In Providence, Rhode Island: Lecture Series on Liturgy, Mass in the Rite of Braga and a Pontifical Mass

A Week of Prayer & Devotion

October 14 – 20, 2013

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus
99 Camp Street, Providence, R.I. 02906-1799

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Series on the Liturgy

Monday through Thursday, October 14 – 17, 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Fr. Joseph D. Santos Jr.
Topics: A Brief History of the Liturgy, The Family of Liturgies of the Catholic Church, The Mass of the Catechumens, The Mass of the Faithful.
45-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute Q & A period. In the Lady Chapel.

Mass in the Rite of Braga
Friday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.
A brief talk on inculturation in the Liturgy according to Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Document on the Liturgy from Vatican II, as manifest in the history and peculiarities of the Rite of Braga.
Then, at 6:00 p.m., Low Mass in the Rite of Braga will be celebrated in the presence of His Excellency D. Teodoro de Faria, Bishop Emeritus of Funchal (Madeira).

Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form
Saturday, October 19, 11:00 a.m.
Celebrant: His Excellency D. Teodoro de Faria
Sermon: Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Karl of Austria-Hungary, one of the few leaders who worked to promote peace before, during and after World War I. For his efforts, he was rewarded by the fascists with forced abdication and exile.

Conference on the Blessed Sacrament and Ceremony of the Silver Rose
Sunday the 20th of October at 3:00 PM
“How is Jesus Present in the Eucharist?”
Presented by Raymond de Souza, Director, Office of Evangelization, Diocese of Winona, MN.
The service concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

For more information, please phone the parish rectory at (401) 272- 4515.