The procession of Cristo Muerte and Our Lady of Sorrows though the streets of Norwalk, Connecticut on Good Friday evening. This year, the procession was sponsored by the Norwalk parishes of St. Mary and St. Joseph.

Why is the Sacred Host brought into the church in this solemn procession on this Good Friday?   In order for the priest, on the one day that the Sacrifice of the Mass is not celebrated, to hold the Host on high for all to see on this day, to behold the Sacrament of the One who exploded the black hole of sin and death, the God who loved us so much that he gave his only begotten Son to die for us, and it is the priest, the one who offers sacrifice, who then consumes the Sacred Host not to offer the Sacrifice as he usually does at the Mass, but to show us what the absence of the Sacramental presence of Christ would mean, the void without hope.  And with this gesture the priest shows us what this is all about, the will of God to become flesh and die a real death for you and me. He died a real human death, yes, without sin, but real, a death died not in some sort of smug way knowing the outcome, smug because of his Godhead, but rather like you and me, he died in faith that his Father would allow him to smash the terrible power of death and bring him once again to his bosom. He died really for you and me so that the reality of what he died for, the forgiveness of our sins, may become a reality in our space and time, for you and for me. 

The American Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George invites you to a Solemn High Mass that we will be sponsoring in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows to be celebrated for the persecuted Christians of the Middle East at Most Precious Blood Church at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy on Friday, April 12th at 7:15 p.m.

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, will offer a traditional Mass on Friday, April 12th at 7:30 PM in Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady.

Laetare Sunday at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT

March 6th is Ash Wednesday. The following churches will offer Traditional Masses. Please let us know about Traditional Masses for Ash Wednesday that are not on our schedule yet. We rely on our readers to inform us.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Low Mass 8 am, Solemn Mass 7 pm (note the later than usual time)

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, CT, Low Mass 7:45 am; Solemn Mass, 6 pm.

St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, CT, Missa Cantata, 7 am.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT, 5:30 pm

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, Low Mass 8 am; High Mass 6 pm.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine, New York, NY, Low Mass, 7:45 am; Missa Cantata, 7:30 pm

St. Josaphat, Bayside, Queens, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, NY,  6 pm.

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, NY , 12 noon.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Low Mass, 5 pm (please note time change)

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, 8 pm

St. Catherine Laboure, Middletown, NJ, 9 am.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9 am and 7 pm

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, NJ, 7 am, 8 am, 12 noon, 7 pm

Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ 7:30 pm

The Second annual Lepanto conference took place Saturday amid the Gothic splendor of St Vincent Ferrer church in New York. I estimated that 700 were in the congregation for the Pontifical Mass; some 315 attended the conference itself. Thanks are due to Fr Walter C. Wagner OP, the pastor of St Vincent’s and to the Dominican order for hosting the conference.

The Most Reverend James Massa, auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn, celebrated Solemn Pontifical mass for St Pius V – the codifier of the Traditional Roman liturgy. Fr Richard Cipolla, of the Bridgeport diocese, was assistant priest. Rev. Mr Roger Kwan (Archdiocese of New York) served as deacon; Fr. Sean Connelly (Archdiocese of New York) was the subdeacon. William Riccio and Steve Quatela were the masters of ceremonies.

The Society of St Hugh of Cluny was proud to sponsor this event. The generosity of the late Fr. Ignacio Barreiro sponsored the memorable divine liturgy.