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“Sacris Solemniis”

Jonathan Weiss on May 27, 2026

Sacred Music

“Sacris Solemniis”

Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Samuel Rowe (Composer), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

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“Verbum Supernum”

Jonathan Weiss on May 27, 2026

Sacred Music

“Verbum Supernum”

Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor), Wilhelmina Esary Pariseau (Composer)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

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“Rerum, Deus, Tenax, Vigor”

Jonathan Weiss on May 27, 2026

Sacred Music

“Rerum, Deus, Tenax, Vigor”

Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor), Zachary Landress (Composer)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

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“Nunc, Sancte, Nobis, Spiritus”

Jonathan Weiss on May 27, 2026

Sacred Music

“Nunc, Sancte, Nobis, Spiritus”

Aidan Vass (Composer), Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

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“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”

Jonathan Weiss on May 27, 2026

Sacred Music

“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”

Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Michael Garrepy (Composer), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

 

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“Fantasy on Pange Lingua”

benedict16 on May 27, 2026

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“Fantasy on Pange Lingua”

Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor), William Fritz (Composer)

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)

The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.

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“Requiem for the Forgotten”

Jonathan Weiss on May 26, 2026

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone commissioned “Requiem for the Forgotten” for the repose of the souls of people on the margins: the homeless, the refugees escaping war and political or religious persecution, the martyrs of totalitarianism in all its forms.

Celebrating St. Junipero Serra & the Founding of San Francisco

benedict16 on May 19, 2026

As part of our ongoing project to deepen Catholics’ knowledge of our own American history, the Benedict XVI Institute is partnering with the Archdiocese of San Francisco to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission Dolores by St. Junipero Serra and his Franciscan brothers with the help of the Indians they came to serve. Join us for a special celebration Frank La Rocca’s Missa Sancti Juniperi Serra at Mission Dolores and other projects to celebrate the birth of a great American city named for a great saint.

Honoring his Legacy: A Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVI

benedict16 on May 19, 2026

The next great Frank la Rocca Mass commission by Archbishop Cordileone will be: A Requiem for Pope Benedict XVI celebrated in 2027, the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict’s birth and the 5th anniversary of his death. A conference at St. Patrick’s Seminary June 1-4, 2027 will bring together major prelates who served with him, artists inspired by him, and scholars who study him to explore and honor Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy.

Project Guadalupe 2031: Celebrating the 500th Anniversary

benedict16 on May 19, 2026

In 2022, Pope Francis called on all the Americas to spend 9 years preparing for the 500th anniversary of Our Lady’s appearance. As a response, Archbishop Cordileone is launching a major new initiative Project Guadalupe 2031, bringing new celebrations of Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin, as well as a major home enthronement of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image, bringing more souls to Christ through devotion to His Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe

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