(cantare = to sing)
Ciao tutti,
A few weeks ago, after the BCSP trip to Toscana, I got to do
something I love in a place I love – I got to sing in Italy! I was blessed with the
opportunity to sing at the Ferrara cathedral for Mother’s Day (la Festa della Mamma)!
Long story short: Maria, a fellow BCSP student who also
sings at her university, met one of the priests at the Ferrara cathedral
earlier in the semester. He invited her to sing at the Palm Sunday Mass, and
she did such a great job that she was invited back for the Mother’s Day Mass
(this time she was asked to bring fellow BCSP singers!) So myself, Adrienne,
Caitlin, and James (all of us singers back at our home universities) were
invited to come sing with Maria. A bunch of other BCSP students came with us
for support. It was great to have a big group of us all together J
We sang through the whole Mass, providing harmonies to Maria’s
beautiful solos. Because it was Mother’s Day, Maria closed the Mass with
Schubert’s “Ave Maria.” It was very moving, and made us all miss our mothers!!
(What’s more is that Maria was blessed to have her mother in
attendance! She was visiting Maria here in Italy at the time. Maria’s mother
along with John’s mother – John is another BCSP student – brought up the Host
during Communion).
Here is a short compilation video of the Mass. Enjoy!
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| The singers at Ferrara! (from left: Adrienne, Caitlin, Maria, Don Franco, myself, and James) |
Ciao for now,
Augusto
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