This year, the Feast of the Annunciation has been transferred to April 9.

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We conclude our series of posts on the liturgies of Holy Week at St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk CT with these images of Easter Sunday Mass. Since Palm Sunday it has been an unforgettable journey through salvation history effected by the power of the Traditional liturgy in its completeness. Our thanks to the priests, the deacon, […]

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(We include in this post, some of the notes in the program for the Easter Vigil written by John Pia) The Paschal Vigil represents the culmination of the Church’s liturgical year. The faithful await the crucified Christ, resurrected from the tomb, just as the catechumens of this night will die to sin in the waters […]

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The chanting of the Passion. “Flectamus genua.” “Ecce lignum crucis…”

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The altar of repose in readiness. After the Holy Thursday Mass, the procession to the altar of repose at the parish of St. Mary, Norwalk, CT.  

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Yesterday evening a very beauiful Office of Tenebrae was sung at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT. The psalms were chanted in the front by a men’s choir.   The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum sang the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah and the responsories in polyphony in the choirloft.  The liturgy ended in complete darkness with […]

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Palm Sunday 2018 at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk CT. Fr. Donald Kloster, celebrant. The beginning of the Mass of the Palms. The blessing of the palms. Distribution of the Palms. (Above and below) David Hughes, music director of St Mary’s, led the assembled musical forces of the parish:the schola cantorum, combined student scholae, the men’s […]

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