The Junior Choir

The Junior Choir is a group of young people from the age of 8 years to 17 years. We meet every Monday evening in the Church from 7-8pm (except during school holidays and Bank holidays). We prepare the music for the Sunday 10am Mass. This Mass is usually thought of as the Family Mass and it is lovely to see so many children/young people involved in the music, readings, offertory and all parts of the Eucharistic celebration. We work closely with the Children’s Liturgy co-ordinators and try, where ever possible, to make the music match the theme of the readings.

We support both the First Holy Communion and Confirmation programmes by providing music for these very special occasions. We often join the Adult Choir and both groups support and learn from this experience.

Each summer we close the group from the end of July until school reopens in September. We usually take the young people bowling, to the cinema or a treat of their choice as a thank you for all the hard work and commitment.

It is important to stress that this is a huge commitment being part of this special choir, as our young people depend heavily on their parents and family to bring them along each Monday for practise and Sunday morning for the Mass. Without this commitment our group would not exist. I can only praise and thank these parents and have no doubt that the future of our church is it’s young people and that many of the group will in years to come be supporting their children in choir groups just like ours.

For any more information please contact Raphaela Derrick on: 020 8530 2936

 

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