“…The choir, including Miss Corradi, soprano, Miss Gomien, contralto, Mr. Pfleuger, tenor, and Mr. Succio, basso, will be assisted by a carefully drilled chorus of twenty-one…” Describes decorations.

“A new mass, by the distinguished organist of this church, M. Louis Dachauer, will be sung for the first time by the solo choir [lists soloists]…a new ‘Veni Creator,’ as an unaccompanied quartet, will precede the sermon.”

“The dwellers in the neighborhood of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, in East Twelfth street [sic], were roused from their first slumbers on Christmas Eve by Father Preston’s bells, which rang out a joyous peal immediately after St. George’s clock, in Stuyvesant square [sic], had struck 12. ‘Midnight mass,’ said the good Catholics who had not retired, or who were awakened by the tuneful chimes. They donned their shawls and overcoats, or arose from their beds, and hurried to the church. The doors were closed, and all was dark. The joyful changes with that minor seventh, which Sexton Bunn does not admire, rang on, but there was no midnight mass for the early and alte worshippers of Twelfth street [sic].”

“…The musical services consisted of the singing of carols by the Sunday-school children, and of anthems and hymns by the choir.” There is an additional brief review on p. 5: “The new ‘Veni Creator,’ sung before the sermon, was a feature of the sacred music. The choir, including [lists soloists], were assisted by a carefully-drilled chorus of 25.”

In a review for a concert that took place at Steinway Hall on 12/29/73, there is a passing reference to this service: “In the programme was Adam’s ‘Cantique de Nöel,’ which was so magnificently sung on Christmas Day by Mlle. Octavie Gomien, and which was unfortunately entrusted to a tenor on this occasion.”