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Mass Settings from OCP

Offering more than 60 different Mass settings, OCP has something for every assembly. Whether your church is filled with children from the parish school, multi-generational families or faithful of all ages; whether you worship in English, Spanish, Vietnamese or a combination thereof; whether you prefer chant and more traditional music or more modern and contemporary styles—OCP's variety of Mass settings ensures that you'll be able to find the right setting for your community.

Below is a comprehensive list of all the OCP Mass settings. In the Mass setting comparison table you can filter by instrumentation, language and resource by checking the boxes directly below. You can also sort the table by clicking on the column headings. For information on the specific Mass parts available or to read a full description of each Mass setting, just click on the Mass name.

At the bottom of the page you'll find the English ICEL Chant Mass, which you can download free of charge, with the kind cooperation and full approval of ICEL.

Also, don't miss out on our Mass settings blog series where Dr. Glenn Byer provides an in-depth look at the main Mass parts.

Mass Settings Comparison Table

Mass Name	Composer	Style	Voicing	Language	Find it in:
A Christmas Mass	Paul Gibson	Traditional	SATB	English
Belmont Mass	Christopher Walker	Chant	Unison	English	JS3
Celtic Mass	Christopher Walker	Traditional	SATB	English	GP3
Coventry Acclamations	Paul Inwood	Traditional	Unison	English
Glastonbury Eucharistic Acclamations	Christopher Walker	Traditional	Unison optional descant	English
Gaelic Mass	Christopher Walker	Traditional	SATB Descant Cantor	English
Heritage Mass	Owen Alstott	Traditional	SATB	English	BB, MI, UC, HM, GP3, JS3
Mass for Our Lady of Light	Jesse Manibusan, Remi Fonseca Bauer	Crossover	SATB	English
Mass for St. Teresa of Calcutta	Bob Fabing, SJ	Crossover	Unison	English
Mass of a Joyful Heart	Steve Angrisano, Tom Tomaszek	Contemporary	SAB	English	GP3, SS
Mass of Christ the Redeemer	Bernard Kirkpatrick	Traditional	SATB	English
Mass of Christ the Savior / Misa Cristo Salvador	Dan Schutte	Crossover	SAB	English, Spanish, Bilingual (Eng/Span)	BB, MI, UC, HM, GP3, JS3
Mass of Freedom	Stephen Lee	Gospel Style	SAB Cantor	English
Mass of Glory	Ken Canedo, Bob Hurd	Gospel Style	SATB	English	BB, MI, UC, HM, GP3, JS3
Mass of God's Promise	Dan Schutte	Crossover	SAB	English
Mass of Hope Eucharistic Acclamations	Bernadette Farrell	Crossover	Unison	English
Mass of New Life	Scott Soper	Crossover	SATB	English
Mass of Rebirth	John Michael Talbot	Traditional	SATB, Unison	English
Mass of Renewal	Curtis Stephan	Contemporary Crossover	SAB	Bilingual (Eng/Vie)	BB, MI, HM, GP3, JS3, SS
Mass of Restoration	Josh Blakesley, Grae McCullough	Contemporary	Three-part	English
Mass of Simplicity	Julie Hoy	Children's Traditional	Unison	English
Mass of Spirit and Grace	Ricky Manalo, CSP	Crossover	SATB	English	JS3, BB, MI
Mass of St. Frances Cabrini	Kevin Keil	Traditional Crossover	SATB	English	BB, MI
Mass of St. Gregory the Great	Luke Mayernik	Traditional	Unison	English
Mass of St. John	Bobby Fisher	Contemporary	SATB	English
Mass of St. Joseph	Paul A. Tate	Contemporary Crossover	SAB	English
Mass of St. Luke	Gerard Chiusano	Traditional	SATB	English
Mass of St. Paul the Apostle	Christopher Walker	Traditional Crossover	SATB	English	BB, MI
Mass of St. Timothy	Tom Booth, Matt Maher, Tim E. Smith	Contemporary	Unison	English	SS
Mass of Thanks and Praise	Carey Landry	Children's	Two-part	English
