Remembering Pope Francis
2025 Easter Prayer and Greeting
Quarter Notes
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““News and Views””
How We Use Gregorian Chant
Read Fr. Ley’s article below. Photo: First public appearance of the Schola Cantorum of the Pacific, men and boys, at the St. Joseph Day Fiesta Mass in Father Serra’s Chapel, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, March 19, 1977, first “home church” of the Schola. The full Schola of men, women, boys and girls, initiated the following month, has continued to this day.
Schola and Escolanía Major Events in 2024
La Placita
Christmas
Concert
Dec. 15 Villancicos Navideños - - Christmas Carols and Choruses in Spanish & English
Advent’s First Sunday Dec. 1
Church of the Assumption, Boyle Heights
Good Shepherd Sunday 7-21-24
Assumption Church, Boyle Heights, CA
Jubilee 2024!
Queen of Apostles, San Jose, CA, June 22, 2024
First Communion
St. Joseph of the Holy Family, May 26, 2024
Easter Sunday
Immaculate Conception Church, March 31, 2024
Palm Sunday
Assumption Catholic Church, March 24, 2024
Lenten Season 2024
First Mass 2024
Assumption Catholic Church, Jan. 21, 2024
Schola and Escolanía Highlights in 2023
First Eucharist of Christmas, 2023
Schola Cantorum and alumni sing Christmas Eve Mass at St. Anthony of Padua, Gardena, Calif.
First Sunday of Advent, 2023
33rd Sunday, Ordinary Time
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, California, Nov. 19, 2023. In the choir loft after Mass.
27th Sunday, Ordinary Time
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, Oct. 8, 2023
Summer Concert
St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows, Nashville, Tenn.
Holy Thursday
Immaculate Conception Church, April 6, 2023
Palm Sunday
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, April 2
First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 26
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, California
Feb. 26, 2023, First Sunday of Lent. Adults: Front row left, Louinn Lota soprano; second row left Fr. Ted Ley, SM, organist/founder; Cynthia Bih, alto; far right Christina van Ingen, soprano/cantrice; back row left, Mike Tabor bass, Abraham Tadeo tenor. In front of Tadeo - Tenors Ricardo Peñaloza and far right, Vince Bastidas, conductor.
Epiphany, Jan. 8
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, choir loft
Schola and Escolanía Highlights in 2022
Christ the King
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, Nov. 20, 2022
Jubilee 2022
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cupertino, California, Saturday June 18, 2022
Marianist Jubilee, St. Joseph of Cupertino, CA
SATURDAY, June 18, 2022
Bro. Jack Dempsey (left), Fr. Jim Heft (right) part of six lauded at Jubilee 2022. “Before and After” photos are from the jubilarians themselves. San Francisco skyline from Golden Gate Bridge photo taken by Vince Bastidas. Photoshop manipulation to make it look like a postcard by Louinn Lota.
Easter at Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, CA
SUNDAY, April 17, 2022
Easter Sunday
Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, April 17, 2022
First Communion, Immaculate Conception Parish, Pico-Union District, Los Angeles, CA
SATURDAY, April 30, 2022
St. Sebastian Sports Project at American Martyrs Church, Manhattan Beach, CA
SATURDAY, April 2, 2022
St. Sebastian Sports Project
American Martyrs Church, Manhattan Beach, California on Saturday, April 2, 2022
Schola “Quarter Notes”
Quarterly Publication
N.B. The printing of Schola Quarter Notes, suspended during the pandemic, has been revived. Attached here are back issues now available for viewing online. For further information about Quarter Notes, please email the Schola: information@pacificschola.org.
q2 2020 - Q4 2021, Issue #4
2019 Q3/Q4 2020 Q1
2019 Q2
2019 Q1
