ST. MARY PATRONAL FEAST CELEBRATION
Norwalk, CT
Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

Everyone is welcome! Join the Parish Community and Bishop Caggiano in a Procession, the Celebration of Holy Mass, and Dinner in the Hall. Invite friends and family.

4:00 p.m. Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form with Bishop Caggiano.
5:30 p.m. Procession through the streets.
7:00 p.m. Dinner and Dancing in the Church Hall.

See a video from last year’s feast.

Tickets for the Dinner will be on sale at the Rectory:
Adults: $15
Children under 10: $5
Tickets at the Door:
Adults: $20
Children under 10: $10
If you would like to volunteer and help with the many tasks and details, please contact Fran Di Meglio: dimeg2425@aol.com

This Mass is the very touchstone of Catholic tradition…. This recovery of the sacred is inextricably linked to the recovery of the Catholic faith as a faith that is living, that is joyful, that is beautiful, a faith that is a light in the deepening darkness of a world in thrall to the gray eminence…. How blessed is this parish to be at the very forefront of the return to Catholic tradition that is embedded in this Mass.
–Father Richard Cipolla

Good news in Norwalk, CT: Daily Traditional Mass! Starting September 5th, at St. Mary’s Church the daily morning Mass will be a Traditional low Mass. The time will be changed on Monday to Friday to 7:30 am. Deo gratias!

Father Richard Cipolla announced the change today on the St. Mary’s website:

The Traditional Roman Rite of the Mass lies at the very heart of Saint Mary’s parish. Since Father Markey introduced it in the parish some seven years ago, it has become integral to the very existence of this parish both in spiritual ways and in eminently practical ways. The Solemn Mass on Sunday has brought so many new people to the parish and continues to be a source of inspiration and genuine prayerful worship to all who assist at the Mass. The Traditional Mass, also known as the Extraordinary Form, is a gift from God via Pope Benedict to St. Mary’s.

When God gives someone a gift He expects it to be used for His glory and to be part of the missionary effort of the Church to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world. In our case, I have decided that this gift needs to be used even more deeply in the parish than up to this point. After much thought and prayer, I have decided that the daily morning Mass will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form. The time of the Mass will be moved to 7:30 a.m. to allow more people who go to work early to attend Mass. The readings will be in English. The quiet simplicity of the Low Mass will enrich us all. Cardinal Sarah’s book on Silence specifically mentions the silence of the Canon in the Extraordinary Form as something very good for the worshipping community. Most of our parishioners will notice little change, since we celebrate the daily Novus Ordo Mass in continuity with the form of the Traditional Mass. This change will also enable more of our parishioners to experience the beauty of the Extraordinary Form and enrich their understanding of the worship of the Church in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

In no way should this change to the daily celebration of the Extraordinary Form be interpreted as a “return to the past”. As Pope Benedict said: “What was sacred then is sacred now.” We live in the now, not in the past. And we look to the future with confidence that the presence of the Extraordinary Form at St. Mary’s will be a force within the Church to worship God in the Spirit, the God of Truth, Beauty and Goodness. The return to the Tradition of the Church is absolutely necessary in an age of spiritual amnesia within the Church that has sapped her strength to be who she is: the presence of Jesus Christ in the world.

Your support, as always, is very important to me. Let us pray for each other and our beloved parish church dedicated to Mary most Holy.

Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla
Pastor

Fresco in the Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore in Milan

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Tuesday. August 15. This feast is a holy day of obligation. The following churches will have traditional Masses.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 5:30 pm.  Patronal Feast celebration on Saturday, August 19, information

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT, Low mass 5;30 PM

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Gales Ferry, CT, 8 am

St. Adalbert Church, Enfield, CT, 7:00 pm.

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 8 am, low Mass; 6 pm, Solemn Mass

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, Low Mass, 7:45 am; Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm

Church of Saint Anthony, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, 8:00 pm, High Mass

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY,  low Mass, 7 pm

Assumption Church, Tuckahoe, NY, August 14, 7:30 pm, Solemn Mass for vigil, followed by a festa on the piazza.

St. Matthew’s Church, Dix Hills, NY (Long Island, right at exit 51 on the LIE), 10:30am. A picnic and homeschool curriculum swap will follow at nearby Wolf Hill park, sponsored by our Catholic homeschool group. All homeschool families welcome to join us (weather permitting).

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, 8 pm

ST. MARY PATRONAL FEAST CELEBRATION
Norwalk, CT
Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

See a video from last year’s feast

Join the Parish Community and Bishop Caggiano in a prayerful Procession, the Celebration of Holy Mass, and Dinner in the Hall.

4:00 p.m. Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with Bishop Caggiano.
5:30 p.m. Procession through the streets.
7:00 p.m. Dinner and Music in the Hall.

Tickets for the Dinner will be on sale at all Masses and at the Rectory:
Adults: $15
Children under 10: $5

Tickets at the Door:
Adults: $20
Children under 10: $10

If you would like to volunteer and help with the many tasks and details, please contact Fran Di Meglio: dimeg2425@aol.com

(Masses will also be held on the date of the Assumption, Tuesday, August 15.)

This Mass is the very touchstone of Catholic tradition…. This recovery of the sacred is inextricably linked to the recovery of the Catholic faith as a faith that is living, that is joyful, that is beautiful, a faith that is a light in the deepening darkness of a world in thrall to the gray eminence…. How blessed is this parish to be at the very forefront of the return to Catholic tradition that is embedded in this Mass.
–Father Richard Cipolla

Traditional Masses for the Feast of St. Ann, Wednesday, July 26

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York:  The solemn Novena to St. Anne is taking place at the Church of the Holy Innocents every day from Monday, July 17 through Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The Novena will include: the 6PM traditional Sung Masses (including Saturday and Sunday), beautiful novena prayers, and a candlelight procession inside the church. St. Anne candles will be available in the back of the church.
All petition slips will eventually be taken to the Shrine of St. Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, Canada.

St. Paul Church, Yonkers, NY, Missa Cantata for Feast of St. Ann, 12 noon, July 26.

The stained glass window is in All Saints Church in Manhattan. Last month Cardinal Dolan issued a decree to relegate this church to secular use.

A brand new traditional Latin Mass has begun at Our Lady of Lourdes in Gales Ferry, CT. The Mass is offered each Sunday at 2  p.m. Currently it is a Low Mass, but they hope to begin at least an occasional Missa Cantata.

Gales Ferry is just north of New London.

The church’s website.

N.B.: There is also a Sunday Traditional Mass at 12 noon at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, CT, high Mass during the academic year, low Mass during the summer.

A reader reports:

“There is a new daily traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of New York. It is at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel:   daily Mass at 7:45 am Monday thru Saturday. There is a 10:30 sung Mass on Sundays. The weekday Mass is offered in a chapel on premises, but the Pallottine fathers would happily move the Mass to the main Church if attendance warrants it.”