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1. Rain and Bells (SAMPLE)
2. Introit: Requiem (SAMPLE)
3. Kyrie (SAMPLE)
4. Gradual: Requiem (SAMPLE)
5. Gradual: Si Ambulem
6. Prose: Dies Irae
7. Tract: De Profundis
8. Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe
9. Preface
10. Sanctus
11. Agnus Dei
12. Communion Antiphon: Lux Aeterna; Requiescant
13. Responsory for the Commendation of the Soul: Subvenite
14. Antiphon for the Procession of the Body: Suscipiat vos Christus
15. Antiphon for the Procession of the Body: Chorus Angelorum
St. Michael's Abbey: Orange County, California
St. Michael's Abbey is an autonomous abbey of the Norbertine Order, which was founded in the 12th century, by St. Norbert of Xanten. The Norbertines are canons regular: Catholic clergy (priests or deacons) who live a common monastic life of poverty, chastity, and obedience under a priestly superior with daily attendance at the choral Office in the abbey church.
The Abbey's beginnings date to 1950, when a group of seven Hungarian refugees from the Abbey of St. Michael at Csorna, Hungry, fled their country and eventually came to the United States. In 1958, Cardinal McIntyre of Orange County gave his consent to erect a permanent monastic community and novitiate. The canonry currently has 47 priests and 22 men in formation studying for the priesthood.
The abbey's principal apostolate is its school, St. Michael's Preparatory School. Confreres also provide Sunday ministry at over thirty parishes and institutions in the diocese of Orange and other dioceses in Southern California. They teach at schools – from elementary to college level – throughout the Orange and Los Angeles dioceses.
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