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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230806
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. \nSaturday\, August 5\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 6\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12 Noon*\nSolemn Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nConfessions will be heard on Sunday at the regularly scheduled hours: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Noon)\, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (en Español)\, and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/feast-of-the-transfiguration-of-the-lord/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230806T180000
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Nathan Ringkamp
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the sixth performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 6 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Nathan Ringkamp of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nNathan Ringkamp\nNathan Ringkamp is the newly appointed music director and organist at the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore\, MD. A native of Hollidaysburg\, Pennsylvania\, he is a recent graduate of The Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art in Washington\, D.C. where he received his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. At CUA\, he studied organ with Benjamin LaPrairie and Ronald Stolk\, conducting with Murry Sidlin\, and voice with Gustavo Ahualli. \nWhile pursuing his studies at the university\, he played for the weekly Campus Ministry Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He also aided with organ accompaniment and composition for various ceremonies and Masses at the Basilica\, including the Installation Ceremony of the university’s 16th president\, the Mass of the Holy Spirit\, the Mass of St. Thomas Aquinas\, the Baccalaureate Mass\, and the annual Christmas concert. From 2021 to 2023\, he served as organist at St. Dominic Church in Southwest D.C. He is also an assisting organist at the Basilica. \nNathan has recently participated in a masterclass with Felix Hell and attended the 2023 Yale Summer Organ Week with Martin Jean\, James O’Donnell\, Nathan Laube\, Janette Fishell\, and Jonathan Moyer. He will begin his Master of Music in Organ Performance with Dr. John Walker at the Peabody Conservatory in the fall of 2023.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-nathan-ringkamp/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230814
DTSTAMP:20241217T184636Z
CREATED:20230609T192803Z
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SUMMARY:Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. \nSaturday\, August 12\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 13\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12 Noon*\nSolemn Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nConfessions will be heard on Sunday at the regularly scheduled hours: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Noon)\, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (en Español)\, and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/sunday-in-ordinary-time-2023-08-13/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Benjamin LaPrairie
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the seventh performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 13 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Benjamin LaPrairie of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nBenjamin LaPrairie\nBenjamin LaPrairie serves as Associate Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. Since 2011\, he has assisted in the leadership of the music department and has regularly accompanied daily\, Sunday\, and other special Masses throughout the year. Notable liturgies include the Canonization Mass of Saint Junípero Serra\, celebrated by Pope Francis\, and the Funeral Mass of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In May of 2019\, Benjamin performed with the Choir of the Basilica in concerts and liturgies in Rome for the commemoration of 35 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Previous posts include Principal Organist at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Washington\, D.C.\, and Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles\, Illinois. \nAs a composer\, Benjamin’s works have been performed by the Choir\, Brass\, and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and have been recorded and broadcast worldwide on EWTN\, Salt & Light Media\, and CatholicTV. His setting of Christus Vincit was premiered upon the entrance of Pope Francis into the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine in September of 2015. Recent works include a new setting of Ye Sons and Daughters for the Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and a setting of Joy to the World for the choirs and orchestra of The Catholic University of America. As an organist\, Benjamin has performed throughout the United States and abroad\, and has been featured as a soloist with the Pine Mountain Music Festival\, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City\, NJ\, at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the Eccles Organ Festival at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City\, UT\, and the Sacra Liturgia Conference at St. Patrick Seminary in San Francisco\, CA. Upcoming performances include the Cathedral Concert Series at St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo\, MI. \nA native of Michigan\, Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theater\, and Dance\, where he studied organ with Robert Glasgow. He received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music\, where he studied organ with John Walker\, and was the recipient of the Bruce R. Eicher Prize in Organ. In the fall of 2019\, Benjamin was appointed Lecturer in Organ at The Catholic University of America Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art\, and in 2022\, he was invited to join the board of the Catholic Sacred Music Project\, under the patronage of Robert Cardinal Sarah.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-benjamin-laprairie/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230816
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SUMMARY:Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Solemn Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be celebrated at 12:10 p.m. in the Great Upper Church. \nMonday\, August 14\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and Additional Information:\n\n\n5:15 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Crypt Church\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 15\n  \n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and Additional Information:\n\n\n7:00 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n8:00 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n12:10 p.m.\nSolemn Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Great Upper Church*\n\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m.\nMisa en Español – Great Upper Church*\n\n\n\n\n5:15 p.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nSpecial Plenary Indulgence\nFor the faithful who are able to devoutly visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and who\, while within this church\, participate in any sacred rite or at least recite the Lord’s Prayer and the Profession of Faith may obtain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (sacramental confession\, Eucharistic Communion\, and offer a prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father) (Domus Ecclesiae\, 9 November 1989 Papal Proclamation\, 12 October 1990).
