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Courtney Smith
  • Class of 2012
  • Gorham, ME

Courtney Smith of Gorham Tours in Maine with Saint Michael's College Liturgical Choir, Feb. 3, 4, and 5

2012 Jan 27

Courtney Smith, daughter of Jonathan and Cynthia Smith of Gorham, is part of the 39 member group of the Saint Michael's College Liturgical Ensemble and Singers singing at Mass in four locations over three days, Feb. 3, 4, and 5, in Portland and Westbrook, Maine. The singers will be accompanied by the Rev. Brian J. Cummings, SSE, Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Michael's, who will say Mass at each location, and by Jerome Monachino, Associate Director of Edmundite Campus Ministry for Liturgical Ministry, who directs the singers.

Smith, a senior education and religious studies double, graduated from Gorham High School before coming to Saint Michael's, located in Burlington, Vermont, one of the top 10 college towns in the country.

The choir will sing "Salumu Maria," an African Folk Hymn, the Hail Mary in Sawhili, arranged by Jerome Monachino, as well as a number of other selections.

The Mass schedule with the singers and Rev. Brian Cummings, SSE, as principal celebrant, is as follows:

Friday, February 3, Mass at 9 a.m. at Cheverus High School, Portland

Friday, February 3, Mass at 1 p.m. at McAuley High School, Portland

Saturday, February 4, Mass at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, 1342 Congress St., Portland

Sunday, February 5, Mass at 9 a.m. at St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown Street, Westbrook

The Saint Michael's Liturgical Choir and Ensemble performs in its own eclectic and popular musical style, using a combination of African, Brazilian, and American Swing flavors to compliment traditional hymn singing. Guided by their mission of inspiring sung prayer, they perform with great enthusiasm. The group was one of the select few choirs invited to perform for Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day in Denver, Colo., in 1993.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu. Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 376 Colleges, and included in the 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings.