Visitors and Hymns
St. Bartholomew's welcomed anticipated visitors Takeji and Kyoko today, come all the way from Yokohama for several days' stay in Seattle, returning home tomorrow. It was a pleasant surprise to hear them singing right along with the rest of the congregation, as if they'd been singing these same hymns all their lives.
Maybe they have been -- but a small issue came up with one of the hymns: #780. Some of our old hymnals have little to nothing of "supplemental hymns" beyond 600, others ended at various numbers higher than that, I think up to 730 or 750, but only the new hymnals had #780. Perhaps we need a little push to completely fill out the service books.
posted by Continuing Home @ 11:12 PM
6 Comments:
At 5:47 AM,
J. Gordon Anderson said…
You can buy brand new 1940 Hymnals with the liturgical supplement from the Church Hymnal Corporation in New York. Our parish was just given a whole set by a generous parishioner.
At 6:26 PM,
Continuing Home said…
Thank you. We have been purchasing them as donations come in, but I'm not sure of the source.
At 11:36 AM,
Anonymous said…
Bill, thank you so much for bringing your sweet Japanese friends, Takeji and Kyoko, to Church. I was very touched to hear their enthusiastic, unabashed singing! It also gave me a clear view of the catholic Church: people of every race and tongue, worshipping the Most Holy Trinity, One God, in perfect harmony.
At 4:13 PM,
Anonymous said…
Bill, thank you for bringing your lovely Japanese friends, Takeji and Kyoko Toyoda, to our Parish! It was very nice to meet them, and I was moved to hear their enthusiastic, unabashed hymn singing.
At 4:14 PM,
Anonymous said…
oops, I posted that twice. sorry.
At 4:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
We have also been getting our Hymnals from Church Hymnal Corporation. They have a monopoly on the 1940 Hymnal, but unfortunately they haven't bothered to bind the books properly. I have had to repair many of them myself, as the binding was separating from the pages.
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