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25 Sep

2016

Solemn Mass at the Church of the Most Precious Blood, New York

Posted by Stuart Chessman 

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(Above) San Gennaro – or St. Januarius.

Solemn High Mass yesterday at the church of the Most Precious Blood – amid the noise and crowds of the San Gennaro Festival in New York’s Little Italy.

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(Above) The first Solemn Traditional Mass in ages in this church – but the next is already scheduled for the 29th of September! It was a privilege for this Society to sponsor this mass in such a repository of Catholic tradition. The music included, among other works, Mozart’s Missa brevis in F (K. 192). Our thanks to Msgr Donald Sakano, Pastor of Old St Patrick’s and of Most Precious Blood, for the invitation to sponsor this mass during the San Gennaro festival!

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(Above and Below) Occupying much of the rear of the nave is a huge Neapolitan Christmas creche. The church of the Most Precious Blood is a treasury of Catholic and Italian devotions. For more on this church see HERE

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(Above) The Sermon – amid the forest of statues. For Fr. Cipolla’s sermon see HERE.

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(Above) Good participation for such a small church – including some who ventured in from the nearby festa on Mulberry Street.

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