The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny was formed shortly after Pope Benedict’s Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum was promulgated on 7 July 2007. The Society chose as its patron saint Hugh of Cluny (1024-1109), the great abbot of Cluny. It was St. Hugh who understood so deeply the centrality of the liturgy both in the Church and in the culture. His zeal for the reform of the Church was always centered in his love for the liturgy. His attention to the beauty and splendor of the liturgy at Cluny that spread throughout the Church in Europe, became a beacon and a real force in the reform of the Church and society.
We believe that Summorum Pontificum is the magna carta for the return to beauty, splendor, reverence, mystery and deep participation in the Holy Mass. We believe that Pope Benedict has given the Church, especially the Catholic laity, this means and summons to recapture the Tradition, not in some nostalgic or reactionary sense, but rather to rediscover the organic and living organism of the Roman rite and thereby reform and enrich both the Church and the surrounding culture.
The Society is open to all Catholics who wish to support the recovery of Catholic liturgy and the reform of Church and society. The Society will support practical means of meeting this goal: training of priests to celebrate the 1962 use; supporting conferences on traditional liturgy and music, and the role of the arts in liturgy; sponsoring lectures and colloquia on topics relevant to the goals of the Society.
Intercessio nos, quaesumus, Domine, beati Hugonis Abbatis commendat: ut, quod nostris meritis non valemus, eius patrocinio assequamur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, filium tuum, qui vivit et regnat in unitate Spirius Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Father Richard Cipolla, Chaplain
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Much appreciate your site the photos of churches and religious functions. It gives one hope of a restoration to faith and practises of the past.
FYI. Tom Hechel informed us of your web site. It will be good for us to be included in your efforts!
Peg and Nick campbell
My compliments to the Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny for its invaluable service in promoting the active use of the true liturgy of the Church!
Thank you for bringing to me a homecoming as per your Oct. 11, 2014 coverage of Holy Name of Jesus, Brooklyn.
What are the objects of the Society? Is it purely an American society of is it present in the UK & Europe
MANY thanks for the news & photos on this site. The info posted here has helped me tremendously. NYC & surrounding areas are a great place to be Catholic. This site is proof!
Thank God I have found you st high of Cluny.org it’s confusing to say the least out here, America 2017. Hold fast to the traditional liturgy and the beads until this preternatural storm in the church subsides. God bless you abundantly
Good day,
Lost in America! How to bring about the celebration of the Ordinary form of Most Holy Mass to our true Faith? We have a Carmelite Parish nearby where Latin Mass has been celebrated following Vat ll without interruption. We are at home there, not so in our own Parish.
May it happen in our Parish, in our lifetime!
Thank you.
God bless.
Kath
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We participate the Latin Mass at St John the Evangelist in Agawam, MA
I have a question. Last year I attended Palm Sunday at St Mary’s in Norwalk. It seemed the pre 1955 Holy Week Mass was observed. I loved it.Will this be celebrated this way now that Fr Cipolla is no longer Pastor? If not, will it be at St Cyril and Methodius in Bridgeport? I do not wish to ask the parishes directly since I fear this may be controversial ie 1962 Missal alone. Thank you so much!
Jim Gavin
We asked and got this reply “Our response to you is our Lord’s response to the fledgling Apostles in the first chapter of the Gospel of John: ‘ Venite et Videre.’ Come and See, and we suspect that you shall not be disappointed.”
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