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Short Name: | Stephen Somerville |
Full Name: | Somerville, Stephen |
Birth Year: | 1931 |
Death Year: | 2015 |
Somerville, Stephen Francis. (London, England, April 1, 1931-- ). Roman Catholic. University of Toronto, B.A., 1952; Laval University (Quebec), L.Th., 1956; graduate study in Rome. Pastorates (in Ontario) at Grimsby, 1957-1960; Niagara Falls, 1960-1963; Ottawa, 1977-1979; Midland, 1979-?. Taught at St. Michael's Choir School, Toronto, 1963-1970. Edited (1970-1977) Living with Christ, a "missalette" issued every six weeks, giving prayer and scripture passages for all Masses to be celebrated, and including appropriate hymns. During this time he chaired the Diocese of Ottawa's liturgical commission, and represented Canada (1968-1975) on ICEL, charged by the Pope with preparing a text for the whole liturgy which the entire English-speaking world might use.
Texts by Stephen Somerville (10)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Almighty God, we bring to you | Stephen Somerville (Author) | 3 | |
By our sins we have condemned you | Stephen Somerville (Author) | 3 | |
Father, Lord of earth and heaven, King to whom all gifts belong | Stephen Somerville (Author (refrain)) | English | 2 |
For forty years God's people | Stephen Somerville (Author) | 2 | |
Jesus, je voudrais te chanter sur ma route | Stephen Somerville (Translator (stanzas 1–3)) | French | 5 |
Let all the earth cry out to the Lord with joy | Stephen Somerville (Author) | English | 3 |
Lord Jesus, of you I will sing as I journey | Stephen Somerville (Author) | English | 3 |
O Jesus, when we think of you | Stephen Somerville (Translator) | English | 2 |
The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing that I lack | Stephen Somerville, b. 1931 (Author) | English | 2 |
The Lord Jesus Christ is our shepherd | Stephen Somerville, b. 1931 (Author) | English | 2 |