About 400 youth singers from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will take part in an invitation-only mass tomorrow in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame.

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, will celebrate the Mass entitled “For the Pope” to offer thanks for the election and to pray for Pope Francis. 

The singers all attend Catholic schools or are homeschooled in the Diocese.  Participants gain an appreciation for a classical repertoire of sacred music spanning 1,500 years – from Gregorian chant, to the Renaissance, to masterworks of the Twentieth Century. 

Conducting the choir will be Mr. Paul French, music director of the esteemed William Ferris Chorale, and also music director at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Chicago.