attributed to J.F. Wade, 1786; translated by Fr. Frederick Oakeley, 1841

Verse 1 — 4 in English

POSTLUDE

In Dulci Jubilo (BWV 729) - J. S. BachLorraine Mihaliak, Organ Scholar of the class of 2019

Our Offering

Holy Cross is accepting a good will offering for the Jesuit Ministry Relief Effort on behalf of the people of Puerto Rico.

Baskets for donations will be on the plazain front of the chapel as you leave tonight.

Thank you for your generosity.

Holy Cross College Choir and Chamber Singers

College Choir

SopranosAlison Christovich ’18Christina Dressel ’20Anamika Dutta ’20Theresa Gervais ’20Kate Goza ’20Rose Grosskopf ’20‡Hannah Johnson ’21Siobhan Kiernan ’21MaryGrace King ’20Katherine Lovell ’20Maeve McNamara ’20Leela Mennillo ’20Hannah Moore ’18Maggie O’Hagan ’21Meghan O’Keefe ’21Julia Palmerino ’18*Elena Wang ’20

Altos:Joanna Aramini ’19*Hannah Baker ’21Kendra Caputo ’21Lauren Carey ’19*Isabel Dawson ’21Elizabeth Driver ’19*‡Sydney Grosskopf ’20Alexandra Hanlon ’21Jinru Liu ’21Christine Morrison ’20Teresa Murphy ’19*Layo Ojo ’21Samantha Sweet ’21*Karen Xu ’19

Tenors:Jacob Applegate ’20*Luke Giuntoli ’21Adam Hall ’21Kyle Irvine ’21*Patrick Jessop ’20Justin Lombardi ’20Michael Shun ’18‡Daniel Tallman ’21

Basses:Kevin Cogan ’19James Falconer ’19*‡Jacob Fisher ’21Christopher Hornbuckle ’21Ying Hong ’19Armando Ulises Baltazar Melgarejo (FLA)Joseph Portch ’19Hiram Gandia Torres ’20

Chamber Singers

Sopranos:Alison Christovich ’18Theresa Gervais ’20Rose Grosskopf ’20Maeve McNamara ’20Julia Palmerino ’18*Elena Wang ’20‡

Altos:Hannah Baker ’21Lauren Carey ’19*Elizabeth Driver ’19*Teresa Murphy ’19*‡

Tenors:Adam Hall ’21Kyle Irvine ’21*Michael Shun ’18‡

Basses:James Falconer ’19*Jacob Fisher ’21Ying Hong ’19‡Joseph Portch ’19

* indicates a member of the board

‡ indicates a section leader

Violin 1 Violin 2Christopher Goessling ’18* Concertmaster Jason Aldave ’20 PrincipalAna Guggenheim ’21 Sarah Vrountas ’19Liz Mazzocco ’21 John Little #Abi Dresser ’21 Graydon Hewitt ’21Carolyn Eckrich ’21 Angelica Samonte ’21 Viola VioloncelloMatthew Pinder ’20,* Principal Brett Cotter ’19, PrincipalAlex Kui ’19 Teddy Chomiak ’18Brianna Maynard ’19 Anna Moffitt ’21Gabe Gervais ’21

Flute Katherine Elacqua ’19

Clarinet Emily Kulp ’19 Elizabeth Griffin ‘21

TrumpetKerry Larkin ’20Jack Slania ’21 TromboneJacob Marcus ’20Liam O’Toole ’20

Tuba

William Griffin ’19

*Brooks Scholars #Faculty

Altar Servers

Cara Donovan ’18 Jerome Siangco ’19 Chantal Umuhoza ’20

Art:The Angel of the Annunciation - Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666), The Flight into Egypt - Rembrandt (1606-1669)The Holy Family with Angels- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 – 1770)

Cover photo: Thomas Rettig

Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra

The 39th Annual Advent Festival of

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8 O ’ C L O C K I N T H E E V E N I N G

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

The Office of the College Chaplains welcomes you to St. Joseph Memorial Chapel and the 39th Annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols.

This chapel, 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. Honored veterans of Holy Cross include Lt. William F. Davitt, Class of 1907, a Catholic chaplain who was the last American officer to die in the First World 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 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, renovated in 2003, contains the Mary and McCooey Chapels, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, the Reconciliation Chapel and the Gathering/Baptismal space.

The “Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” originated on Christmas Eve, 1880, at the Anglican Cathedral of Truro. In 1918, Eric Milner-White adapted it for the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, and since then has always included nine readings with various carols, and has begun with the hymn ”Once in Royal David’s City.” We hear music tonight from some of the organists who served at King’s College including Boris Ord and Sir David Willcocks. 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.

Thank you for joining us this evening. We wish you God’s abundant blessings this Advent and Christmas!

rThe Office of the College ChaplainsMarybeth Kearns-Barrett ’84, Director

Megan Fox-Kelly ’99, Associate Chaplain and Director of RetreatsJames Hayes, S.J. ’72, Associate Chaplain and Director of Faith FormationMartin Kelly, Associate Chaplain and Director of Service and Social Justice

Karla Keppel, Assistant Chaplain and Director of Domestic Immersion ProgramsSam Lovett, Assistant Chaplain and Director of Protestant Ministries

Emily Rauer Davis ’99, Assistant Chaplain and Assistant Director of LiturgyMichael Rogers, S.J. ’02, Assistant Chaplain, Athletics

Laurence Rosania, Assistant Chaplain and Director of Liturgy and MusicJan Berry, Administrative Coordinator

Andrea Grant, Administrative Coordinator

(Rest rooms are located on the lower level: use the stairs or elevator to the right front of the chapel for access.)