Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus.
Show thyself a Mother, may the Word divine born for us thine Infant hear our prayers through thine.

Join the Chicago Catholic Choir for a special encore performance of our Spring concert entitled “Show Thyself a Mother.”

On the Patronal feast of St. Mary of Perpetual Help, we reflect on inconceivable mystery of God taking flesh by means of a human mother and the tremendous way in which he prepared Mary, the Woman foretold in Genesis, to be both His mother and ours. The title of our concert comes from the fourth verse of the ancient Marian hymn, the Ave Maris Stella, "Hail Star of the Sea". The sea being a symbol of this tempestuous and changing world, God chose to give us His own mother to guide us to our destination.

The concert will include works by St. Hildegard, Monteverdi, Fux, Dufay, Victoria, Lassus, and our director Kevin Allen.

Free and open to the public!