Beginning Sunday, March 13th: 8:30 a.m. —  Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Low Mass).

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Yesterday, Thursday, January 6, the feast of the Epiphany was celebrated with appropriate splendor in New York. It is a tragedy and a scandal that this feast – the twelfth day of Christmas – has been virtually abolished in the Novus Ordo church in this country. For it is the greatest significance to the Eastern liturgies and in many countries and regions of Western Europe as well. Such as the city of Cologne, which contains the relics of the three kings in Nicholas of Verdun’s magnificent shrine.

Thanks, however, to the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart the city of New York celebrated this feast with proper solemnity on the correct date. The celebrant was Fr. Richard Cipolla. I am looking for names of the other two clergy as well as that of the choir master responsible for the magnificent music.

The blessing of the chalk.

The distribution of the chalk. It is then used to mark the door of the house.

The following churchs will be offering the Traditional Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany this Thursday, January 6.  If you have information about other Masses, please let us know.

St. Gabriel, Stamford,  Connecticut,   Solemn High Mass, 7:30 pm

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, Solemn Mass, 6 pm, Fr. Richard Cipolla, celebrant

St. Eugene Church, Yonkers, NY, 8:30 am

St. Peter Church, Harford, CT, 9 am, includes blessing of the Chalk according to the Traditional rite.  Chalk will be distributed to the Faithful at the end of Mass

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

 St John Bosco Chapel, Geneva, NY, 6pm, low Mass, with blessing of the chalk. The chalk and Epiphany Water will be distributed to the attendees after Mass. Website:www.stjohnboscochapel.org

To celebrate Christmas day: a small photographic essay on the Midnight Mass for Christmas celebrated this morning at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk. (click on the images for a larger view). A congregation of over 330 was in prayerful attendance. The sermon was given in Spanish and then in English.  The music included works of Victoria, Messiaen and Byrd. It also featured an original composition by the choirmaster, David Hughes:the carol “Of one that is so Fair and Bright.”

A tunicled crucifer.

A Blessed and Holy Christmas to all Our Readers!

We have compiled the follow list of churches that will have Masses for Christmas. 

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk

Christmas: Solemn Mass, Midnight (carols at 11:30 pm) and at 9:30 am

Octave of Christmas, Jan.1, 9:00 am

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, Christmas, 10:15 am

St. Stanislaus, New Haven,

Christmas, High Mass, 2 pm

Jan. 1, Low Mass, 2 pm

St. Gabriel, Stamford,   Epiphany, January 6, Solemn High Mass, 7:30 pm

St. Bridget of Kildare, Moodus

Christmas, Missa Cantata, 10:30 am

Jan. 1, Missa Cantata, 9 am

St. Margaret Church, Waterbury, Christmas, Midnight at 12

St. Peter Church, Hartford,

Christmas, 10:30 am

Jan. 1, 10:30 am

Epiphany, Jan. 6, 9 am

First Friday, Jan.7, 6:30 pm

New York

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow

Christmas, Missa Cantata, 3 pm

Jan. 1, low Mass, 1 pm

St. Agnes, Manhattan

 Christmas, 11 AM 

 December 26,  11 AM.

Holy Innocents, Manhattan

Christmas,  Solemn Masses at Midnight and 10 am

Dec. 26, Solemn Mass, 10 am

Sung Masses on Tues., Wed. and Fri at 6 pm, low Masses on Mon. and Thurs.

January 1, Missa Cantata at 1 pm.

Our Saviour, Manhattan

Christmas, Missa Cantata, 10 am

Dec. 26, Missa Cantata, 9 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Harlem, Christmas, Missa Cantata, 10 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bronx, Christmas, 9:30 am

Our Lady of Peace,  Brooklyn, 522 Carroll St., Christmas, 11 am

New Jersey

Holy Rosary, Jersey City 

Christmas Eve, Solemn High Mass, 9 pm

January 1, Missa Cantata, 10 am

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock

Christmas Eve, Midnight mass at 12 preceded by carols at 11 pm

Christmas day, 7 am, 9 am and 12

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange

Christmas Eve 11pm (confessions at 9:30 pm)

Christmas day, 7:30 am, 9:00 am and 11 am

 Our Lady of Victories Church, Harrington Park,  Christmas Eve Missa Cantata, 9 pm

St. Peter, Hartford.

St. John the Evangelist Basilica in Stamford will once again offer a 9:30 Traditional Mass every Tuesday morning, starting this coming Tuesday. The Mass was temorarily moved to St. Gabriel Church in Stamford while restoration work was taking place at St. John’s. Help encourage the scheduling of daily Traditional Masses–please make an effort to attend this Mass if you are able.

For the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, this Wednesday, December 8:

 St. Mary Church, in  Norwalk, CT, will celebrate a Solemn High Mass, 5:30 PM. 

Solemn High Mass at Holy Innocents on West 37th Street,  Manhattan at 6:15 PM.

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, CT at 5:30 PM.

St. Peter’s Church, 160 Main Street, Hartford, CT at 9 AM.

St. Ladislaus Church, West Hemsptead, NY, 9 AM.

 If you know of other churches that will be offering the Traditional Mass on December 8, please let us know and we will post it.  We also need to start gathering information about Traditional Masses on Christmas.

These pictures are from one of the early weekly EF Masses celebrated
at St. George’s parish. The celebrant is Fr. Rafael Capó, SchP. ( I believe this is the mass of the
San Juan Archdiocese, at Parroquia San Jorge. Can one our correspondents provide details of the new weekly mass?)

Courtesy of Fr. Greg Markey.

On Friday the Vespers of St. Elisabeth of Hungary were sung at St Mary’s, Norwalk (November 19 being her feast day in the EF). Afterwards, the schola, under the Direction of David Hughes, gave a concert with polyphonic music of Spain, Mexico and Portugal. Composers included Francisco Capillas, Hernando Franco, Francisco Guerrero and Juan de Lienas.

The Blessed Sacrament is removed from the tabernacle prior to the concert.

The pastor gave a brief address before the concert.

There will be a Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form on Monday, November 22, St. Cecilia’s Day, at St. Gabriel’s Church, Stamford,  at 7:30 p.m.

Address and a link to directions can be found here.