Children's Choir

The Children’s Choir plays a vital role in the Church’s worship, forming young voices and hearts in the beauty of the sacred liturgy. As the Second Vatican Council teaches, “Choirs must be diligently promoted, especially in cathedral churches” (Vatican II; Sacrosanctum Concilium, 114). This call includes the careful musical and spiritual formation of children, who learn from an early age that singing at Mass is a prayer offered to God.

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The Children’s Choir is a 40-singer ensemble of soprano and alto voices, open to students in grades 3–8. Through joyful and disciplined rehearsals, children learn the fundamentals of healthy singing, ensemble listening, and music reading. Instruction includes both modern musical notation and the square-note notation of Gregorian chant, equipping choristers with skills that connect them to the Church’s living musical tradition.

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The choir sings English and Latin sacred polyphony and regularly fulfills the proper antiphons of Gregorian Chant from the Graduale Romanum, allowing children to participate directly in the authentic music of the Roman Rite. Rehearsals are held on Wednesdays from 6:15–7:15 p.m. The choir sings for the Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mass one to two times each month and also serves at special liturgies and concert events. Through this ministry, children grow in musical confidence, liturgical understanding, and love for the sacred.