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HOSTED  BY SAINT JOHN'S ABBEY AND UNIVERSITY
Collegeville, Minnesota
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June 8 -24, 2001
This preliminary schedule is subject to change.

Friday, June 8 - Arrival day

6 pm

Meet under Bell Banner of Abbey Church: Opening Prayer Service with Blessing of Choir by Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B.  (wear NCYC T-shirts.)

7  - 9:15 pm    Opening Session:  Welcome, Introductions, Begin Singing! -- Including:  Welcome from Bishop John Kinney, Bishop of St. Cloud Diocese
9:15 pm Popcorn Party with Host Monks
10 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out

Saturday, June 9th, - St. Ephrem, deacon and doctor

7:45 am Rise, Prayer, Breakfast
8:30-9:15 am

Religion Class I: "Prayer and Worship in a Benedictine Monastery"  Br. Novice Matthew Luft, O.S.B.

9:30 am - noon    Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1:15- 2:15 pm Cantoring Class with Diana Kodner
2:30 - 4 pm Rehearsal (with break)
4:15 - 6 pm  Swim / Gym
. Dinner
7 pm

Evening Prayer, Abbey Church, with Monks and Participants in the Liturgical Conference -Vigil of Trinity Sunday

7:45 -10 pm Rehearsal (with break)
10 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Sunday, June 10th - TRINITY SUNDAY
7:00 am: Rise
7:30 am Prayer, Breakfast
8 am  Alb (white robe) fitting
8:15 - 10:15 am  Rehearsal and Warm Up for
10:30 am

Community Mass, Abbey Church -- Trinity Sunday and Conclusion of Liturgical Conference

. Lunch
1:15  - 2:45 pm Rehearsal (with break)
2:45 - 4 pm Campus Tour (small groups)
4 - 5:30 pm Rehearsal (with break)
. Dinner
6:15 - 6:40 pm Introductory Meeting with the "Youth in Theology and Ministry" campers
7 pm Vespers of Trinity Sunday, Abbey Church
7:45 - 8:45 pm Rehearsal
8:45 - 9:30  Music Class I:  Historical Eras I
9:30 pm Group Recreational Activity
10:10 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Monday, June 11 - Feast of St. Barnabas, Apostle
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30am Relgion Class II:  Jim and Maureen Otremba, Jeanne Kohr: "Christian Dating; the Vocation to Marriage and to Single Life"
9:45 am 12 n  Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1 - 3 pm Rehearsal (with break)
3:15 pm Depart for the College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph - Campus Tour
. 5 pm: Sing at Mass with the Sisters, Dinner and Video, Tour of Oratory and Church
7:30 pm Return to SJU
8 - 9:30 pm Rehearsal
9:30 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights out
Tuesday, June 12
7:15 am  Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30-9:30 am  Religion III: Mark Best, "Death by Crucifixion"
9:45-11:45 am Rehearsal (with break)
12 n  Noon Prayer with Monks, Abbey Church
. Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm Music Class II: Intervals and Sightsinging
2:30-5:30 pm Rehearsal (with break)
5:30 - 6:45 pm Dinner
6:45 - 8:00 pm Rehearsal
8:00   - 10:00 pm Swim/Gym
10:00 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Wednesday, June 13 - St. Anthony of Padua
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Religion Class IV: "Discernment of Religious Vocations"   Males: with Fr. Greg Mastey and Mr. Jim Otremba               Females: with Sr. Pat Ruether, OSB and Maureen Otremba
9:45 - 12 n Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1:15 - 3:15 pm Rehearsal (with break)
3:45 - 4:30 pm Daily Mass with Fr. Anthony Ruff, O.S.B.
4:45 - 6:15 pm Rehearsal
. Dinner
7:30 - 9:30 pm Rehearsal (with break)
9:30 pm Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Thursday, June 14
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Relgion Class V: Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB "Eternal Life and the Eucharist"
9:45 am - 12 n Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1 - 2 pm Music Class III:  Counterpoint; use of themes and imitation in our literature.
2:15 - 5:30 pm Rehearsal (with break)
. Dinner
6:30 - 7:45 pm Rehearsal
8 pm Recite rosary in Assumption Chapel with "Youth in Theology and Ministry" campers
10:00 pm: Lights Out
Friday, June 15
5:00 am Rise
5:30 am Breakfast in choral rehearsal room
6 am Prayer, Bus leaves for Airport
9:25 am Plane departs for Atlanta

Click here for the schedule in Atlanta - Friday to Sunday

Saturday, June 16
Sunday, June 17 - Corpus Christi (Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ)

