19 Nov
2019
15 Nov
2019
Fr. Michael Novajosky will lead the pilgrimage to Canada next summer, celebrating Mass in the Extraordinary From. If you are interested please plan to attend the information meeting on Dec. 2 at St. Patrick Church in Bridgeport.
13 Nov
2019
On Thursday, December 5, at 6:00 PM, the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny will be sponsoring a Solemn High Mass – with orchestral music – at the magnificent church of the Most Holy Redeemer at 173 E 3rd St, New York.
The music will include Joseph Haydn’s Nikolaimesse (“Nicholas Mass” —likely first performed on St. Nicholas’s Day, December 6, 1772).
The celebrant will be the pastor of Most Holy Redeemer, Fr. William Elder. Mr. James Wetzel will direct the music.
The Mass will be on the eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas, and also will be an occasion to reflect on the German community that once flourished in this neighborhood. For, in the past. Most Holy Redeemer and the nearby, regrettably destroyed archdiocesan parish of St. Nicholas served primarily German congregations.
We hope you can attend this festive Mass, which will conclude with a reception featuring special guests!
The mass will be followed by a reception with seasonal refreshments. I hear that we should expect two special guests. One we know well:
And his sidekick too:
11 Nov
2019
St. Mary’s Church and the St. Cecilia Society are pleased to announce a free recital on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 669 West Avenue in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Charles and Elizabeth Weaver will perform their program, “Ye Sacred Muses: The Musical Treasury of an English Catholic Gentleman,” featuring music from the late 16th-century manuscripts of Edward Paston. Paston’s extensive collection of music includes several hundred arrangements for a single voice and lute. Many of these are arrangements of grand, large-scale works from the bygone era of Catholic England (including works of composers such as John Taverner and Thomas Tallis), as well as famous sacred and secular music from abroad in Europe (e.g. Palestrina and Victoria). The collection also heavily features the music of Paston’s friend William Byrd, a Catholic composer beloved of Queen Elizabeth I, and one of the greatest geniuses of English music history.
Charles and Elizabeth Weaver are both members of the Schola Cantorum, the professional ensemble that sings at the 9:30am Sunday Mass at St. Mary’s.
The concert will be performed in St. Mary’s Church at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free of charge, though donations will be gratefully accepted. All proceeds will benefit the sacred music program at St. Mary’s and make more concerts possible in the future.
7 Nov
2019
St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT, is forming a Festival Choir and a Children’s Choir, both under the direction of Charles Weaver, for the Advent Lessons and Carols. For more information and to participate, please go to this link: Festival Choir
Projected Repertoire:
Matins Responsory: I look from afar (after Palestrina)
The Great “O” Antiphons (before each lesson)
Carols:
Adam lay ybounden (Ord)
Dadme albricias/Verbum caro factum est (Cancionero de Uppsala)
Zion hears the watchmen’s voices (Bach) *children’s Carol Choir only*
Villancico al Nacimiento (Cascante)
Carol of the Advent: People, look East (Besançon melody)
Hymn to the Virgin (Britten) *Schola Cantorum/advanced group only*
O come, o come, Emmanuel (arrangement TBD)
29 Oct
2019
The annual Women’s Retreat with Fr. Perricone is scheduled for the weekend of March 6 – 8, 2020.
The retreat is being organized by Dan Marengo. He writes:
“I am will be sending out retreat reservation requests after the first of the year, so no need to reserve a spot at this time. However, so I get a feel as to how many are interested, can you let me know. I currently reserved 60 rooms. If I see a greater interest than 60, I will try and reserve more rooms.
“The retreat house offers two options: Private rooms or Day-trippers. Day-trippers are for those who would like to drive in daily, not reserving a room. I will be able to accommodate a number of day-trippers. The cost for a single room will be about $220 and for day-trippers about $100. I will lock down the prices when I email you after the first of the year. For now, it would be good to know which option you’d prefer.”
Contact Dan Marengo: danmarengo@aol.com
29 Oct
2019
28 Oct
2019
At least for the time being….
Twelve years ago, on November 18, 2007, this Society sponsored the first Traditional Mass in some forty years at the magnificent surroundings of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception – “the finest parish church in New England.” The Traditional Mass community of Waterbury has had its ups snd downs since then. Yet, the 6:00 PM Sunday Traditional Mass at Immaculate Conception continued up to the present. And now the Institute of Christ the King has inaugurated in Waterbury a complete Traditional parish at St. Patrick’s church. In one respect, it is the crowning achievement of twelve years’ efforts in keeping the Traditional Mass alive (preceded, I am told, by even earlier, less regular Traditional Masses in at least two other Waterbury parishes). Yet, for some reason, the establishment of a nearby Traditional parish means the end of the Traditional Mass at the Basilica.
From the bulletin of Immaculate Conception parish: Latin Extraordinary Form Mass moved to St. Patrick’s Waterbury effective 27 October 2019
at 10:30am.
For more detailed information on the termination of this Mass see HERE.
26 Oct
2019
It’s off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush… our coverage of the visit of Bishop Athanasius Schneider to Providence, Rhode Island to ordain a priest for the Fraternity of St Peter today.