This Sunday, September 4th,  Traditional Masses at St. Peter’s, Hartford, CT  will resume on every Sunday at 7:30 AM and First Fridays at 6:30 pm.

Location: 160 Main St., Hartford, CT 06106

 St. Gabriel’s parish  in Stamford will celebrate a Missa Cantata for the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross on Wed, Sept 14, at 7:30 pm.

Please let us know of any other masses for this feast.

On Auguust 8th a magnificent Solemn Mass according to the Dominican Rite was celebrated for the Feast of St. Dominic at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seattle. Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle presided in choro. Reverend Daniel Syverstad, OP, the pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church, was the celebrant. Reverend Christopher Fadok, OP was deacon; Jesson Mata was subdeacon and “Director of Liturgy and Music.” The Tudor choir, under the direction of Doug Fullington, performed Taverner’s Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas and motets by Arcadelt, Crecquillon, Taverner, Willaert and Sheppard – as well as the propers from the Dominican Gradual.

Need we state that the ceremony and music were magnificent? The large church was completely full for this occasion. There is no question that Blessed Sacrament parish is now becoming a center of the revival of the Dominican Rite. For further splendid photographs of this liturgy and explanations of some of the particular features of the Dominican rite see the website of the subdeacon, Jesson Mata.

The cross facing inward (towards the procession).

The epistle.

Fr. Syverstad preached.

The lighting of candles prior to the consecration.

The pax.

The communion of the brethren.

St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT will offer a Missa Cantata for the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Monday, August 22 at 7:30 pm.

The following parishes will offer Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, August 15. If any of our readers know of another Mass in the area, please let us know.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Solemn Mass at 5:30 p.m.
Music will include Morales’ Missa de Beata Virgine and motets by Guerrero and Dunstable.

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, low Mass at 5:30 p.m.

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, Solemn Mass at 6:00 p.m.

New Jersey

Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, Missa Cantata at 5:30p.m.
Music by guest soloists Paula and Vincenzo Scalera.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, low Mass at 9:00 a.m., and Solemn Mass at 7:00 p.m.

After 45 years, the Traditional Mass returned on Monday, July 25 to the Cathedral of St. James in Brooklyn. Thanks to the kind invitation of Msgr. John Strynkowski, rector of the Cathedral, and of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio a splendid liturgy commemorated the patronal feast of the Cathedral. The celebrant was Fr. Richard Cipolla, the deacon, Rev. Mr. Steve Genovese, and the subdeacon Fr. Daniel Champoli of the diocese of Brooklyn. Msgr. Strynkowski preached. David Hughes led the music and Bill Riccio was the master of ceremonies. Needless to say they did their usual outstanding job. A dedicated team of altar servers from St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk, CT came down to assist. I will allow the celebrant, Fr. Cipolla, to describe that evening:

“It was so clear to me on Monday evening, 25 July, how important the Society of St Hugh of Cluny is to the Church at this time. As chaplain of the Society, I offer spiritual support to our members and to our raison d’etre: to actively encourage the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite in the Catholic Church today. On the feast of St James the Apostle, we celebrated Solemn Mass in the Cathedral of St James in Brooklyn. The preacher was the Rector of the Cathedral, Msgr. John Strynkowski. His sermon was a clear and evangelical preaching of the Word. He spoke about the four notes of the Church and the importance of the presence of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite as necessary and salutary for the true diversity within unity of the Catholic Church. The music of the Mass, under the direction of David Hughes, was exemplary of the music written for the Traditional Mass: Missa Iste Sanctus by Guerrero, and motets by Victoria and Morales. To be able to celebrate this Mass we packed our cars with altar cards, vestments, candlesticks, all from St Mary’s in Norwalk. One of our MCs, Bill Riccio came with us, and four of our servers. Because of weather and accidents on the road, it took us three and a half hours to get down to Brooklyn from Norwalk, a trip that should have taken just over an hour. Needless to say: it was a real effort on our part.

The Mass was glorious. There were a goodly number of people there. The comments of the people were all positive. I cannot help but be reminded that ours is a missionary effort, to bring wherever we can, the glory of the Traditional Roman rite of the Mass. When we read with open minds and open hearts the Holy Father’s Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum, and the recent instruction Universae Ecclesiae, there is no doubt that this Pope believes that the widespread celebration of the Extraordinary Form in the Church today is the antidote to the terrible problems facing the Church. It is not only, in the negative sense, the antidote to the poison of secularism and individualism: it is, in the positive sense, the real presence of the Tradition of the Church that is an inestimable source of grace in these perilous times.

Many thanks to all who make our missionary effort possible. Please consider joining the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and make a worthy contribution to the joyful missionary effort that lies at the very heart of what we are and do.”

St. James is the first Catholic church built on Long Island and the third Catholic church built within the present borders of New York City. For many years it was the “pro-Cathedral” of the Brooklyn Diocese – but no cathedral was eventually built in the wake of the union of the once independent city of Brooklyn with New York City. The diocese of Brooklyn continued, however, and is one of the largest dioceses by population in the United States. The Cathedral owes its present appearance to a rebuilding after a disastrous 1889 fire.

Msgr. Strynkowski preached on the “one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.”

The Master of Ceremonies, Bill Riccio.

On Thursday, July 21 at 6 pm there will be a sung Requiem Mass according to the Extraordinary Form at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, to commemorate the third  anniversary of the death of Fr.Kevin Fitzpatrick.

The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny will be sponsoring a Solemn Mass for the Feast of St. James on Monday the 25th of July at 7 PM at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. James. The address is:250 Cathedral Pl.
Brooklyn, NY 11201.

2011 Corpus Christi Mass, procession and Benediction at St. Mary parish, Norwalk, CT – with the participation of the massed musical resources of the parish.

The altars, reflecting a variety of customs and nationalities.