Click here for the schedule in Atlanta - Friday to Sunday

5:35 pm Plane departs for Minneapolis-St. Paul
7:19 pm Plane arrives at airport; Bus back to Campus
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Monday, June 18
8:00 am: Rise
8:30 am Prayer, Breakfast
9:15 - 10 am Tour of HMML, Arca Artium, Organ in Abbey Church
10 am - 12 n Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1:15 - 5 pm Rehearsal (with break)
5 - 5:45 pm Dinner
5:45 - 6:30 Walk to cemetary
6:45 - 7:45 Rehearsal
8:00 - 9:15 Swim/Gym
9:30-10:15 pm At nightfall: Candlelight Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Abbey Church,  with "Youth in Theology and Ministry" campers
11:00 pm: Lights out
Tuesday, June 19 - St. Romuald, abbot
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 am Music Class IV: Chords and Harmony
9:30 am - 12 n Rehearsal (with break)
. Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm Rehearsal
3:00 pm Bus departs for New Ulm
5:30 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Warm Up for
7:30 pm Concert, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm
9:30 pm Bus returns to SJU -- Compline
11:00 pm: Lights Out
Wednesday, June 20 
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer and Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Walk to Wetlands
9:30 - 11:15 am Rehearsal (with break)
11:15 am Daily Mass with Fr. Anthony Ruff, O.S.B.
. Lunch
1:00 pm Photograph of sons and daughters of Knights of Columbus
1:15 - 3:30 pm Rehearsal (with break)
3:30 pm Greet and Welcome the Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir
3:45 - 4:40 pm Religion Class V:  Ecumenism, Fr. Anthony Ruff, O.S.B
4:40 - 5:45 pm Prayer and Dinner with the Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir
5:45 - 6:30 pm Rehearsal in Abbey Church with the Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir
6:30 - 7:30 pm Free Social Time
7:45 pm Prayer with Lutheran Bishop Olson
8 pm Hymnfest, "Darkness and Light," Abbey Church
9:30 - 10 pm Reception in the Great Hall
10:30 Compline
11:15 pm: Lights Out
Thursday, June 21 - St. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious
7:15 am: Rise
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am  Music Class V: Advanced Study and Careers in Music
9:30 - 10:45 am Rehearsal
11:00 am Penance Service with private confessions
12:00 pm Lunch
1 pm Bus departs for Winona
5 pm Dinner
6 pm Warm Up for
8 pm Concert, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona
9:30 pm: To Host Homes for the night
Friday, June 22 - Ss. Pauline of Nola, bishop, John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and Thomas More, martyr
9:00 am     Meet at Winona Cathedral; Bus to Twin Cities
11:15 am     Tour of "Sharing and Caring Hands" with Mary Jo Copeland
Lunch
Minnesota Science Museum Omni Theater - "Caves"
4:30 pm Tour of St. Paul Cathedral
5:15 pm Pizza Dinner at Cathedral
6:00 pm Rehearsal and Warm Up for
8:00 pm Concert, St. Paul Cathedral, with Archbishop Flynn
. Benefit for "Sharing and Caring Hands"
9:30 pm Depart for St. John's
12:00 am: Lights Out
Saturday, June 23 
7:30 am Rise
8:15 am Prayer, Breakfast
9:00 - 11:00 am Recording Session for CD
11:30 am Mass, Abbey Church (Conclusion of "Youth in Theology and Ministry" camp)
. Lunch
1:45 pm Recording Session for CD
2:30 Bus departs for Holy Name of Jesus church, Wayzata, MN
4:00 pm Rehearsal and Warm Up for
5:00 pm Mass, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Wayzata (Minneapolis)
6 - 9 pm  Dinner, Concluding Party, at private home in Plymouth
. Bus to SJU
Sunday, June 24 - Birth of JOHN THE BAPTIST, Patron of St. John's Abbey
7:30 am: Rise
8:20 am Prayer, Breakfast
9:00. Survey and St. Benedict Medals blessed and distributed
9:30 Warm Up
10:30 am Mass, Birth of John the Baptist, Abbey Church
11:30 am Concluding Concert, Great Hall (Recorded Live)
12:30 pm: Photograph in the Great Hall Choristers, Staff, Family, and Friends  -- Final Blessing of Choristers and Parents by Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B., Conclusion of NCYC 2001
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© 2001 National Catholic Youth Choir
Saint John's Abbey and University,
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321
For information contact the choir founder and chaplain,
Fr.Anthony Ruff, O.S.B.

This website was created and is maintained by Peter Habenczius
URL: http://www.csbsju.edu/ncyc/schedul01.htm
Last update: June 5, 2001