under the patronage of St Joseph and St Dominic

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept, remembering Zion;
on the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps. . . Ps 136

History

I - SPEM IN ALIUM

This majestic Latin motet for 40 voices was written by Catholic Thomas Tallis in sixteenth century England.  Many assert he did so during the reign of Queen Elizabeth [1558 - 1603].  American conductor and musicologist, George Steel, makes a compelling argument for the reign of Catholic Queen Mary Tudor [1553-1558].  more

II - MARY TUDOR

The first Queen of England reigned for just five and a half years.  She was the last Catholic to do so.  Her attempts to return the English realm to the Faith were largely defeated by the harm already done by her father, Henry VIII.  more