Baccalaureate Mass Liturgical Preparation Form

Baccalaureate Mass Liturgical Preparation Form
CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
PHILADELPHIA, PENNYSLVANIA
SPRING 2020

Reverend Gerald Dennis Gill, Rector and Pastor

Dear High School President, Principal, Chaplain/School Minister and/or Graduation Coordinator:

You are most welcome to celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass for your school at the Cathedral Basilica. If you have already submitted the "Baccalaureate Mass Reservation Form," please complete the form below which asks for all liturgical details, at least two weeks in advance of the scheduled practice for the Baccalaureate Mass.

If you have any questions, please contact Father Dennis Gill at fr.dgill@archphila.org or 215-561-1313 or 215-587-3537.

If you have Graduation following the Baccalaureate Mass, please contact Father Dennis Gill as soon as possible to review the plan for this part of the celebration.
Name of School *
Date of Mass (As approved by Cathedral Parish Secretary) *

Month Day Year
Date
Time of Mass (As approved by Cathedral Parish Secretary) *

: Hour Minutes AM/PM Option
Date of Practice (As approved by Cathedral Parish Secretary)

Month Day Year
Date
Time of Practice (As approved by Cathedral Parish Secretary)

: Hour Minutes AM/PM Option
Contact Person for Baccalaureate Mass *

First Name Last Name
Cell Phone of Contact Person *

Area Code Phone Number
Email of Contact Person *
example@example.com
Principal Celebrant of the Mass
Homilist of the Mass
Number of People Attending the Mass
Additional Seats
If more than 950 people are expected to attend the Baccalaureate Mass, then extra seats will be needed. The Cathedral Basilica has 250 additional seats on hand. If more than this is needed, then the Cathedral Sacristy can rent them and a charge will be incurred.
Number of Additional Seats Needed
Will pews/seats be reserved?

Yes No
- No tape of any kind or wires may be used on the pews. Large rubber bands or ribbons can be used to attach signs to the pews.
- When additional seats are needed for the celebration of Mass, then monitors are available for the side aisles of the nave. Please contact Dan Kearns, kearnsmediaconsulting@gmail.com , to make arrangements directly with him for the use of the monitors.
SILENCE AND ORDER IN THE BASILICA
Adult moderators are to be assigned for order, safety and security. Directions are to be given for silence in the Cathedral Basilica before and after the celebration of Mass to encourage prayer and adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Food, drink, balloons and noisemakers are not permitted inside the Cathedral Basilica. Your assistance with cleaning up the Cathedral Basilica after the Mass is also appreciated.

The male graduates are not to wear their caps for the celebration of Holy Mass.

THE SANCTUARY
Only the clergy, the servers and the cantor are to have seats in the sanctuary. No one else is to take a place in the sanctuary, including the administration and faculty of the school. Lectors and Communion Ministers do not sit in the sanctuary but in the nave.

CELEBRANTS OF THE MASS
The Cathedral Sacristy provides vestments for the Bishop/priest celebrant. Celebrants are asked to provide their own albs and cinctures. When the Archbishop celebrates the Mass, he presides from his Cathedra. When another Bishop or priest celebrates Mass, the chair for the Bishop/priest celebrant is placed in the sanctuary on the cathedra side. Only a deacon is placed next to this chair. Concelebrants sit in the choir stalls.
- If a Bishop presides in choir, then a chair and kneeler will be set up in the sanctuary with a stole for his reception of Holy Communion.

CONCELEBRANTS OF THE MASS
All concelebrants are to wear a chasuble and stole, preferably the archdiocesan vestment. The Cathedral Sacristy can provide additional chasubles and stoles, if needed. All concelebrants are to provide their own albs and cinctures. Concelebrants vest in the Neumann Room. Concelebrants sit in the choir stalls on either side of the sanctuary.
Number of Concelebrants
Names of Concelebrants of the Mass (concelebrants from outside of the Archdiocese must provide a celebret):
DEACONS
Dalmatics are provided for deacons by the Cathedral Sacristy. Deacons are asked to provide their own albs and cinctures. Deacon chaplains sit on either side of the Archbishop/Bishop. The deacon of the Mass sits separate from the chaplains. If there are no chaplains, he sits to the right of the celebrant. The Book of the Gospels is only carried by the deacon when the actual Gospel is in the Book of the Gospels. Otherwise, the deacon proclaims the Gospel from the Lectionary. The Universal Prayer is read from the stand in the sanctuary. The deacon is asked to insure that all the Sacred Vessels are properly purified during or after Mass.
Deacons of the Mass
LITURGICAL PLAN AND LITURGIAL MUSIC
The liturgical music plan is to be approved by Father Dennis Gill and the Cathedral Director of Liturgical Music, Ms. Charlene Angelini, 215-587-3537 or cangelini@archphila.org. Once a copy of this form is received, it will be reviewed for approval. Please do not print any worship aids or booklets until you have received an approval response. Please contact the Cathedral Director of Music now to discuss arrangements and plans for liturgical music.
Deacon Chaplains, if a Bishop celebrates
LITURGICAL MINISTERS
The ushers and greeters, the altar servers and the lectors are to be provided by the High School. It is expected that all of these liturgical ministers are familiar with their roles and will be well practiced for the Mass at the Cathedral Basilica. Those who carry out liturgical ministries are to be Roman Catholics.

