Ascension Thursday Traditional Masses

The following churches will offer a traditional Mass on Ascension Thursday, May 13. Please send information about any Masses that you know about and we will post it.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, missa cantata, 5:30 pm.
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Motet at the Offertory: Ascendens Christus in altum (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Hymn at the Communion: Optatus votis omnium (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, 5:30 pm

St. Margaret, Waterbury, 5:00 pm.

St. Bridget of Kildare, Moodus, Low Mass, 10:00 am.

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, Solemn Mass, 6 pm.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, Low Mass, 5:30 pm.

St. Ladislaus, West Hempstead, 9am

St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills, 10:30am

Sacred Heart, Cutchogue, 11am

New Jersey

Holy Rosary, Jersey City, 5:30 pm.

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, 9:00 am and 7:00 pm