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30 Jun

2019

Mass for the Feast of St. Ann at Immaculate Conception in Manhattan

Posted by Stuart Chessman 
Statue in St Hedwig’s church, Chicago

On Friday, July 26, at 7 PM, the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and Immaculate Conception parish will be sponsoring a Solemn High Mass for the feast of St Ann. The music will be directed by James Wetzel; refreshments will follow. the parish is located at 414 East 14th Street, New York.

Immaculate Conception is a historic church which was formerly an affiliate of Grace church prior to its purchase by the archdiocese of New York. The old parish of St. Ann was absorbed into Immaculate Conception after it was so tragically closed. In its last years it was the Armenian Catholic cathedral. It also was a national shrine of St Ann – as visitors may recall being proudly displayed on a lamp over an elaborate metal railing. (New York City still has a second shrine to St. Ann(e) at the church of St Jean Baptiste)

It also was the scene of the first officially approved Traditional Mass celebrated in the Archdiocese of New York since the Vatican Council. The time of the mass was maliciously set in the early afternoon on Saturday; that first Mass was cancelled by the Archdiocese on the day it was to be celebrated. But the Latin Mass did indeed resume at St Ann’s shortly thereafter and continued for many years. We know of priests and laymen involved in the Traditional Mass movement today who had their first experience of the Traditional Mass there.

We hope all of you can make it!

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