This Sunday, June 19, 9:30 am, at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Timothy Iannacone will serve as deacon for the first time at a traditional Solemn Mass. He will be ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Bridgeport the day before, on Saturday June 18. The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum under the direction of David Hughes will perform Herbert Howell’s Mass in the Dorian Mode. Fr. Richard Cipolla will be celebrant and Will Haffey will be sub-deacon.
The photo shows Tim assisting Bishop Athanasius Schneider in his celebration of a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Mary’s Norwalk, Jan. 6, 2013.
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Whoa! There must be at least 25 people there!
The Latin Mass really IS the key to the new evangelization!
Keep up the great work!
Oops, meant this for the post on the St. Anthony Mass!
Too bad the new deacon wasn’t ordained by then, there would have been 26 in attendance!
Dear Ryan,
Actually attendance wasn’t that bad for that mass. It was on a Tuesday morning at 10 am—how many people would you usually see at at daily mass? The mass was announced the day before, so I thought the number was pretty good. But in the end, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated first and foremost for the glory of God. He was there.
Ryan,
Perhaps you should check out the 12 noon (Novus Ordo) masses of parishes in Manhattan. The ones I’ve visited recently have had at the most 12 or so in the congregation. And even St Patrick’s cathedral – with its hordes of tourists and central location – by my count (taken today) gets for 12 noon mass only about 100-150 who actually participate at mass. So by these standards this mass at St. John’s is looking pretty good.
I think this picture was taken in the beginning of the Mass, by the time of Holy Communion I think the number was doubled. As Stuart pointed out the Mass was only announced the day before. Last month when the Extraordinary Form was celebrated during the visit of the relic of the Heart of St John Vianney the church was filled with people standing in the back.
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