Music has the power to lead us back ... to the Creator of all harmony, creating a resonance within us which is like being in tune with the beauty and truth of God, with the reality which no human knowledge or philosophy can ever express.  - Pope Benedict XVI

The Apostolate of Sacred Music serves our church through music at our many Liturgies. It includes our Parish Choir, Latin Schola, Resurrection Choir, Children’s Choir, instrumentals, handbells and cantors. We strive to help facilitate prayer through music for our parishioners during our many celebrations of the Liturgy.

Children's Choir

This choir is for students in grades 2 – 8 and sings weekly at the 8:00 AM Sunday Mass and for the first Mass on Christmas Eve. The choir rehearses on Tuesday afternoon in the Choir Loft from 4:15 – 5:00 PM beginning the second week in September through May.

Ave Maria-School Choir (1608 KB)

I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (2569 KB)

Handbell Choir

The Handbell Choir rehearses on Tuesday from 5:15 - 6:30 PM, September through May, and plays different dates throughout the year.  Each member learns to play either one or two handbells, reading the music for their part, and when joined together with each member creates music that rings out in praise to God. The ability to read music or the desire to learn is all that is needed, so please consider joining this group.  

Parish Choir

The Parish Choir sings for weekend and Holy Day Masses. Weekly rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings, following the Latin Mass, from 7:15 – 9:00 PM. 

Cantor

The Cantor sings the Responsorial Psalm and Gospel Acclamation for Mass and is a member of the Parish Choir.

Funeral Choir

We sing the funeral Mass and represent the sympathy and compassion of the community of St. Catherine of Siena. Members are not required to be at every funeral, but participate as their personal schedules allow. 

Instruments

Although silent during Lent and Advent, Instrumentalists enrich our Liturgy during Easter and Ordinary Time. An audition is required and participation is at discretion of the Director. Rehearsal is with the Parish Choir on Wednesday evenings.

Latin Schola

Sings for the Wednesday 6:00 PM Latin Mass. Formation is ongoing and rehearsal is in the Choir Loft prior to mass on Wednesday at 5:30 PM. New members are needed, so if you have a love for Latin traditional chant and hymns please come and join us.

For more information please contact Brenda Rebilas (919)570-0070 ext. 107 or via email

Learning to sing, to sing in chorus, is not merely an exercise of external hearing and the voice; it is also an education of inner hearing- the hearing of the heart-an exercise and an education in life and in peace. To sing together in chorus and to have all the choruses sing together demands that we pay attention to each other, to the composer, to the director, to the whole complex of music and culture. In this way, singing in chorus teaches us about life, about peace, and about walking together. - Pope Benedict XVI