Mass of the Desert	Tom Booth	Contemporary	SAB	English	SS
Mass of the Holy Angels	Gerard Chiusano	Traditional, Crossover	SATB	English
Mass of the Incarnate Word Eucharistic Acclamations	Bob Hurd	Crossover	SATB	English
Mass of Christ the Inner Light	Ricky Manalo, CSP	Crossover	SATB, Unison	English
Mass of the Little Flower	Mark Friedman Janet Vogt	Children's	Unison Descant	English
Mass of the Most Holy Trinity	Ken Canedo	Traditional, Crossover	SATB	English
Mass of the New Covenant	Gael Berberick, Barney Walker	Crossover	SATB	English
Mass of the Resurrection	Randall DeBruyn	Traditional	SATB	English	BB, MI, HM, JS3
Mass of the Sacred Heart	Timothy R. Smith	Contemporary Crossover	SAB	English	GP3
Misa a Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia	Carlos Manuel Santana Reyes	Latin flavored	Unison	Spanish
Misa Andina	Javier Leturia	Latin flavored	Unison	Spanish	FYC3
Misa de la Aurora	Juan J. Sosa, Pbro.	Cuban	Unison	Spanish	MD, UC, FYC3
Misa del Pueblo Inmigrante	Bob Hurd	Traditional	SATB, Dsc	Bilingual (Eng/Span)	MD, FYC3
Misa del Sagrado Corazón	Pedro Rubalcava	Mariachi	Three-part	Spanish	UC
Misa Dominicana	Various	Caribbean	Two-part	Spanish	FYC3
Misa Juan Diego	Rufino Zaragoza, OFM	Latin flavored	Unison	Spanish	UC, FYC3
Misa Melódica	Alejandro Mejía	Latin flavored	Unison	Spanish	MD, UC, FYC3
Misa Puertorriqueña	Various artists	Caribbean	Unison	Spanish	MD, FYC3
Misa Rosas del Tepeyac	Carlos Rosas	Mariachi	Unison	Spanish	FYC3
Misa San José	Mary Frances Reza	Southwestern	Unison, Two-part	Spanish	MD, UC, FYC3
Misa San Pablo	Jaime Cortez	Latin flavored	Unison	Spanish	FYC3
Misa Santa Cecilia/Mass of St. Cecilia	Estela García-López, Rodolfo López	Latin flavored	SATB	Bilingual (Eng/Span)	MD, UC
Misa Santa Fe	Mary Frances Reza	Latin flavored	SATB	Bilingual (Eng/Span)	BB, MI, UC, GP3, JS3
Misa Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús	Azeneth González	Contemporary	Three-part	Spanish
Missa Magis	Christopher Willcock, SJ	Traditional	SATB	English
Missa Oecumenica	Richard Proulx	Chant	SATB	English
Missa Ubi Caritas	Bob Hurd	Chant	SATB	Bilingual (Eng/Lat)
Nueva Misa Latinoamericana	Mauricio Centeno José Córdova	Latin flavored	SATB	Spanish	FYC3
Santa Clara Mass	Bob Hurd	Crossover	SAB	English
Wondrous Love Mass	Kevin Keil, Paul Hillebrand	Lenten/Traditional	SATB	English

JS3Journeysongs: Third Edition
SSSpirit & Song
BBBreaking Bread
MIMusic Issue
UCUnidos en Cristo/United in Christ
HMHeritage Missal
MDMisal del Día
FYC3Flor y Canto Tercera Edición
GP3Glory & Praise, Third Edition

Mass Settings Blog Series

In this infomative blog series, Dr. Glenn CJ Byer provides an in-depth look at the various sung parts of the Mass—their origin, history, liturgical usage and more.

Introductory Rite

1) Gloria in Excelsis Deo: The Glory to God
2) Kyrie Eleison: Lord, Have Mercy

Gospel Acclamation

Liturgy of the Word

1) Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia
2) Lenten Gospel Acclamation

Eucharistic Acclamation

Liturgy of the Eucharist

1) Sanctus: The Holy Holy Holy
2) The Mystery of Faith: Mysterium Fidei
3) The Doxology & Amen: The Great Amen
4) Agnus Dei: Lamb of God

International Commission on English in the Liturgy Chant Mass

With the kind cooperation and full approval of ICEL, we are pleased to offer, without charge, official recordings and sheet music for the ICEL English-language Chant Mass. IMPORTANT NOTE: When reprinting these ICEL accompaniments, please take care that the copyright lines are always shown.

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