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From the Ship-of-Fools website<\/a><\/p>\n

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What books did the congregation use during the service?<\/span><\/strong>
The aforementioned missal was available, but most people didn’t seem to be using anything \u2013 nor did they seem to be participating, but rather were "hearing mass", to use the old-fashioned expression.<\/p>\n

What musical instruments were played?<\/strong><\/span>
The organ (probably the original four-manual Kilgen) was used only for one hymn. One of the church’s four choirs, the all-male schola cantorum<\/em>, chanted pretty much everything in Latin from a choir loft. A couple of sopranos and altos joined them for the Byrd Ave Verum Corpus<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Did anything distract you?<\/strong><\/span>
I was distracted by the lessons for the day being chanted in Latin with no translation provided. I wondered if this congregation, even though accustomed to a Tridentine mass, actually knew what was being sung. A few small children made the noises that small children will make in church, but that didn’t compare with my annoyance at the lack of a proper service sheet. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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