There will  be an extraordinary form votive Mass of the Holy Cross on Friday, January 19th at 7:30 PM at St. Mary’s Church in Greenwich, CT

A Traditional Latin Missa cantata will be offered at the Church of Saint Agnes, 143 East 43rd Street, Manhattan
(near Grand Central Terminal), on Saturday, January 13 at 10:30 AM, for the commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord.

Father Tomasz Szczepanczyk, Celebrant

Music provided by Mr. Heitor Caballero, Director of Sacred Music

Wood relief, part of the high altar of St. Michael’s Church, Niederrotweil, Germany

(From Notre Dame Cathedral, Chartres)

The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass for the Feast of Epiphany on Saturday, January 6.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT,  Solemn High Mass, 9 am.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, CT
Solemn High Mass, 9:00 am. On the Eve of the Epiphany, January 5th, there will be the blessing of the Epiphany Water after the evening Mass. In addition to the water blessing, chalk and incense will be blessed. If you have incense or chalk which you would like to be blessed, please bring it before Mass.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 9 am.

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York
Epiphany Water and chalk will be blessed following the 6:00 p.m. Mass on FRIDAY, JANUARY 5.  All-night vigil of prayer and reparation will take place this Friday, January 5 beginning at 8:00 p.m. with exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the praying of Vespers and Compline at 9:00 p.m. The night of prayer will conclude on Saturday, January 6 with a Eucharistic Procession at 4:30 a.m. and the celebration of a Low Latin Tridentine Mass at 5:00 a.m.  A Missa Cantata will be offered on Jan. 6 at 1 pm.

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York,  Low Mass, 9 am; Solemn Mass, 6:30, procession with the Christ Child and blessing of gold, frankincense, myrhh and chalk.

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

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, NJ, 9 am

Midnight Mass at St Mary’s Norwalk, 2017.

Leading the rosary before the start of the service.

Singing of Carols before the mass.

Processing with the image of the Christ Child.

(Above) An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Immaculate Conception church.

Yesterday a large congregation was present for the festive celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, organized by the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and made possible by the generosity of the late Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro. How inspiring to experience the return of the traditional liturgy to the “upper church” after an absence of so many decades! We have to thank this parish and in particular the indefatigable Manny Albino (who also served as subdeacon) for making this evening possible. Bill Riccio, who served as MC along with Eddy Toribio, did his accustomed magnificent work in surmounting all kinds of difficulties, major and minor, to assure the smooth and polished execution of the ceremonial. Two young priests, Fr. Robert Rodriguez (New York) and Fr. Joseph Zwosta (Brooklyn) served as celebrant and deacon, respectively – Fr. Rodriguez preached in English and Spanish. I’d also like to thank the servers, from several different parishes, who contributed their time.

Integral to this liturgy was the performance of rare music from 18th century Mexico composed by Ignacio de Jerusalem. We understand his Masses were heard, not just in Mexico City, but in the missions of California! This unusual repertoire had been graciously made available to us by a leading scholar of the music of de Jerusalem, Prof. Craig Russell. Charles Weaver did an incredible job in organizing the music for the mass and assembling the instrumentalists – and also performing himself. James Wetzel, music director at St. Vincent Ferrer, led the singers and orchestral forces with his customary professionalism and skill.

Finally, we have to thank the members of Immaculate Conception parish for organizing the festive reception after the mass. It was an appropriate conclusion to this memorable evening!

(Above) The remarkable if little known church of the Immaculate Conception (once the Episcopalian “Grace chapel”) as seen earlier that afternoon.

Two churches in Connecticut will have Rorate Masses in honor of Our Lady early next Saturday morning, December 16.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 6:30 am

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, 6:30 am.

This notice in the St. Mary Norwalk bulletin explains what a Rorate Mass is:

“Rorate” comes from the Introit of the day: “Drop down ye heavens from above…” This is a Mass celebrated in honor of our Lady on a Saturday in Advent. This Mass is always done in darkness with only candlelight. Ideally the sun should begin to rise at the Consecration. This year sunrise is at 7:14 am, so that starting the Mass at 6:30, the dawn will indeed begin to show her roseate face when the Body of Christ is lifted up to be adored.

