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Drawing souls to Jesus Christ through the beauty of sacred music.

04/03/2026

Happy Maundy Thursday!

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens
usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

Christ became obedient for us
even unto death, death on the cross.

03/31/2026

Wondering what we've been up to? We welcomed the newest member of our schola, little Flora Celestina into the world in January. Our lovely soprano, Hannah also recently got married.

Here is "Ave Regina Caelorum" by Steven D. Talley, our hymn of thanksgiving before Our Lady of Guadalupe at the end of Flora's baptism.

Have a blessed Holy Week!

11/11/2025

On this day remembering those who have sacrificed their lives for peace, we’d like to share the finale from our concert: Elgar’s “Lux Aeterna”, a stunning piece which is based on this prayer—

“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”

We dedicated this piece to all of our loved ones who have gone before us, especially in this month of November where the Church commemorates the all faithful departed. May they rest in peace! 🙏🏼

11/09/2025

A FULL HOUSE! We are beyond grateful for the love and support of all who attended our first-ever concert last night! 🙏🏼

A big thanks to Fr Juan Lucca and St Francis of Assisi for hosting us in their beautiful Parish, and to all of our friends and family who helped make it possible!

Ultimately, we are thankful to God for instilling within us a passion to sing His praises, and spread the beauty of the faith through sacred music.
What an honour and a blessing for our ministry to share the richness of our Catholic musical heritage in a concert setting, and help fundraise for St Francis’ tower restoration. If you attended, we would love to hear your feedback— please send us a dm! 📩

📸 The amazing Michael McKay was our photographer!

🪄 The lovely Brielle Quon was our graphic designer extraordinaire!

⛪️St Francis of Assisi was our gracious host!

❤️ And thank you to our dear, dear friends… it is always a joy singing with you, and it was truly incredible singing this concert together.
Hannah Schweitzer — Soprano
Megan Littlejohn — Soprano/Alto
Anabella Ma — Alto/Director
Daniel Ma — Tenor .eques_dei
Anthony Nootebos — Bass/Composer
Agostino Pizzolato — Bass

+AMDG+

11/05/2025

We’re so excited to sing for you at our concert on Friday, at the beautiful St Francis of Assisi Parish!
Invite your friends and family! We look forward to seeing you there. 🤩

— Details below! —

Join us for our first-ever CONCERT, “Tenebris Ad Lucem: From Darkness to Light”, at 7:30pm on Friday, November 7th, at St Francis of Assisi Parish in Vancouver!
We’ve prepared a musical journey representing themes of penitence and sorrow, to the brilliance of Eternal Light in heaven— featuring our most beloved pieces from every liturgical season. After 5 years of singing together throughout the Archdiocese, we’re very grateful for this opportunity to share and celebrate the richness of our Catholic musical tradition with you!

⏰WHEN? Friday, November 7th, at 7:30pm

📍WHERE? St Francis of Assisi Parish
2025 Napier St, Vancouver, BC

❓WHY? We are grateful to the Archdiocese of Vancouver for the opportunities to sing sacred music, and for how far we’ve journeyed as a choir and ministry in the past 5 years, so this concert will enable us to celebrate with the community and further expose people to the beauty of sacred music and the richness of our faith!

💜ADMISSION: Donations accepted! Your support makes this possible! Proceeds go towards helping repair St Francis of Assisi’s church tower and choir loft.

10/08/2025

Join us for our first-ever CONCERT, “Tenebris Ad Lucem: From Darkness to Light”, at 7:30pm on Friday, November 7th, at St Francis of Assisi Parish in Vancouver!
We’ve prepared a musical journey representing themes of penitence and sorrow, to the brilliance of Eternal Light in heaven— featuring our most beloved pieces from every liturgical season. After 5 years of singing together throughout the Archdiocese, we’re very grateful for this opportunity to share and celebrate the richness of our Catholic musical tradition with you!

⏰WHEN? Friday, November 7th, at 7:30pm

📍WHERE? St Francis of Assisi Parish
2025 Napier St, Vancouver, BC

❓WHY? We are grateful to the Archdiocese of Vancouver for the opportunities to sing sacred music, and for how far we’ve journeyed as a choir and ministry in the past 5 years, so this concert will enable us to celebrate with the community and further expose people to the beauty of sacred music and the richness of our faith!

💜ADMISSION: Donations accepted! Your support makes this possible!

09/17/2025

🔥If you’re between the ages of 18 - 35, please fill out this survey about your experience of the Catholic liturgy today! This could greatly help the Archdiocese of Vancouver understand where young people are at in terms of their Mass experience, and how they could improve the liturgy to draw more people to attend Mass, and ultimately to Jesus Christ. Your answers are being collected by Anabella Ma (Nootebos) for personal research, and will be presented to the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver for their consideration. Depending on your answers, this survey may take 8-10 minutes to complete. Thank you very much for your response! You can find the link here, in the comments, and in our instagram bio. 🙏🏼 Please share with your friends!

🔗Link: https://forms.gle/SEqYXJ7XYJzHrXct8

➡️Anabella and Daniel Ma are young adults who run an apostolate/ministry and young adult choir called “Sacred Music Sundays”, which aims to revitalize our Catholic musical traditions of Gregorian Chant and sacred polyphony in the Mass and Catholic culture, and to evangelize and draw people to Jesus Christ through its beauty. You can listen to their work on facebook and instagram,

⁉️If you have any questions about this survey or their work, please don’t hesitate to reach out! The email to contact is: [email protected] or DM us here on instagram!

11/22/2024

Today we celebrate the feast day of St Cecilia, Patroness of Music!

St Cecilia, please guide us and all musicians in our craft, and invigorate us as we continue singing praises to God. Following your example, may we be ever drawn to Jesus, who is Beauty incarnate. Amen.

11/13/2024

🚨FREE CONCERT ALERT🚨

You don’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the blessing of a new pipe organ, sing Vespers of St. Cecilia on her feast day, and hear a spectacular organ performance by the world-renowned Edward Norman, complete with voice and cello solos, as well as choral pieces performed by Sts Joachim & Ann’s choir and Sacred Music Sundays! (Phew, that was a lot) It will truly be a Feast of Sacred Music!

⏰When: Friday, Nov 22nd, at 7pm
📍Where: Sts Joachim & Ann’s Parish, Aldergrove
❓Why: To celebrate St Cecilia’s feast day, the Feast of Sacred Music, and bless our new pipe organ
Admission: ✨FREE✨

So, are you coming? 🤩

11/09/2024

Launching into a new season with a new look for Sacred Music Sundays! 🎉We felt that it was time to update our online presence to help sacred music reach more people, and also find a way to make it more manageable to maintain by having a consistent, simple brand identity. Our talented friend .quon at sat down to talk to us extensively about our mission as a choir and help us develop a vision for our image, as a group of young adults dedicated to spreading the beauty of the Church’s tradition in an accessible way. Our rebrand is steeped in the timelessness and perpetual relevance of the liturgy, where God meets us in an intimate way.Looking forward to expanding the reach of our Apostolate throughout our Archdiocese and beyond!+AMDG

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