Mass at Immaculate Conception church on September 14 – courtesy of Una Voce Westchester.

For the first time in decades the Traditional Mass returned to the “upper church” of St. Mary’s parish, Greenwich. (The Traditional Mass had already been recently celebrated in the “lower church” and in 2007-2008 as well – in fact this Society assisted at the latter liturgies). A not insignificant congregation was present Friday evening for a Solemn High Mass commemorating the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary – indeed, one reason for the move upstairs was to accomodate those who had expressed interest. As is evident from the above photograph, the sanctuary of St. Mary’s – a combination of circa-1970 “Conciliar renewal” and “Connecticut Yankee” Calvinism, with the tabernacle safely hidden away from view on the side – is not the most accommodating environment for the Traditional Mass. But yesterday evening the Extraordinary Form nevertheless triumphed. Fr. Cyprian La Pastina, the pastor Of St Mary’s, was the celebrant. The priest serving as Deacon was Fr. Stephen Giulietti from the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette; Diocese of Brooklyn. It would be nice to receive information on the other clergy, ministers and musicians (and music).

From Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan:

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 will be the Feast of Pope St. Pius X. At Holy Innocents, we will have a Sung Mass (Missa cantata) at 6pm.

As a special feature, there will be a reporter from CBS interactive to film the Mass and the sermon. This reporter would like to focus on the two vigils we have had for the persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria. It would be a good thing if as many people as possible attend Mass tomorrow to show how dedicated the community at Holy Innocents is to the traditional Mass and the support our community has shown to the persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria.

Some of the parishioners may also be interviewed, especially if they have attended the prior two vigils we have already had.

If you are able to attend Mass (which you should), please consider wearing the buttons that were made to show solidarity with the persecuted Christians. If you do not have one yet, some will be distributed (for free!) at the entrance of the church tomorrow. The reporter would like to film people wearing the buttons if at all possible.

Please, show your support for and your solidarity with the persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria, as well as with the persecuted ones in NYC.

Sung Mass for the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
on Friday, Sept 12, 2014 at St. Mary Church in Greenwich, CT
at 7:30 in the evening.

(Above) Karlskirche Vienna.

(This feast was raised to a universal feast of the Roman rite after the defeat of the Turks by Charles of Lorraine (actually the primary Christian leader) and King John Sobieski of Poland before Vienna on September 11 1683. See a handy summary HERE (including some legendary culinary matters at the end of the post). It had been deleted by Paul VI but was restored by John Paul II. Let us reflect and pray on the occasion of this Feast on the tragic suffering endured by the Christians of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere today at the hands of militant Islam. Surprisingly, in view of these events, this is the only scheduled celebration of this feast in the “Extraordinary Form” that I have heard of in the greater New York area.)

Photos of the mass at St. Cecilia’s, Brooklyn, offered by Fr. Raymond Flores on the feast of the Transfiguration.

Photos courtesy of Brian Hilley.

Ceiling of Transfiguration Church, Chinatown, New York

Connecticut:

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven
Low Mass at 5:30 PM.

St. Mary’s Church, 669 West Avenue, Norwalk
5:30 Solemn High Mass and closing of the 40 Hours Devotion

New Jersey:

St Anthony of Padua Church, 330 Sixth Street, Jersey City
Mass at 7PM

New York:

Church of St. Cecilia, 84 Herbert St (at North Henry St.), Brooklyn, NY 11222
Missa Cantata, 7 PM (preceded by procession and consecration of the altar of Our Lady)

Holy Innocents Church,128 West 37th Street, New York
Missa Cantata at 8 AM; Missa Cantata at 6 PM.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, 199 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow
Low Mass 5PM

Church of St. Aidan, 505 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596 (Long Island).
6:15 PM in the main church.

The First Friday Mass at St. Stanislaus Church in New Haven has a new time: 8:00am.

This Friday, August 1, is First Friday, and the TLM will be offered at 8:00.

This week Wednesday, July 30th at 6 PM, there will be a Solemn Votive Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at the Church of the Holy Innocents

Fr. Raymond Flores, of the Brooklyn diocese, will celebrate the following Masses at St. Cecilia’s in Brooklyn, a beautiful church in the Greenpoint section. It’s a great neighborhood of Polish restaurants, bakeries and shops, well worth a visit.

August 6- Transfiguration (Sung) (Schola complete)
August 15- Assumption (Sung) (Schola complete)
September 8- Nativity of Mary (Low or Sung)
November 2- All Souls Day (Sung or Solemn)
November 21- Presentation of Mary (Low or Sung)
December 8- Immaculate Conception (Sung or Solemn)

(Thanks to Kevin Collins)

On Saturday, July 19th at 1 PM, there will be a Solemn High Mass for the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Vincentians).

The Mass will be at the Church of Our Lady of Peace; 522 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

The celebrant is Rev. Canon Jean-Marie Moreau, assisted by Rev. Fr. Stephen Giulietti of the diocese of Brooklyn as deacon. A seminarian of the Institute of Christ the King will act as subdeacon.

A schola will sing the setting and propers. The Church is close to the BQE by car, and the F, G and R trains.

Please make every effort to attend this mass, to pray in unison and to support tradition in the Diocese of Brooklyn!