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/solemnity-of-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-2023/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:Liturgy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230821
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SUMMARY:Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. \nSaturday\, August 19\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 20\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12 Noon*\nSolemn Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nConfessions will be heard on Sunday at the regularly scheduled hours: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Noon)\, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (en Español)\, and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/sunday-in-ordinary-time-2023-08-20/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T180000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184636Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Adam Chlebek
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the eighth performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 20 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Adam Chlebek of Lakewood\, Ohio will perform. \nAdam Chlebek\nAdam Chlebek is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with Jonathan Moyer. A Polish-American from Chicago\, IL\, he earned second prize at the 2022 Taylor Organ Competition and has performed throughout the United States and Poland. Chlebek has participated in masterclasses with organists Janette Fishell\, William Porter\, and Arvid Gast. In 2022\, he served as the Sacred Music Intern at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. \nAt Oberlin\, he also focused on choral singing and conducting. He sang in the Oberlin Musical Union\, under the direction of Gregory Ristow\, and Collegium Musicum\, under the direction of Steven Plank and has studied choral conducting with Jodi Kerchner and Ben Johns. \nAdam is an avid jazz pianist; he has participated in Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation Ensemble\, where he has performed with Jamey Haddad\, Jay Ashby\, and Becca Stevens. He is also the keyboardist for The Surrealists\, a psych-rock band based in Evanston\, IL. \nAdam will begin graduate studies in the fall of 2023 at the Eastman School of Music\, where he will study with Nathan Laube.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-adam-chlebek/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230828
DTSTAMP:20241217T184636Z
CREATED:20230609T192803Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. \nSaturday\, August 26\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 27\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and additional information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12 Noon*\nSolemn Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass \nConfessions will be heard on Sunday at the regularly scheduled hours: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Noon)\, 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (en Español)\, and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/sunday-in-ordinary-time-2023-08-27/
LOCATION:The Basilica
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230827T180000
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Randall Sheets
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the final performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 27 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Randall Sheets of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nRandall Sheets\nRandall Sheets recently retired as Ceremonial Organist for Arlington National Cemetery\, where for the past twenty-five years\, he honored our fallen veterans while performing over 1000 services a year in the historic Old Post Chapel. He served as a resource for military chaplains and families in planning services and has performed for dignitaries and government officials at the highest levels including senators\, Supreme Court justices\, secretaries of state and congressmen. Randall now works for the R.A. Daffer Church Organ Company as a sales representative for Northern Virginia\, Washington\, D.C.\, and eastern West Virginia. \nA graduate of Wittenberg University\, he studied with William Walters (piano)\, Trudy Faber (harpsichord) and Cheryl Colantonio (organ)\, then received a MM from Bowling Green State University under Jerome Rose (piano) and Vernon Wolcott (organ) and a DMA under Thomas Schumacher (piano) at the University of Maryland. Throughout his graduate study\, Dr. Sheets taught at the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution\, and later taught at the Levine School of Music\, the National Cathedral School\, and the Landon School. He was awarded the Liszt Commemorative Medal by the Hungarian Minister of Culture for his work as Festival Director of the Franz Liszt Centennial Celebration held in Washington\, D.C. \nRandall tours frequently with trumpeter Chuck Seipp as the Seipp/Sheets Duo. They have performed over 100 concerts in twenty-two states during the last six seasons\, at various universities\, churches\, and festivals. Their concerts are an innovative blend of standard repertoire\, patriotic programs\, and contemporary arrangements with video. They continue to commission many new arrangements and compositions as well as creating their own arrangements. \nAs a church musician\, Dr. Sheets has extensive experience as an organist and choral conductor\, handbell director\, and producing and managing concert series. Concert appearances as an organist include programs at Washington National Cathedral\, The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land\, West Point Cadet Chapel\, National City Christian Church\, The Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception\, St. Luke’s Catholic Church\, McLean\, historic Bruton Parish in Williamsburg\, Virginia\, and Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, South Carolina.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-randall-sheets/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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