Opportunities for Involvement in Our Music Ministry
The Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation has a comprehensive music ministry program dedicated to leading the assembly in worship and prayer through music at Eucharist and in concert. For more information, please contact Mr. Anthony Gallina, Director of Music Ministries, by e-mail at music@olcshrine.com.
The Shrine Chorale is our main liturgical choir. Membership is open to all men and women high school age and older. This group draws on the diverse traditions of choral music throughout the centuries singing both a cappella and accompanied music from the pre-Renaissance through the twenty-first century. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:15pm in the choir loft. The Chorale sings at the 11:00am Sunday Mass every other week and on major feasts from October through Pentecost.
View the Chorale’s 2025-26 Schedule here
The Basilica Children’s Choir is open to all area youth in grades 1-8. The main emphases of the Children’s Choir are to encourage participation in Mass, music literacy, teamwork through song, and fostering growth in vocal technique and sound. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 3:15-4:00pm in the choir loft. The Children’s Choir sings roughly once per month on Sundays from October through Pentecost.
View the Children’s Choir 2025-26 Schedule here
In Paradisum Choir – NEW in 2025!
The In Paradisum Choir takes its name from the text of the final commendation prayer at funerals (In paradisum deducant te angeli // “May the angels lead you into paradise”). This choir will minister to the bereaved of our Parish and fulfill the spiritual work of mercy of praying for the living and the dead by singing for funerals and our annual Parish Memorial Mass. Membership is open to all. This choir is a great opportunity for those who are retired or semi-retired since funerals fall during normal business hours.
The Assumption Choir leads the music at the Shrine Park for the Mass on the Vigil of the Assumption each year on August 14. This choir is open to all junior high school age and older and usually numbers between 50 and 60 singers from all over our diocese and beyond! In 2024 and 2025, we had members from the Dioceses of Toledo, Columbus, and Cleveland! This choir is a wonderful opportunity to sing a wide range of repertoire with a very short time commitment. Rehearsals begin three Sundays prior to Assumption from 4:00-5:45pm in the Original Shrine Church.
In 2026, the Assumption Choir’s rehearsals are: July 26, August 2, and August 9. RSVPs are appreciated, but not required!
The Carey Ecumenical Choir is a large community choir that presents a concert of Sacred Advent and Christmas Music on the second Sunday of December each year. Begun in 1971, this choir celebrated its 50th anniversary concert last year. Singers from all over the northwest Ohio area from many denominations of Christianity have been and continue to be part of this choir. Membership is open to everyone high school age and older. The membership for the past three years has been between 60 and 70 singers. In the late 1990s, it maxed out at 133!
Rehearsals begin in mid-October from 7:00-9:00pm alternating between Tuesdays and Thursdays at Christ Lutheran Church in Carey. Singers are expected to attend a majority of rehearsals. This year’s concert is on Sunday, December 14 at 4:00pm in the basilica.
The rehearsal schedule for 2025 is: October 23, October 28, November 6, November 11, November 20, November 25, December 4, Decmember 9, and December 11.
The Adoramus Ecumenical Choir is a community choir that presents a sacred music reflection each year on Good Friday at noon in the upper basilica. Adoramus in Latin means “we adore” and comes from the Stations of the Cross prayer: “We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.” Singers from all faith traditions are invited to be a part of this choir. Rehearsals are held on Sundays beginning with the Sunday prior to Ash Wednesday from 1:00-2:30pm in the choir loft. Space is limited to 45 singers. In 2026, the first rehearsal is on February 15.