There will be a sung mass on  Wednesday,  October 3  at 7:30 PM for the feast of St Theresa of Lisieux at St. Gabriel’s parish, 914 Newfield Avenue, Stamford,  Connecticut. Refreshments will follow.

The Catholic Artists Society will host its annual Mass for Artists at Manhattan’s Church of Our Saviour on Sunday, September 30th at 2pm. Artists, their families, patrons of the arts and friends are invited to attend.

Solemn Mass in the Ordinary Form will be celebrated by Father Joseph Koterski, SJ, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, and the editor of the International Philosophical Quarterly. Father Koterski is also one of the CAS’s priestly advisors. He will be assisted by Father Christopher Pollard (Diocese of Arlington, VA), and Father Justin Wylie (Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa). Both Father Pollard and Father Wylie are attachés to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

Sacred music will be provided by a professional choir under the direction of James Wetzel, organist and music director at the Church of St. Agnes in Manhattan. The setting of the Mass will be Herbert Howells’ Mass in the Dorian mode, a work of singular beauty, rarely heard in New York City. It was composed for London’s Westminster Cathedral in in 1912.

Following the mass, all are invited to a reception with refreshments.

Last year’s inaugural Mass and lecture attracted a large number of artists from all over the USA, and several from abroad. It is a opportunity for artists to meet one another, build friendships, and meet with patrons and friends of the arts from New York and beyond.

Please RSVP for the reception, to catholicartistssociety@gmail.com.

Today, September 11th, there will be a sung Requiem at 6 PM for the Abandoned Poor Souls in Purgatory.  Fr. John Halborg will celebrate the Mass.

Wednesday, September 12th, there will be a Solemn Mass at 6 PM for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary.  Fr. James Miara will celebrate the Mass.

 Friday, September 14th, there will be a Solemn Mass at 6 PM for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.  Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio will celebrate the Mass.

We will be sponsoring a mass ( with chant and polyphony)  on Saturday, September 22 at 10 AM at the Shrine of St. Frances Xavier  Cabrini  at  701 Fort Washington Ave, New York.

Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Exaltation of  the Holy Cross
Friday, Sept 14th at 7:30 in the evening
Saint Gabriel Church
914 Newfield Ave
Stamford, CT 06905
Byrd’s Mass for Three Voices and Gregorian Propers
Refreshments to follow in the Parish Meeting Room.

A Sung Requiem with absolution at the catafalque, according to the 1962 liturgical books, will be celebrated at 11am on Saturday, 1 September 2012, in New York City.
The Requiem will take place at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, E. 90th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues in Manhattan. The Mass will be offered by Fr. Justin Wylie, a priest of the Holy See’s mission to the United Nations. Fr. Wylie, a noted preacher, will give a sermon after the absolution. Fr. Wylie is a regular celebrant of the Traditional Latin Mass in local New York churches.

(The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel is conveniently served by the 4-5-6 subway trains at the E. 86th Street station. The church is also close to the 15, 86, 98, 101, 102, and 103 bus lines.)

Thomas H. Poole designed the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which was completed in 1892. Its stone exterior is notable for crenellated coping and turrets. Inside, the ornate and spacious interior is decorated with lacy gothic details, galleries on three sides, and beautiful stained glass windows.

The Catholic Artists Society announces its second annual Mass for Artists. A Solemn Mass will be offered at the Church of Our Saviour in Manhattan at 2pm on Sunday, September 30th. Father Joseph Koterski, SJ will be the celebrant, with choral music by a professional choir, led by James Wetzel. Afterwards, there will be a reception in the undercroft of the church.

THERE WILL BE A SOLEMN MASS FOR THE FEAST OF ST. BARTHOLEMEW, APOSTLE AND MARTYR, TOMORROW, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24TH, AT 6 PM AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS IN MANHATTAN.

On Wednesday,  August 22, the following churches in Connecticut will offer the Traditional Mass in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary:

St. Mary Church, Norwalk,  Missa Cantata, 7 pm.

St. Gabriel Church, Stamford, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm. Canon Aaron Huberfeld of the Institute of Christ the King,  Guest Homilist.  Refreshments to follow in Parish Meeting Room.

In New York:

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, Solemn Mass, 6 pm.

In the photo is the Virgen de la Immaculada in the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico.  This image, to which are attributed many miracles, was crowned by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1993.

(For the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua)

The Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Harlem, will be having a Traditional Missa Cantata at 10am on “Giglio Sunday”, August 12th. The Giglio is a multi-storied tower carrying a band and statue of St. Anthony of Padua that is “danced” by around 120 men through the streets of East Harlem. There will also be a traditional feast in the street with food and amusements. St. Anthony’s relics will be venerated after Mass and the dance of the Giglio begins at 1pm.

A video of the giglio at Our Lady of Mount Carmel can be found HERE.