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HOSTED   BY SAINT JOHN'S ABBEY AND UNIVERSITY
Collegeville, Minnesota
July 7-19, 2005
Last Update - 8 July 2005.
Events subject to change!
 
 

Thursday, July 7

2:00 pm Registration and Check-in Begins...short tours of campus per request
4:30 Auditions in SBH Music Building
Concert Solos - Room 028; Liturgy Cantors - Room 015
6:00 pm Meet under Abbey Bell Banner for Opening Prayer and Blessing in Baptistry; Abbot John Klassen, presiding
6:15 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Rehearsal in SBH 028 with Sectionals SA/TB
9:00 pm Staff Introductions, Popcorn Party and Activities
10:00 pm Compline
10:30 pm Dorm Meetings by Floors
11:00 pm Lights out

Friday, July 8

All Day Please wear NCYC T-shirts all day today!
7:00 am Morning Prayer with monastic community, optional
8:00 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:30 am Cantor Auditions
9:00 am Rehearsal (with break)
12:00 pm Knights of Columbus families group photo; Cantor auditions (MU 015)
12:00 pm Lunch and Free Time
1:45 pm Cantor In-Service, entire choir with Sr. Janine Mettling, OSB
2:45 pm Rehearsal
4:30 pm Campus Tour (optional) or small-group cantor work for Mass
5:30 pm Dinner
6:45 pm Rehearsal
8:30 pm Mass with newly-ordained Fr. Matthew Luft, OSB in Emmaus Chapel.  After mass: Bestowal of Blessing from a Newly Ordained Priest
9:30 pm Compline (Night Prayer)
11:00 pm Lights out

Saturday, July 9

7:00 am Morning Prayer (optional)
8:00 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:45 am Religion Class: "Love" with Fr. Matthew Luft, OSB
9:30 am Rehearsal (with break)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Walk to cemetery, Rosary (Luminous Mysteries), Free Time
2:45 pm Rehearsal
5:15 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Bus leaves for College of Saint Benedict
7:00 pm Vigil of Sunday with Sisters of Saint Benedict, TBA tour of Sacred Heart Chapel, TBA Rehearsal at CSB
9:00 pm Return to Saint John's
9:15 pm Compline
11:00 pm Lights Out

Sunday, July 10 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

All Morning Please wear NCYC T-shirts until lunch!
7:00 am Morning Prayer (optional)
8:15 am Prayer, Breakfast
9:00 am Religion Class: Mass of the Day with Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB
9:30 am Fitting in Albs (for Monday's Feast Day Mass)
10:15 am To Abbey Church for Sunday Mass (choir does not sing at this mass)
10:30 am Mass
11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Optional: cantor rehearsal with Sister Janine
1:15 pm Rehearsal (with break)
4:45 pm Free Time/Recreation
6:15 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Rehearsal, partly in Abbey Church
9:30 pm Compline in Abbey
11:00 pm Lights Out

Monday, July 11 - Feast of Saint Benedict, Abbot

7:00 am Morning Prayer (optional)
7:45 am Prayer, Breakfast (in SBH)
8:30 am Rehearsal
9:30 am Get albs, to Abbey Church
10:30 am Sing at Mass
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Rehearsal (with breaks)
4:30 pm Walk to wetlands or recreation
6:00 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Rehearsal (with breaks)
9:30 pm Candlelight Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Compline in Abbey Church
11:00 pm Lights Out

Tuesday, July 12

7:00 am Morning Prayer (optional)
8:00 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:45 am Tour of Gertken Organ Studio with Dr. Kim Kasling or Cantor Rehearsal
9:30 am Rehearsal (with breaks)
12:00 pm Noon Prayer with Monks in Abbey Church
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Rehearsal
2:45 pm Recreation
4:15 pm Rehearsal
5:45 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Rehearsal, partly in Great Hall
9:15 pm Compline
11:00 pm Lights Out

Wednesday, July 13

7:00 am

Morning Prayer (optional)

7:45 am

Prayer, Breakfast in Emmaus Dining Room

8:30 am

NCYC mass with Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, in Emmaus Chapel

9:30 am

Rehearsal (with breaks)

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Rehearsal (with breaks), partly in Great Hall

4:15 pm

Leave for CSB Campus, Tour of Campus

5:45 pm

Sing for Sisters in Refectory (four or five pieces), Dinner

7:15 pm

Return to SJU

7:45 pm

Communal Reconciliation service with monk confessors in Emmaus Chapel

9:00 pm Compline

11:00 pm

Lights Out

Thursday, July 14

7:00 am Morning Prayer (optional)
8:00 am Prayer, Breakfast
8:45 am Pack for Tour
9:15 am Rehearsal
10:45 am Panel Discussion: led by Dr. Kim Kasling, with former choristers and counselors: "The Study and Vocation of Music and Liturgical Music"
11:45 am Banquet (funded by the Vocation Project)
1:30 pm Bus departs outside Music Building for Tour
4:30 pm Arrive in Tracy, MN; Dinner
5:30 pm Warm-up, Saint Mary's Catholic Church
7:00 pm Concert: "My Song is Love Unknown"
9:00 pm To Host Families

Friday, July 15

8:30 am Meet Bus in front of Church
8:45 am Depart from Tracy, MN
12:00 pm Arrive Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, IA; Lunch
1:15 pm Tour Grotto
2:45 pm Depart Grotto
5:30 pm Arrive Basilica of Saint John's, Des Moines, IA; Dinner
7:00 pm Warm-up
8:00 pm Concert: "My Song is Love Unknown"
  To Des Moines host families

Saturday, July 16

9:30 am Meet bus in front of Basilica
9:45 am Depart for Peoria, IL
12:00 pm Lunch
3:30 pm Arrive, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Peoria, IL
4:30 pm Sing at Mass
5:30 pm Dinner
Evening Recreational Activities TBA
  To Peoria Host Families

Sunday, July 17 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

9:00 am Meet at Saint Thomas Parish, warm-up
11:00 am Sing at Mass
12:00 pm Lunch at Saint Thomas
1:00 pm Pool-side Party
4:00 pm Dinner at Immaculate Conception Cathedral
5:00 pm Warm-up
6:00 pm Concert: "My Song is Love Unknown"
8:00 pm To (same) Peoria Host Families

Monday, July 18

8:00 am Meet Bus in front of Cathedral
  leave for Collegeville (8 hours plus lunch)
5:00 pm Arrive at Collegeville
6:00 pm Cookout at Dr. Theimer's with talent show

Tuesday, July 19

8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Evaluations
9:30 am Group Photo in Albs on Abbey Church Steps
10:00 am Informal Gathering in Choir Room - open to family and friends
  Blessing and Distribution of Medals of Saint Benedict
  Singing of Music together for last time
  Final Blessing by Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB
  Turn in Music, Alb, Folders
12:00 pm Lunch, Conclusion of NCYC 2005
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