Sunday Easter Mass – the conclusion of Holy Week, 2012.

All services in the Extraordinary Form in Holy Week were fully attended.

The Blessing of the Festive Meal:

The celebration of the Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Parish, Norwalk.

The Lighting of the New Fire:

Lumen Christi!

The Exsultet:

The Chanting of the Prophecies:

It being the post-1955 edition, there are regrettably only four.

The procession to the Baptismal Font:

The Blessing of the Baptismal Water:

Lighting the Candles:

The Asperges:

The Administration of Confirmation:

The Mass:

The altar prior to Veneration of the Holy Cross.

The services for Good Friday at St.Mary’s Church, Norwalk. A full congregation was in attendance – for the entire three hours.

The sacred ministers enter and prostrate themselves before the barren altar

The Reading of the Passion according to St. John:

The Passion was sung by three deacons of honor with polyphonic responses for the crowd in a setting by William Byrd.

Fr. Richard Cipolla was the principal celebrant and preached.

The Great Intercessions:

The Veneration of the Holy Cross:

The Procession of the Reserved Blessed Sacrament and Communion:

The Altar of Repose

A visual account of the Holy or Maundy Thursday Service at St. Mary’s Parish, Norwalk.

The Washing of the Feet:

The Mass:

The Procession to the Altar of Repose:

The Stripping of the Altars:

The Palm Sunday liturgy began in the church this year with the blessing and distribution of palms. The procession followed outside around the perimeter of the church grounds. A congregation of over 400 attended the liturgy which lasted almost 3 hours (including the procession). The reading of the Passion, featured three cantors and the schola cantorum, which sang the polyphonic turba settings by Tomás Luis de Victoria. The extensive chanting and polyphonic motets, which involved  three of St. Mary’s choirs, were particularly beautiful and well-rehearsed.

Deacon Stephan Genovese, Father John Ringley, the celebrant, and Subdeacon Bill Riccio enter the sanctuary

Blessing the Palms

The Children’s Schola, led by David Hughes chants from the vestibule of the church

The Holy Gospel

“Procedamus in pace”

The subdeacon bangs on the door to the church thrice with the cross and all enter.

After the procession vestments and altar frontispiece are changed to purple

Father Cipolla, Father Ringley and Father Markey chant the Passion of Our Lord according to St. Matthew

Weekly celebration of the Extraordinary Form Mass will begin at the Church of St. Patrick, 215 Court Street, Elizabeth, NJ on Sunday, April 15th at 1:00 p.m. with a Missa Cantata.

Window in St. Paul’s Church, 121 E. 117th St., New York

The following churches in the area have scheduled Traditional Masses and liturgies for Holy Week. Please let us know about any that are not included here and we will post the schedule.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
April 1, Palm Sunday: 9:30 Solemn Mass beginning with an outdoor procession
Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594), Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthæum (polyphonic turba settings by Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)

April 4, Spy Wednesday: 7 pm Low Mass, 8 pm Solemn Office of Tenebrae

April 5, Holy Thursday: 7 pm Solemn Mass of the Last Supper, followed by adoration until Midnight, 9 pm, Stripping of the Altars and visit to the seven churches of Norwalk
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)

April 6, Good Friday: 3 pm, Lord’s Passion
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba settings by William Byrd, 1540-1623)

April 7, Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil at 8 pm, Solemn Mass
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)

April 8,Easter Sunday, 9:30 am Solemn Mass
Missa Regina cæli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)

Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT
Palm Sunday, 8:30 am
Easter Sunday, 8:30 am, Low Mass

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 10:15.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT
Palm Sunday: 2 pm, Blessing of Palms, Procession, and Solemn Mass
Missa Je suis Desheritee by Orlando di Lasso

Good Friday, 12 noon, Lessons and Collects, Chanting of the Passion, Veneration of the Cross, Mass of the Presanctified

Easter Sunday, 2 pm, Solemn Mass and Benediction
Missa Regina Caelis by Palestrina

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, 74 West Main St, Waterbury CT
Easter Sunday, 6 pm

St. Margaret Church, Willow St, Waterbury CT
Easter Sunday, 10:30am

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Palm Sunday, 3 pm, Blessing of Palms, Procession, Solemn High Mass and Luncheon Reception
Easter Sunday, 3pm, Missa Cantata

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY

Palm Sunday – Solemn Mass at 10AM

Holy Monday – Mass at 6PM

Holy Tuesday – Mass at 6PM

Holy Wednesday – Sung Mass at 6PM

Holy Thursday – Solemn Mass at 7:30PM; all night vigil with Tenebræ at 11:30PM

Good Friday – Solemn Mass of the Pre-Sanctified at 3PM

Holy Saturday – Solemn Easter Vigil at 9:30pm
Easter Sunday – Mass at 10 am

Church of Our Saviour, New York, NY
Palm Sunday, 9 am
Easter Sunday, 9 am

Church Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New York, NY
Palm Sunday, 9 45 am
Easter Sunday, 10 am.

