The events at St. Mary’s Greenwich include a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form at 7:30 pm on Wed. May 4, with Fr. George Rutler as homilist.

On Friday, May 27, at 5:30 PM our Society will be sponsoring a lecture by Mr. Sam Schmitt:

” ‘Like the octave of some great feast’: Musical Life of English Catholics under Elizabeth.”

(The quotation is a paraphrase from a passage in the autobiography of the Jesuit William Weston, describing his time in the house of Richard Bold, where William Byrd joined them for a time and they had sung mass with choir.)

The presentation will take place in the church hall of St. Vincent Ferrer parish in New York City. Mr Schmitt’s lecture will be illustrated by the performance of works of the recusant musical culture of the Elizabethan era.

Following the lecture, at 7:00 PM a Solemn High Mass in the Dominican rite will be celebrated in the magnificent church of St. Vincent Ferrer. The music will include examples of English polyphony of the 16th century. A reception will follow.

We are proud to be able to sponsor this splendid Mass and the preceding lecture; we hope as many of you as possible can attend!

A fine group of young men, all of whom serve mass at St. Mary’s Church Norwalk, at the annual altar server dinner given this evening by the Knights of Columbus at the St. Ann Club in Norwalk.

From HLI.

“With a deep sense of gratitude to Almighty God and to Monsignor Barreiro, I wanted to let HLI’s supporters know that, after years of discernment, Monsignor has accepted an invitation to serve as parochial vicar of St. Mary Church in Norwalk in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Though Monsignor is stepping down from full time service with Human Life International, his commitment to the defense of faith, life, and family is not diminished. He will continue to preach the Gospel of Life and integrate Church teaching on life and family into his new pastoral duties, and he will continue to publish articles with HLI when his duties allow.”

(From the statement of Father Shenan J. Boquet, president of Human Life International)

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory has planned a pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark on the morning of Saturday, April 23. The pilgrimage will begin with a 2.5 mile walk through Branch Brook Park in Newark. The famous Japanese cherry trees—there are some 2,700 of them–will be in full bloom. The procession will cross the holy doors of the Cathedral Basilica in order to gain the plenary indulgence of the Year of Mercy, as decreed by Pope Francis. There will be a solemn mass in the extraordinary form at the high altar.

Schedule: Meet at 8:00 am at Barringer High School parking lot just west of the cathedral across Ridge St (please note: this meeting location has been changed)

Crossing of the Holy Doors of Mercy at 9:30 am (possibility for Confession)

Solemn High Mass at 10:00 am

For information call:

Institute of Christ the King/St. Anthony of Padua Oratory

Canon Jean Marie Moreau

1360 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052

973-325-2233

saint.anthonys@institute-christ-king.org

www.institute-christ-king.org/westorange

Here are some facts about the Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park from the website www.visitnj.org:

New Jersey has more cherry trees than Washington D.C. And every spring residents and visitors alike can see the largest cherry blossom collection in the United States.   Branch Brook Park, that runs through Belleville and Newark, has more than 2,700 Japanese cherry blossom trees that burst into full bloom during the annual Cherry Blossom.

Each year thousands of visitors are awed by the beautiful colors of pink and white. The park first adopted a pink and white hue in 1927, when Caroline Bamburger Fuld donated 2,000 cherry blossom trees to the Essex County Parks system in memory of her late husband.

Branch Brook Park also holds the distinction of being the first county park in the United States opened to the public, it was designed by the famed landscape architectural firm of Olmsted Brothers, a successor to Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City.

“The Upper Room: Monday, April 25th at 7:30 pm: in the Upper Room at Columbus Park Trattoria on Broad Street in downtown Stamford. This is for Catholics aged 30 and up. Join us for a glass of wine and a lively discussion. This month’s topic: Dr. Joe McAleer will speak on “The Wisdom of Cardinal Egan,” previewing a new book of the Cardinal’s writings.”

SOURCE

The Art of the Beautiful series concludes Tuesday, April 5th, at 7 PM, with conductor Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Born in Austria, Honeck has worked to great acclaim with the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome. In the United States, Honeck has conducted the New York Philharmonic (with whom he is appearing next week), The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

His talk is entitled “Faith in Music.” A reception and sung Compline will follow.

Father John Halborg died on Monday, March 28.*

Many of us met Father Halborg for the first time during his years of service at St. Thomas More parish. In the 1980’s St. Thomas More was one of the few parishes in New York to engage in any kind of evangelization. The parish welcomed social and religious events organized by young(er) Catholics and hosted the Narnia catechetical program. Thus St Thomas More became a centre both of orthodoxy and the involvement of the laity. Fr. Halborg, who was a convert from the Lutheran church, also was for many years editor of the St Ansgar Bulletin on the Catholic church in Scandinavia (regrettably now defunct).

Father Halborg regularly celebrated the Traditional mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem and after 2009 at Holy Innocents parish, New York. He attended some of the liturgies and events organized by our Society in New York. The St Ansgar League and bulletin ceased operations in 2010 and St Thomas More parish itself narrowly escaped closure last year by merging with Our Lady of Good Counsel. Yet the celebration of the Traditional mass in New York continues – thanks in no small part to the years of devoted service by Father Halborg. May his soul rest in peace!

The viewing of the body will take place at the Church of St. Margaret of Cortona on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 9:15AM, and the (English) Mass service will be at 10AM.

The address of St. Margaret of Cortona is:
St. Margaret of Cortona Church
6000 Riverdale Ave
Bronx, NY 10471
Phone: 718-549-8053

After the Mass, proceed to the grave site:

St. Raymond Cemetery
2600 Lafayette Avenue
Bronx, New York 10465
Tel: 718-792-1133
St. Peters Section (Clergy Section)
Range 16 Grave #42

(Thanks to Eddy Toribio for this information)

* At least that date is what is reported in his published obituaries. We have also been told he died on Easter Sunday, March 27. Moreover, his full name is, I believe, John E. Halborg – in his obituaries it is reported as John T. Halborg and in another source as John F. Halborg. I am sure Father is mildly amused at this…..

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of Newark on the MORNING OF SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016.
Walk the 2.5 mile pilgrimage praying and singing the Holy Rosary through Branch Brook Park Drive in cherry blossom season.
Cross the Holy Doors of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with sincere contrition and prayers for the Holy Father in order to gain the plenary indulgence of the Year of Mercy decreed by Pope Francis.
Attend a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Latin) at the High Altar.
Schedule: Meet at 8:00 am at Barringer High School parking lot west of the cathedral across Ridge St.Crossing of the Holy Doors of Mercy at 9:30 am (possibility for Confession)
Solemn High Mass at 10:00 am

For information call:
Institute of Christ the King/St. Anthony of Padua Oratory
Canon Jean Marie Moreau
1360 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052
973-325-2233
saint.anthonys@institute-christ-king.org
www.institute-christ-king.org/westorange