On Friday, April 12th, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will celebrate a Missa cantata in the Extraordinary Form for the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The choir of Siena Heights University, directed by Dr Kelly Ford, will sing Rheinberger’s “Stabat Mater” for the sequence, Viadana’s Missa L’hora passa for the Ordinary, motets by Durufle, Peeters, Elgar, and Haydn, and Biebl’s “Ave Maria.” The Mass will begin at 7pm, and be followed by a soup supper in the parish hall; the church is located at 156 Valley Avenue SW.
