There will be a Traditional Mass at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at 74 W Main St, Waterbury Ct on Saturday October 13th at 10am offered by Fr Greg Markey (high Mass).

The show must go on! – that seemed the watchword yesterday at the church of the Most Precious Blood Manhattan. Despite a seemingly endless series of challenges and glitches before, during and after the Mass, the Society’s Missa Cantata for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was celebrated with appropriate dignity (Fr.Richard Cipolla, celebrant) and with splendid music (the latter courtesy of Charles Weaver and associates). Our special thanks also to Fr. Christopher Salvatori who assisted and to Edwin Gonzales who stepped in as MC. This all took place before the largest congregation we have ever had the pleasure to greet at our Masses at Most Precious Blood. It’s an important sign for that church which very much remains on the Archdiocesan “endangered species” list. And it is heartening to see so many people in attendance for so many different reasons: the celebrate the feast, to see Fr Cipolla again, to hear the music or just because they wandered in from the San Gennaro Festival and stayed. Afterwards some of us – including many much younger than I who had assisted at the mass – gathered for a meal and companionship. It was a festive end to the day.

Fr Cipolla’s sermon can be found HERE

The reliquary of San Gennaro.

An image of the Madonna del Soccorso a Sciacca, on loan to the church. (Someone has found a good place to present  a petition to Her Son.)

St. Theresa Church in Trumbull, CT will celebrate its patronal feast day with a Mass in the Extraordinary Form, Sunday, September 30 at 2:30 pm.

Saint Agnes Church in New York will offer a Traditional Latin Mass in honor of Saint Michael the Archanagel on Saturday, September 29th at 10:30am.

Don’t forget: Saturday, September 15 at 11 AM a mass will be celebrated for the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Church of the Most Precious Blood on 113 Baxter Street in New York’s Little Italy. A time for reflection amid the San Gennaro festival – accompanied by rare Italian and 18th century Mexican orchestral music!

(Above and below) Images from the church of Our Lady of Sorrows on the lower East Side – including ceiling paintings which were in place by 1878.

A number of churches in the area will offer special Masses for celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14.

St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, CT, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm.

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, 7:30 pm

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT,   on Sunday Sept. 16, 2 pm, Missa cantata, Fr. Peter Langevin, celebrant

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, 7:30, Missa Cantata and Te Deum followed by an all night vigil.  Further information

Holy Name of Jesus Church, Brooklyn, NY, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

St Anthony Church, 1776 Mansion St., Bronx, at 7 pm: Solemn Mass for reparation for the sins of the Church for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.

St. Dominic Church, Brick, NJ,  Solemn Mass, 7 pm. Sacred Music by the Schola Cantorum of St. John the Baptist, Allentown, NJ. Reception to follow Mass.

On Friday, September 14, 2018 into Saturday, September 15, 2018, there will be an All Night Vigil of Adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament Exposed.

Friday, September 14, 2018 – 7:30 PM – Sung Mass & Te Deum in Latin, 1962 MR-EF – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Saturday, September 15, 2018 – 5:00 AM – Sung Mass in Latin, 1962 MR-EF – Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Preliminary Schedule

Friday, September 14, 2018

6:00 PM – Angelus
6:15 PM – Recitation of the Holy Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet
6:45 PM – Stations of the Cross and Confessions
7:30 PM – Sung Mass in Latin, 1962 MR-EF
8:30 PM – Chanting of the Te Deum
9:15 PM – Talk by Ricardo Saludo, Marian Speaker from the Archdiocese of Manila (see flyer below)
After the Talk, there will be moments of Silent Adoration and vocal prayers

Saturday, September 15, 2018

12 Midnight – Angelus and the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12:45 AM – First Break, Silent Adoration
1:30 AM – Prayers to the Holy Black Nazarene and Our Lady of Caysaysay, followed by the Recitation of the Holy Rosary
2:00 AM – Silent Adoration
3:00 AM – Divine Mercy Chaplet
3:15 AM – Second Break, Silent Adoration
4:30 PM – Procession with and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
5:00 AM – Sung Mass in Latin, 1962 MR-EF