The
Association of Catholic Women have sent me notice of this event for Catholic primary school teachers. There was a similar event in February, at Coloma School in Croydon, which was a great success.
ART & MUSIC IN R.E. TEACHING
A Study Day for Teachers in Catholic Primary Schools
Wednesday 24 June 2009
At Westminster Cathedral Choir School
(by kind permission of the Headmaster)
12.30pm Sandwich Lunch
1.45pm Teaching Christ Through Art – illustrated presentation by Lionel Gracey
Lionel Gracey studied medicine at Cambridge and Harvard. He was Consultant Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital, London, from 1966-91. Following his retirement, he studied theology at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, where he now lectures in Religious Art.
3.00pm Tea
3.15pm Enriching School Masses through Gregorian Chant - Workshop with Jeremy de Satgé.
Jeremy de Satgé is a singer, composer, choral director and music publisher. He is a fellow of Trinity College of Music, London. Through his music publishing company, The Music Makers, he publishes new works of liturgical music suitable for parishes and resources to encourage the use of plainsong.
4.30pm Mass – at which we will sing some of the chant learned during the afternoon.
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS DAY
The Church has always used pictures in teaching the faith. Children can be helped to enter the world of the Gospels and the Saints through paintings and sculptures. Lionel Gracey will suggest paths leading to this.
Gregorian chant is popular and it has long been recognised as spiritually enriching. Young children are often open to chant. Jeremy de Satgé will suggest ways in which it can be used in worship in primary schools.
www.associationofcatholicwomen.co.uk
If you would like to attend, please
email Joanna Bogle before 12 June 2009, giving the following details:
- Full Name
- The name of the school at which you teach
- Your email address or telephone number
- Any Dietary Requirements
1 comment:
St. Stephen the First Martyr Parish (FSSP) in Sacramento, California, has a chorister program under the pedagogical direction of the Royal School of Church Music. Children 8-14 years of age audition for pitch, spend a probationary period, advance to Junior Chorister (theory, notation, etc.), and to Senior Chorister, at which point they sing at every Sunday and Holy Day High Mass. They progress through various stages and receive awards and ribbons yearly. They have the added privilege of seeing and hearing the schola each week. When the schola, adult choir and choristers join in some beautiful polyphonc hymn after the Offertory verse and during Holy Communion, it can only be described as "awesome." Yes, children can learn Gregorian chant and, from what I have seen (and heard), they love it.
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