St. Anne's Church Choir Home Page
Welcome to the St. Anne's Church Choir web site. This web site is dedicated to the performance of Sacred Music to accompany the traditional Latin Mass celebrated at our church every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. We are located at 2445 County Road E, White Bear Lake, MN 55110. Be sure and check with the St. Anne's Church web site for announcements under the link called Sunday Bulletin. You may get directions to our church by clicking on the directions link on this web site.
Mr. Terry Bender is the choral director and conductor of St. Anne's Church Choir. Please contact Terry for information regarding our church choir.
Music
The Sacred Music of the Holy Roman Catholic Church is part of our patrimony as Catholics. We will sing various styles: polyphony, modern choral works and Masses, but especially Gregorian Chant.
Articles
Read this article in PDF format on Ecclesiastical Music from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
The Heavenly Patrons of our choir are St. Cecilia and Pope St. Gregory. Click the names to access historical information from the Catholic Encyclopedia in PDF format.
Gregorian Chant is introduced in the article Schola Cantorum found in the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia. St. Anne's is in the process of developing its own Schola for Sacred Chant.
Chant
More music files will be uploaded on Gregorian Chant in the near future. Gregorian Chant is the most ancient and sublime of church music. We hope to have updates shortly.
