December 7: First Vespers for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Location: Mount St. Mary's Seminary & School of Theology

Monday, December 7
Solemn Vespers • 7:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Chorale
Mount St. Mary’s Latin Schola

On December 7, 2026, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology will celebrate Solemn Vespers at 7:30 pm in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great. The Vespers begins with a solemn procession and choral singing in the antechapel. This year’s vespers on the Seminary’s patronal feast features Marian and Advent choral works by English masters through the centuries: Byrd, Britten, Howells and Whyte. There will be no pre-vespers organ recital.

Admission is free and open to the public.

For a preview of the evening, please see the video from the 2025 Vespers below