Songs of the Soul
A festival of music honoring our Holy Cross Sisters
Sat. December 13, 2014 @ 2:00 PM EST
*******Sister Frances O'Connor******* (Aunt Alice ) & RKT
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Who are the Sisters of the Holy Cross?
We are a Roman Catholic congregation of women religious, part of the international Holy Cross family of sisters, brothers and priests.
Sisters of the Holy Cross live out Jesus’ gospel and mission by ministering in many different ways to people around the world.
Website: http://www.cscsisters.org/Pages/Default.aspx
Location: 100 Lourdes Hall – Saint Mary's Notre Dame, IN 46556-5014
Phone: 574-284-5660
The Golden Dome @ Notre Dame
Featuring Irish Lyric Tenor ----- Mr. Richard Kerry Thompson
Richard Kerry Thompson, bel canto Irish American Tenor - RKT has honored America at events such as: Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, U.S.S. Constitution, U.S.S. Salem, Bunker Hill, JFK Library, Dayton Flyers, Boston Harbor Fest, Massachusetts National Cemetery, Boston Faneuil Hall, National Powerlifting Championship, Mass. Korean War Memorial, Swartz Creek Veterans Memorial, and numerous other Civic events.
He has also raised thousands of dollars for the local food pantry in his home town through benefit concerts over the past six years, uniting choirs and soloists of all faiths.
His highest honor is sharing the gift of song for those who have served - Acta non Verba - Actions not words - our Missionaries - Thank you
Richard is the Dean of Students at an Alternative / Non Traditional High School creating opportunities for success one student at a time. He serves as 1/9 board members for the National Alternative Education Association empowering the nation to support initiatives for our students in crises and alternative ways to not become a high school dropout.
Below is a link to the National Alternative Education Association.
Please pray for our teens in crises as 25% of High School students never graduate in America.
pro Deo et Patria
for God and Country
Programme
Sat. December 14, 2013 -2:00 PM EST
2014 Programme
Opening Prayer – Sr. Frances O’Connor (Aunt Alice)
- Amazing Grace - Sing Along
- Comfort Ye – From Handle Messiah
- Believe
- Bring Him Home
- It is Well with My Soul
- 12 Days of Christmas - Featuring the singing NUNS
- Still Still Still
- Silent Night
- O Holy Night
- Ave Maria
- Joy to the World
- O Danny Boy
- Irish Blessing
Closing Prayer
Photos from 2014 Concert
Experience
An Experience of Music - 2013 Photos
Jim Thompson father of RKT, sings with ASL - American Sign Language as he signs and interprets the "Irish Blessing"
The Sisters reinact the 12 days of Christmas
with C.C.D.
Below is the Name of our performing nun, Gift - CCD representation
We wish to thank...
Sister GRACE : 12 Drummers Drumming : Twelve points of the Apostle's Creed
Sister BARBARA :11 Pipers Piping : eleven faithful Apostles
Sister VIRGINIA : 10 Lords a Leaping : Ten Commandments
Sister FLORENCE : 9 Ladies Dancing : Seven Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Sister PERPETUA : 8 Maids a Milking : Eight Beatitudes
Sister JOAN : 7 Swans a Swimming : Seven Sacraments
Sister JOAN ELIZABETH : 6 Geese a Laying : Six Days of Creation
Sister PIUS : 5 Golden Rings ; Five Books of the Old Testament
Sister CARMEL MARIE : 4 Calling Birds : Four Gospels
Sister JOANN : 3 French Hens / Theological Virtues - Faith - Hope - Charity
Sister LEONARA : 2 Turtle Doves : Old & New Testament
Sister MARY ELIZABETH : and a Partridge in a Pear Tree : Jesus Christ
Organizer of the 12 Days of Christmas singing NUNS - My Aunt Anne O'Connor, lovely bride of Frank O'Connor - Sister Frances O'Connor little brother.
Below is a link to the C.C.D. of the 12 Days of Christmas
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/t/twelvedaysofchristmas.htm#.Uq2sMfRDuSo
Below is another link for even more research...
12 Days of Christmas Quiz...
How many presents did your true love give to you by the twelve day?
Below is a basic mathematical equation...
