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Sacred Heart cathedral has a storng music tradition. At present there are two instrumental ensembles to accompany congregation hymn-singing for at least one Sunday Mass each week. |
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Curently there are two choirs. The adult choir is made up of a dedicated group of mostly young singers. This choir sings every Sunday at the Cathedral at the 10.30am Mass as well as at concerts and special services. While firmly based on [[Gregorian chant]], the choir sings a wide repertoire range from [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]], [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]], [[Thomas Tallis]] and [[William Byrd]] to [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Herbert Howells]], [[Samuel Sebastian Wesley]], [[Gabriel Fauré]], [[Maurice Duruflé]], [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]], James MacMillan and many other composers including occasional commissioned contemporary works. The boys' choir is made up of 15 boys from [[Sacred Heart Cathedral School]]. Each boy receives a scholarship which pays for weekly individual vocal tuition and theory lessons. The boys sing [[Vespers]] every Wednesday and Choral Mass every second Sunday of the month during school term time.<ref>Programme Notes, "Noel: A concert of Advent and Christmas music", Sacred heart Cathedral, Wellington, 5 December 2012.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 00:51, 6 December 2012
Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and St Mary his Mother | |
41°16′36″S 174°46′34″E / 41.2766°S 174.7762°E | |
Location | Thorndon, Wellington Central City |
Country | New Zealand |
Denomination | Catholic |
Website | Sacred Heart Cathedral website |
History | |
Former name(s) | St Mary's Cathedral |
Founded | 1850, 1901 |
Founder(s) | Philippe Viard, 1st Bishop of Wellington |
Dedication | 1850, 1901 |
Consecrated | 1984[1] |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Category I |
Designated | 2 April 1985 |
Architect(s) | Francis Petre |
Architectural type | Neo-classical |
Completed | 1901 |
Administration | |
Parish | Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Archbishop John Atcherley Dew, 6th Archbishop of Wellington (2005-present) |
Priest(s) | Fr James Lyons (Cathedral Administrator and Parish Priest) |
Laity | |
Director of music | Michael Fletcher |
Organist(s) | Michael Fletcher |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, better known as Sacred Heart Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral on Hill Street, Thorndon in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Wellington
History
The first church to be built on the Hill Street Site was St. Mary's Cathedral, blessed and opened in 1851. It was gutted by fire in 1898, during repainting. Because the Catholic population of Wellington was then mostly based in the Te Aro and Newtown areas, it was decided that a new cathedral should be erected in that part of the city and a 'serviceable church in brick' built on the site of the old cathedral.[2]
However the new church, called the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, was rather grander than this. Its foundation stone was laid in 1899 and the building blessed and opened two years later. The money to build Sacred Heart was taken from the fund for the new cathedral. The new cathedral was never actually built. In 1983 the Basilica was elevated to the status of a cathedral by Cardinal Thomas Williams. The following year it was made a Category 1 Historic Place.[2]
Design
Designed by architect Francis Petre, Sacred Heart was built on a classical basilican plan, with ionic columns of Oamaru stone and a high pediment. For a period it had twin bell towers topped with domes, but these additions - not in Petre's design - were removed in 1942, following an earthquake.
The interior features a main aisle and two side aisles, a large colonnaded nave and a large arch forming the entrance to the sanctuary.[2]
=Sacred Heart Cathedral music
Sacred Heart cathedral has a storng music tradition. At present there are two instrumental ensembles to accompany congregation hymn-singing for at least one Sunday Mass each week.
Curently there are two choirs. The adult choir is made up of a dedicated group of mostly young singers. This choir sings every Sunday at the Cathedral at the 10.30am Mass as well as at concerts and special services. While firmly based on Gregorian chant, the choir sings a wide repertoire range from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd to George Frideric Handel, Herbert Howells, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, Ildebrando Pizzetti, James MacMillan and many other composers including occasional commissioned contemporary works. The boys' choir is made up of 15 boys from Sacred Heart Cathedral School. Each boy receives a scholarship which pays for weekly individual vocal tuition and theory lessons. The boys sing Vespers every Wednesday and Choral Mass every second Sunday of the month during school term time.[3]
See also
- Francis Petre and Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
- Sacred Heart Cathedral School, Thorndon
- St Mary's College, Wellington
- Sisters of Mercy
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington
- Roman Catholicism in New Zealand
- Holy Cross College (New Zealand)
- Holy Name Seminary
- Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch
References
Sources
- Official site
- "Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Catholic)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Photograph of the Cathedral showing bell towers.
- Dan Kelly, On Golders Hill: A History of the Thorndon Parish, Daniel Kelly/Parish of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, Wellington, 2001.
- 1901 establishments in New Zealand
- Francis Petre buildings
- NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region
- Roman Catholic cathedrals in New Zealand
- Places of worship in Wellington City
- Religious buildings completed in 1901
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- 1901 in New Zealand
- Basilica churches in Oceania