A student may participate as a liturgical music minister, in the role of cantor, if he/she have served as a cantor on a regular basis at parish or school Masses. A Cathedral Cantor is also available for the Baccalaureate Mass. The High School is responsible for the stipend of $125 for the Cathedral Cantor, to be paid no later than the day of the Mass. A Cathedral Organist must be used for the Baccalaureate Mass. The High School is responsible for the stipend of $175 for the Cathedral Organist, to be paid no later than the day of the Mass. If the Cathedral Organist is needed for the rehearsal, not to exceed two hours, for the Mass then there is an additional stipend of $125.

It is preferred that the altar servers are not among the gradautes. Altar servers are expected to provide and wear albs and cinctures. Cassocks and surplices are available in the Cathedral Sacristy if all the servers are male and this is the custom of the school. Typically, four servers are expected: thurifer, crucifer, two candle bearers (who serve the Mass). If a Bishop is the celebrant, see the notes for altar servers on the website of the Office for Divine Worship.
- The cantor leads the liturgical music from the stand in the sanctuary. A seat and kneeler is provided by the stand. It is preferred that the cantor wear a cantor’s robe which can be provided. The psalm, preferably sung by a psalmist, is sung from the ambo.
- All the readings for the Mass are proclaimed from the ambo. The Responsorial Psalm is sung from the ambo, preferably by someone other than the cantor. The lectors and the psalmist, if other than the cantor, sit in the nave and enter the sanctuary only to proclaim their assigned reading and sing the psalm.
- Only bread and wine may be brought forward in the procession of gifts. The table for the gifts is at the break in the pews in the nave.
Will you need a Cathedral Cantor *

Yes No
A Cathedral Organist must be used (Fee: $175). Will you need the Cathedral Organist for your rehearsal? (Fee: $125, not to exceed 2 hours) *

Yes No
Musical Scores for the organist *

I will provide a PDF of the musical scores via email or with this form (see below)* I will provide a hard copy of the musical scores I will NOT provide a musical score
*You can upload the musical score here at the time you fill out this form or you can email it to Charlene Angelini, the Music Director, at a later time at cangelini@archphila.org

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Number of Gifts
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
In the absence of ordinary ministers of Holy Communion, properly commissioned extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion assist. Typically, there are four to six Communion ministers: two at the entrance to the sanctuary, two at the break in the nave, and, if needed, one at each side section of the nave. Holy Communion is distributed under one kind at the Baccalaureate Masses.
Number of Communion Stations

Liturgical Observance
Obligatory observances cannot be set aside in favor of the Baccalaureate Mass. When there is no obligatory observance, then the another commemoration is possible.
Liturgical Color
For liturgical music, please include the title and composer.
Prelude Music
Introductory Rites
Entrance Chant
Penitential Act & Kyrie

I confess... Have Mercy on Us, O Lord Kyrie sung Kyrie recited Invocations sung Invocations recited
Who will recite/sing the Penitential Act?
Gloria - if sung, what is the setting?
Collect - Roman Missal, page number:
The Liturgy of the Word
First Reading
Scripture Citation
Lectionary Number
Responsorial Psalm is sung
Scripture Citation
Lectionary Number
Second Reading
Scripture Citation
Lectionary Number
Acclamation before the Gospel is sung
Lectionary Number
Gospel
Scripture Citation
Lectionary/Book of the Gospel Number
Universal Prayer
Select one

Sung Recited
Please submit a copy of the Universal Prayer with this form.

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The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Offertory Chant/Music during the Preparation of the Gifts
Prayer over the Offerings, Roman Missal, page number:
Eucharistic Prayer

The Sanctus, the Mystery of Faith and the Amen are sung.
Setting
Lord's Prayer

Sung Recited
The Agnus Dei is sung. Setting:
Communion chant:
Hymn of Praise
Prayer after Communion. Roman Missal, page number:
The Concluding Rites
Recessional Hymn/Music
Postlude Music