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REGINA: Is it common to hear Dominican chant during the Sacred Liturgy?

FATHER SMITH: If you visit Dominican priories throughout the world, it would be common to hear certain chants sung, for instance, the “Salve Regina” or the “O Lumen” the great canticles to Mary and to Saint Dominic; those would be widely used.

In a number of Dominican priories the Office of Compline is celebrated with special solemnity, so the chants for that office are more

commonly heard.