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wilsonst/courses/math_300/groupwork/Nos23-/GWSp34/GWSp34m1.html
Below is a link for your triangular numbers lesson of the day...
Televised throughout the Mother House
We wish to thank Sister Murphy for her expertise in setting up the technology to live stream the concert throughout the grounds of Holy Cross.
Programme 2013
Opening Prayer – Sr. Frances O’Connor (Aunt Alice)
Amazing Grace – Verses - 1,2,3 - Sing Along
Comfort Ye – From Handle Messiah
Once Upon A December
Believe
Any Dream Will Do – MMR
Bring Him Home
It is Well with My Soul
12 Days of Christmas - Featuring the singing NUNS
Still Still Still
O Holy Night
Little Drummer Boy
Amazing Grace – Verses 4 & 5 - Sing Along
Joy to the World
Irish Blessing
Closing Prayer
The First Noel - Pachelbel Cannon - RKT & MJP
Silent Night
Silent night, Holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round young virgin , mother and child
Holy infant so, tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Christmas Moments
Clare wrote a poem to be read before the song "Believe" from Polar Express.
Picture of Clare at her First Communion daughter of Richard.
Christmas Moments
"I see the beautiful bright shining shimmering lights.
I hear the cheerful sound of Christmas songs throughout the night.
I smell the aroma of the fresh peppermint candy-canes swirling through the air.
I feel the flakes of glittering snow landing on my face as gently as butterflies setting on leaves.
I know Christmas will bring joy to all who...
BELIEVE."
The Christmas Concert Tradition begins in 2011 - Video Below
It is with the highest honor that I am given to share the gift of song with such dedicated Sisters during the holiday season.
My mother is the youngest of ten children and her sister is Aunt Alice, known as Sister Frances O'Connor O'Connor family.
Above is a video of that first concert and below is a video of the O'Connor Family.
I love you Aunt Alice and Aunt Becky.
Richard AKA - "Ricky"
Aunt Alice Sr. Frances O'Connor and MOM - Katie Thompson
Sister Frances O'Connor Family Video
Song Lyrics from Concert
Copy of Handel Messiah Music - Print 1912
Name the Christmas Carol Game
Same Questions - Different Drawings
Special Guest Artist
Michael Martin Redmond
Michael is 15 years old and is a sophomore at Mott Middle College.
"Any Dream Will Do" from the Musical Joseph.
Below is a Video of the Production that Michael starred in and his grandmother Katie Thompson Co-Directed.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Richard Kerry Thompson
Our Father
O Danny Boy
Music of the Night
You Raise Me Up
Brother 2 Brother
Last Year 2012 Brother 2 Brother shared the gift of Music with the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the following is a description of their ministry.
Brother 2 Brother: Music With A Message
In 2008 Richard Kerry Thompson and I formed Brother 2 Brother. Rick and I have been friends since junior high school, although our paths took us in different directions for over 20 years. Rick studied opera in Ireland and Belgium and spent a number of years in Boston before moving back to Swartz Creek where I live. He has sung in numerous venues, including singing The National Anthem for the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls. Currently he is the Dean of Students for The Swartz Creek Global Learning Hub and heads a program in online education. Brother 2 Brother is available for church worship services, sacred concerts, coffee houses and other fellowship/outreach events.
Below is a link to music by B2B.
Pro Deo et Patria
Richard Kerry Thompson
Thank you again for taking your time to view this webpage, I have created it in Hopes that the Experience of serving through music will be brought to more people through out the world with technology as a vehicle and empirical data to support, plus some fun and memories.
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Richard Kerry Thompson
AKA RKT
Ricky to Aunt Alice (Sr. Frances O'Connor
Email: rthompson@swcrk.org
Website: http://www.swartzcreek.org/Schools/SCGlobalLearningHub.aspx
Location: 8197 Miller Road, Swartz Creek, MI, United States
Phone: 810-591-4389
Twitter: @RKT_2013
This site does not have ALL the answers, yet it is a start...
Yet indeed the real questions are answered within the search for true self.
RKT
Website: http://www.google.com/
Songs of the Soul by: RKT
This experience of music will range from classical to Broadway, all in the spirit of joy and and Christmas.