Cardinal Burke in Greenwich I

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass on Saturday, March 25 – the feast of the Annunciation. The church of St. Mary, Greenwich CT (Fr. Cyprian La Pastina, pastor) was filled to overflowing.

(Above and below) In the rectory: initial prayers and the vesting with buskins and episcopal sandals.

The church of St Mary was standing room only – and many had to remain standing in the vestibule. The Traditionalist movement pays a price for its own success now and then!

(Above) The sermon.

More photos in Part II