Our Lady of Peace Church, Brooklyn
Easter Sunday, 9:30 am

St. Matthew’s Church, Dix Hills Long Island
Palm Sunday, 9 am, High Mass
Easter Sunday, 9 am, High Mass

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, NJ

The Sacred Triduum will be held at Holy Cross Church, 17 Van Duyne Avenue, Wayne, NJ
Holy Thursday, 6 pm,  preceded by Confessions for one hour, followed by  Adoration until Midnight
Good Friday, 3 pm, Mass of the Presanctified, preceded by Confessions for one hour
Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, 10 pm, preceded by Confessions for one hour

Easter Sunday Masses will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel
Easter Sunday, 7 am, 9 am, 11:00 Missa Cantata

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ

Palm Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Low Mass, 10:00 a.m. High Mass, No 9 a.m or 11 a.m. Masses.
Each Holy Mass is preceded by Palm Blessing, distribution and a short procession.

Maundy Thursday: 8:00 a.m. Tenebrae, 6:00 p.m. Confessions
7:00 p.m. Solemn High Mass of the Institution of the Holy Eucharist including the Gospel of the Washing of Feet
8:30 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration at the Altar of Repose

Good Friday: 8:00 a.m. Tenebrae
2:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross & Confessions
3:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion & Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Holy Saturday: 8:00 a.m. Tenebrae, 8:00 p.m. Confessions
9:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Low Mass, 9:00 a.m. Low Mass with Hymns, 11:00 a.m. High Mass

Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, NJ

Palm Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Blessing of palms & Missa Cantata

Good Friday 4:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion & Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Easter Sunday 9:45 a.m. Solemn High Mass
Schubert’s Mass in G, Gregorian chant propers

The Church of the Holy Innocents, 128 West 37th Street, Manhattan, will hold an all-night vigil on Holy Thursday, April 5th. A Solemn Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 pm, followed by Rosary and silent adoration, 9 pm, Tenebrae at 11:30 pm. Adoration will continue all night.

The Annunciation, Window at Holy Innocents Church

Yesterday a magnificent Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated at Holy Innocents Church, New York.  It was denominated a “mass for life” – very appropriately, since this church is the shrine of the unborn victims of abortion. The celebrant was James C. Timlin, bishop emeritus of Scranton.  Assisting him were Father James L.P. Miara, Deacon, Father Michael C. Barone, Subdeacon, and Father Jean-Marie Moreau (Institute of Christ the King Soveriegn Priest),  Assistant Priest. Need I mention that the music and conduct of the ceremonies were of the highest order?  The polyphony was conducted by Pedro D’Aquino. The chant was directed by Charles Weaver. David Hughes was the organist. The music featured the Missa O Soberana Luz by Filipe de Magalhaes. The masters of ceremonies were Eddy Toribio and Jeffrey Collins. The mass was sponsored by the Agnus Dei and Regina Coeli councils of the Knights of Columbus.

The sanctuary was shrouded in drapery as the restoration of the apse murals proceeds.

Confirmation in the old rite was administered by Bishop Timlin prior to the mass.

The “slap” once dreaded by boys in days of yore…

The vesting for Mass.

Bishop Timlin recalled the five words with which the founder of Christendom College began every class: “Truth Exists. The Incarnation happened.” He spoke of the current troubles in Ireland and of the daunting task facing Archbishop Charles Brown, a priest of the New York Archdiocese, the new Nuncio there. It is a crisis that culminated in the closing of the Irish embassy to the Vatican. How tragic, because in the case of both Bishop Timlin and Archbishop Brown the faith was handed down to them by their Irish parents and forbears. Faith is something that is handed down to us by others (Tradition!). And the very start of that chain of transmitted faith was the feast celebrated today: the Annunciation.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Sleepy Hollow, NY will have a Solemn High Mass on Palm Sunday, April 1 at 3 pm. The Celebrant will be Fr. Munkelt. Fr. Trezza, and Canon Jean Marie Moreau of the Institute of Christ the King will be deacon and sub-deacon. A special convivium will follow.