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Mass in Honor of Our Lady of the Lake

October 24, 2025 - 9:14am — Don9of11
Has anyone heard of Fr. William Jurgens? He composed a Mass in Honor of Our Lady of the Lake, Gregorian Institute of America. 1966/67. (lyrics and music by Fr. William Jurgens). He was a preist in the Cleveland Diocese and the Mass was composed for patroness of St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland. I'm currently in contact with diocesen archives to see if there anything about a Mass in Fr. Jurgen's file.

In the 1990 catalog of American Masses and Requiems, it's listed arranged for TTB & organ with optional congregational; 15 minutes long.

google.com/books/edition/American_Masses_and_Requiems/ir0UmcmWqRkC...

If you know about this Mass or have a copy please let know.
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October 29, 2025 - 1:16pm — Don9of11

GIA Archivist looking

Thank you Rich for looking. I reached out to GIA archivist and she is going to check with the editors if they have anything. They may want me to sign something limiting my use of the mass setting to research only.

I also checked with the Cleveland Diocese archives and they don't have anything.  

Don
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October 28, 2025 - 2:11pm — Richard Schletty

Unable to locate Mass in Honor of Our Lady of the Lake

I have never heard of this Mass. My interweb search also came up dry. Good luck with your search, Don.

Here's a good bio of Rev. William Jurgens: https://case.edu/ech/articles/j/jurgens-rev-william-hed

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