Friday September 29, the Feast of St. Michael
1)Shrine of the Most Precious Blood, 113 Baxter St., New York, NY, Solemn Mass, 7:15 pm. Sponsored by the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George.

2) St. Francis Xavier Church, 1703 Lurting Avenue, the Bronx, Solemn Mass, 7 pm. information. From the pastor: “This is the first Traditional Mass at Saint Francis since the council. Any publicity that can be given for this event would be very helpful. I have hopes that this will become a regular part of our parish life.”

3) St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT. Traditional Vespers at 7:30 pm followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Also coming up:

Two Solemn Pontifical Masses in October
1)  Saturday, October 14, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, NJ., 9:30 am.   Celebrant, Most Reverend Arthur Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson. information

2)  Thursday, October 19, St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT.  Conference at 5:30 pm, Solemn Pontifical Mass with Bishop Athanasius Schneider at 7:30 pm.  information

We at the St Hugh of Cluny Society sponsored a Solemn Mass yesterday at the historic church of the Most Precious Blood in New York, for the start of the festival of San Gennaro. Fr Richard Gennaro Cipolla was the celebrant; Fr. Chris Salvatori served as deacon; Will Haffey as subdeacon. Bill Riccio was master of ceremonies snd David Hughes conducted the splendid music. The Sacred Constantinian Military Order of Saint George was present, maintaining their commitment to Italian culture and to the Traditional liturgy. We thank Msgr. Donald Sakano, pastor of Old St. Patrick’s,  for his invitation to the shrine church of the Most Precious Blood.

We greeted many old friends of the Society.  And as the mass progressed the congregation grew – many who had wandered in from the festival stayed for the mass. By communion it was a full church! It demonstrates what can be done to return a Catholic religious presence to what has become an almost exclusively secular event. (We also note that, further to the north on Mulberry Street, the Russian Catholic chapel of St. Michael also had its doors open to visitors. They too realized the potential for evangelization in this apparently unreligious festival.)

Thursday, September 14 will be the 10th anniversary of the date when Summorum Pontificum went into effect.

Holy Innocents Church, New York, will have a bus going to Philadelphia for the Pontifical Mass that will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul by Bishop Joseph Perry at 7PM.

The bus will be leaving from in front of Holy Innocents at 3:30PM. The cost per seat is $35. You reserve a seat, please call the rectory office (212-279-5861).

Traditional Masses coming up this month:

Monday, Sept, 11, Requiem Mass in the Dominican Rite at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave., New York, 7 pm. Sponsored by the New York Purgatorial Society. information: http://sthughofcluny.org/2017/09/new-york-purgatorial-society-requiem-mass.html

Thursday, Sept. 14, The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
1) Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 E. 116th St, New York, Low Mass at 7:45 am; High Mass and Te Deum at 7:30 pm.

2) Our Lady of Peace Church, 620 Amboy Ave., Fords, NJ, Solemn Mass and veneration of a relic of the True Cross, 7 pm.

3) Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, Missa Cantata, 6 pm.

Friday, September 15, The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
1) Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, Missa Cantata at 9 pm, followed by an all-night vigil to pray for pro-life intentions. 5 am closing Missa Cantata. information: http://sthughofcluny.org/2017/09/all-night-pro-life-vigil-in-new-york.html

2) Holy Name of Jesus Church, 245 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, Missa Cantata, 7 pm. information: http://sthughofcluny.org/2017/08/traditional-mass-in-brooklyn-for-feast-of-the-seven-sorrows.html

3) Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, Missa Cantata, 6 pm.

Saturday, September 16, San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy, New York
Shrine of the Most Precious Blood, 113 Baxter St, New York, NY (Little Italy) Solemn Mass, 11 am. This Mass will feature the Missa Brevis in D Major of Mozart. information

Sunday, September 17, Mass for those with Downs Syndrome
St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 9:30 am. Those with Down Syndrome, their family and friends, are invited to a Mass asking for the intercession of St. Robert Bellarmine. A reception follows in the parish hall. information: http://sthughofcluny.org/2017/08/down-syndrome-apostolate-traditional-mass-in-norwalk.html

Friday September 29, the Feast of St. Michael
1)Shrine of the Most Precious Blood, 113 Baxter St., New York, NY, Solemn Mass, 7:15 pm. Sponsored by the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George.

2) St. Francis Xavier Church, 1703 Lurting Avenue, the Bronx, Solemn Mass, 7 pm. information

3) St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT. Traditional Vespers at 7:30 pm followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Also coming up:

Two Solemn Pontifical Masses in October
1)  Saturday, October 14, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, NJ., 9:30 am.   Celebrant, Most Reverend Arthur Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson. information

2)  Thursday, October 19, St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT.  Conference at 5:30 pm, Solemn Pontifical Mass with Bishop Athanasius Schneider at 7:30 pm.  information

Some pictures courtesy of Diana Yuan of yesterday’s Solemn Mass of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York (East Harlem).

(Above) Blessing of flowers, herbs and seeds.

This week, St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT, began offering daily Traditional Low Mass at 7:30 am, Monday through Friday. On Wednesdays and Fridays, the Mass is followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the St. Patrick Chapel downstairs for all-day Eucharistic adoration.  Today in a homily, Father Cipolla urged parishioners to thank God for the gift of the Traditional Mass in the parish.

St. Mary’s also has Traditional Mass on Wednesdays at 6 pm, Saturdays at 9 am, and, of course, Sundays,  Solemn Mass at 9:30 am.

On Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 AM the Society of St Hugh of Cluny will be sponsoring a Solemn Mass at the Shrine of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy.  This Mass will feature the music of Mozart.
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We have many things to celebrate at this mass:

(a) the start of the festival of San Gennaro;

(b) the continuation of our series of September Italian heritage pilgrimages;

(c) the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum; and

(d) the anniversary of the first mass sponsored by the Society (founded in 2007) on September 9, 2007 – before the official effective date of Summorum Pontificum.

The music will include the Missa brevis in D Major (K. 194) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, under the direction of David Hughes.

The celebrant of the Mass is Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, the chaplain of our Society. St. Gennaro is one of father’s patron saints, near and dear to him.

We suggest that you come into New York and make a day of it. Attend our beautiful Missa Cantata, have lunch at the festival, stay  for the official grand procession of the festival at 2 pm. Festival events: https://www.sangennaro.org

The location of the Shrine-church of the Most Precious Blood is 113 Baxter Street/109 Mulberry Street, New York. See the shrine WEBSITE.

(Above) From Last Year’s Mass – the first Traditional Mass in decades at the San Gennaro Festival.