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Showing posts with label Advent 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent 2015. Show all posts

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge - "Gaudete"


This medieval Advent carol is here given a spirited rendition by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. In Daryl Runswick's arrangement, the choir is accompanied by a small cello ensemble, a descant recorder and a medieval tabor (drum) under Geoffrey Simon's direction.


Monsignor Stuart Swetland - Living Advent in the Catholic Tradition


Monsignor Stuart W. Swetland, S.T.D., was ordained a priest in 1991 for the Diocese of Peoria, IL. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy. Elected Rhodes Scholar in 1981, he entered the Catholic Church while studying at Oxford. He has a B.A. and M.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford; a M.Div. and M.A. from Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary; and his S.T.L. and S.T.D. from the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC. He currently serves as Director of Homiletics and Pre-Theology at Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. Msgr. Stuart Swetland was named a Prelate of Honor in 2000 by His Holiness John Paul II and is a Knight Commander for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre.