In Epiphany parish, where I’m the parochial administrator, reports are streaming in of children chanting Kyrie Eleisons while playing with toy blocks, warbling the Agnus Dei from the branches of trees they’ve climbed, and even putting their baby dolls to bed with the lullaby of a gentle Sanctus.
You see, we recently completed our second annual week-long chant camp with more than 50 young Catholics between the ages of four and 13. Last year they learned the Missa de Angelis. This year they sang the gorgeous Missa Cum Jubilo. Both years, they completed the week by chanting the entirety of one of the parish’s Sunday Masses. It has quickly become my favourite Mass of the year.
