The tuition will be in small groups selected according to ability, and will cover Low Mass, Missa Cantata and Missa Solemnis.
Some tuition in the sacraments of baptism and marriage may also be included if there is demand for it.
In addition, there will be tuition for laymen wishing to learn to serve Mass in the older forms. The dates for both priests and servers are :-
Buckfast Abbey, Devon, Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th May 2011
The conference will begin late morning on the Tuesday, although there will be the opportunity for those travelling long distances to stay at Buckfast on the Monday night. It will end after lunch on the Friday.
There will be Sung Mass every day: Solemn Mass on Tuesday and Friday; Missa Canatata on Wednesday and Thursday. The Solemn Mass on Friday will include a polyphonic choir.
The fee for attending, for priests or servers, will be £85 to include tuition, three nights' accommodation and full board. There will be supplementary charges for extra nights and en suite accommodation. To book you place on either the priests' course or servers' course, please fill in an application form (which can be downloaded here), and return with your cheque to:
Paul Waddington (Conference Organiser)
Church House,
Main Street,
Hemingbrough,
SELBY YO8 6QE
