( Holy Innocents Parish, New York City)

St.  Mary’s, Norwalk, CT, Solemn High Mass,  5:30 PM

Missa Inter vestibulum (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Juxta vestibulum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the imposition of ashes: Emendemus in melius (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Inter vestibulum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Ne irascaris Domine (Byrd)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT; 5 pm

Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 8:00 AM; 6:00 PM

St. Anthony’s Church,  Bronx, NY,  10:00 am

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 5 pm

St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City, NJ, Missa Cantata, 5:30 p.m. 

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Newark, NJ,  Missa Cantata, 7 pm, (Msgr. Ambrosio, celebrant)

St. Catherine Laboure, Middletown, NJ, 12 noon.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9 am; Missa Cantata 7 pm 

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, NJ, 7 am; 8 am; 12 noon; 7 pm

There will be a Missa Cantata in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes on Wednesday, February 11th at 7:30 in the evening at St. Mary Church, 178 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT

Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite celebrated on February 3rd in the Princeton University Chapel by Fr. Carlos Hamel of the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian (yet another remarkable initiative of the diocese of Frejus-Toulon), assisted by Br. Gerhard ( recent graduate of Princeton) and followed by a blessing of the throats. The mass was sponsored by the Aquinas Institute (the Catholic Campus Ministry at Princeton University). The photos are from the Facebook page of the Aquinas Institute.

This was not the first Traditional Mass in the chapel. We do not know if Catholic masses were ever celebrated here in the pre-conciliar days. We were, however, able to find in our archives pictures of at least one nuptial Traditional mass celebrated in the chapel – in July 1989(above and below). That mass, however, was not connected with the Aquinas Institute but was under the jurisdiction of St. Paul’s (the parish church of Princeton). Readers may note that the celebrant of the mass is a certain well-known Catholic leader in the Traditionalist and pro-life causes…

High Mass for the Feast of St. John Bosco in the new chapel of Mary Help of Christians in the basement of Immaculate Conception church on East 14th Street,  with the gracious permission of the pastor, Msgr. Kevin J. Nelan.   The chapel is named after the former parish on East 12th Street that is now dedicated to luxury condominiums. The new chapel – built with funds obtained by the sale of the site of Mary Help of Christians – is furnished with artwork taken from both Mary Help of Christians and Immaculate Conception parish itself, which had just finished additional restoration projects. And there is now even more work to do after a rampage of vandalism last week in the main church of the parish that destroyed or damaged much artwork – including the image of Mary Help of Christians brought from the now-closed parish.

(Above) The destroyed image of Mary Help of Christians – with Manny Albino.

(above) This pieta is from Mary Help of Christians; (below) the stained glass was taken from one of the windows of Immaculate Conception.

(Above) Organizing the mass and acting as master of ceremonies was Manny Albino (right) – whose birthday happened to be on this day. Happy birthday! Afterwards, there was a festive party with the eminently ecclesiastical Chartreuse being offered. Some of the movers and shakers of New York Catholic Traditionalism were spotted there by your reporter.

(Above) A large congregation gathered yestereday to participate in the liturgy and then congratulate Manny.

It was pointed out that St John Bosco couldn’t have conducted his apostolate under the current guidelines in force in most of the American Catholic Church ( a priest can only be in the presence of minors if one or two adults – ideally a married couple – are also present). Indeed the saint might well be arrested.

(Above) The mass concluded with veneration of the relic of St. John Bosco. Fr. Chris Salvatori, SAC was the celebrant of this liturgy.

Today’s Missa Cantata for the feast of St. John Bosco will be offered today as originally scheduled  at 5 pm at Immaculate Conception Church in Manhattan.  As many readers may know, the church was vandalized  earlier this week.  See link

Here is the original notice for the Mass:

On Saturday, January 31st at 5:00 PM, a Missa Cantata will be offered in the Extraordinary Form for the feast of Saint John Bosco at the (new) chapel of Mary Help of Christians located in the lower level of Immaculate Conception Church, 414 E. 14th Street, Manhattan. It will be the first Traditional Mass in this parish in many years. The title of the chapel refers to the nearby, now-destroyed (Salesian) church of Mary Help of Christians. Its congregation joined Immaculate Conception parish.

Thursday, January 29th – Feast of St. Francis de Sales
St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange

St. Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church, is one of the patron saints of the Institute of Christ the King. By attending Mass on Thursday, January 29th, celebrated in one of the Institute’s apostolates, you can gain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions.

At 7:00 p.m. there will be a Solemn High Mass with celebrant Rev. Cyprian LaPastina, pastor of St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT. and guest homilist Rev. Frederick Miller. Father Miller is the spiritual director of the Seton Hall seminary and is known to EWTN audiences for his series on the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and on the priesthood of Jesus Christ. His latest book, “The Grace of Ars”, is about St. Jean-Marie Vianney and is published by Ignatius Press.

Sunday, February 1st, at the 10:30AM traditional Mass, the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan will be celebrating the 114th anniversary of its consecration.

Monday, February 2nd, Holy Innocents will have the (traditional) Mass for Candlemas at 6PM. The faithful are invited to bring their own candles (if they wish to do so) to be solemnly blessed during the ceremonies of the blessing of candles (they can be picked up at the end of the Mass).

On Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015, Holy Innocents will observe the traditional blessing of the throats after the 6PM (traditional) Mass for the Feast of St. Blaise.

On Saturday, January 31st at 5:00 PM, a Missa Cantata will be offered in the Extraordinary Form for the feast of Saint John Bosco at the (new) chapel of Mary Help of Christians located in the lower level of Immaculate Conception Church, 414 E. 14th Street, Manhattan. It will be the first Traditional Mass in this parish in many years. The title of the chapel refers to the nearby, now-destroyed (Salesian) church of Mary Help of Christians. Its congregation joined Immaculate Conception parish.

(Above) Exclusive look at the new chapel- courtesy of Manuel Albino.

The “upper church” at Immaculate Conception parish.

Window in the Church of St. John Nepomucene, New York (proposed to be merged this year)

On Monday, February 2nd, 2015, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary/Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas) is celebrated.

Sunday, February 1 (“External Observance”):

St Stanislaus, New Haven, Connecticut

High Mass, blessing of candles, at 2:00 PM

Monday, February 2:

Connecticut:

St. Mary’s, Norwalk

Solemn High Mass at 7:30 PM;  cancelled

New Jersey:

St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City

5:30 p.m. Missa Cantata with blessing and distribution of candles and candlelight procession

New York:

Holy Innocents,128 West 37th Street, New York

Mass at 6:00 PM
(Accompanied by the Blessing and Distribution of Candles, as well as the indoor Procession before the start of the Mass. On this day, when the Holy Family went to the Temple, all are encouraged to attend Mass and take part in the beautiful ceremonies (and music) for Candlemas. Parishioners are also encouraged to bring their own (beeswax) candles to be blessed.)

Sunday, February 8th (“External Solemnity”):

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, New Jersey

11:00 a.m. Missa Cantata with blessing of candles