There are also Rorate Masses scheduled this week at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York: see https://sthughofcluny.org/2017/11/rorate-masses-at-church-of-holy-innocents.html

Rorate Mass St. Mary Norwalk 2016

Rorate Mass at St. Mary Church, Greenwich, 2015

Blue vestments at Holy Innocents tonight  – was New York ever part of the Spanish  empire?

Connecticut

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, Brookfield
Christmas Day:  Traditional Latin Mass 12:30 PM in chapel

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 12 midnight, Solemn Midnight Mass (11 pm Rosary by the Creche, 11:30 pm carols); 9:30 am Solemn Mass for Christmas Day.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Bridgeport, CT,  Midnight (11:45 procession to the Crèche);  8:30 Mass at Dawn Low Mass;   10:15 Mass for the Day High Mass.  (Beginning on December 31, the church will have a Low Mass at 8:30 am every Sunday in addition to the 10:15 High Mass)

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, Missa Cantata, 2 pm.

St Martha’s Church, Enfield,   High Mass at midnight and a low Mass at 11 AM Christmas Day.

New York

Sacred Heart Church, Albany
Christmas Midnight Mass, Sacred Heart Church Hall

St. Matthew, 35 North Service Road, Dix Hills (Long Island)
Monday, December 25th, Traditional Latin High Mass 12:30 P.M. in the
Parish Center Chapel

St. Ladislaus, Hempstead (Long Island)
Christmas Day, 9:00 AM

St. Rocco, 18 Third St., Glen Cove (Long Island), 11:30 pm carols followed by Midnight Mass.

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, 12 midnight, Traditional High Mass (followed by a festive reception in the parish hall); 2:30 am, Mass at Dawn (Low Mass);  9 am, Traditional Low Mass, 10:30 am Traditional High Mass.

St. Catherine of Siena Church, New York, Missa Cantata in the Dominican Rite for Christmas,  12 Midnight. Featuring Tomas luis de Victoria’s Missa Alma Redemptoris

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, 10:25 am, Missa Cantata.

St. Agnes Church, New York,  9 am.

Our Lady of Peace Church, 522 Carroll St, Brooklyn,
High Mass, 9:30 am.

Church of Saint Anthony, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, 12:00 midnight, High Mass. The celebrant will be the parochial administrator, Fr. Louis Anderson. His sermon will be given in both English and Spanish.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Dec 24. 1:30 pm Low Mass Vigil of Christmas; Dec 25. 1:30pm Sung Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Newburgh, NY, 3 pm.

New Jersey

St. John the Baptist,  Allentown
Midnight Solemn High Mass – Vierne’s Missa Solennelle

Sacred Heart, Clifton
Christmas Day 8:00 AM

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park
Christmas Eve: 9:00 PM Sung Latin Mass

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark
Solemn Mass at midnight.
The mass will be of Franz Schubert in G.  After mass there will be coffee and refreshments in the rectory.

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, Dec. 24, 9 pm, Mass of the Shepherds; Dec. 25, 9 am.

St.  Catherine Laboure, Middletown
Christmas Day 8:45 am Traditional Latin Sung High Mass

Chapel of Our Lady of Fatima, 32 West Franklin Ave., Pequannock

Sunday, December 24,
Christmas Carols at 11:00 PM on the evening

Monday, December 25th
CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS 12:00 AM
CHRISTMAS DAY MASS AT DAWN 7:00 AM
CHRISTMAS DAY MASS OF THE DAY 9:00 AM
CHRISTMAS DAY MASS OF THE DAY 11:00 AM

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange

Sunday, Dec. 24th CHRISTMAS EVE
9:30 pm Confessions,
10:30 pm Traditional Christmas Carols
11:00 pm Solemn High Midnight Mass (First Mass of Christmas)

Monday, Dec. 25th CHRISTMAS DAY
7:30 am Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
9:00 am Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
11:00 am High Mass (Third Mass of Christmas)

January 1st, Octave of Christmas Schedule: 

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 9 am.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, low Mass, 2 pm.

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, on December 31:  4 pm to 11pm exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; 11pm singing the Te Deum followed by Benediction; 11:30 pm, Mass of Reparation (Missa Cantata); Monday, Jan. 1, 9 am low Mass, 10:30 am high Mass.

Church of St. Agnes, New York, Missa Cantata, 10:30 am followed by the singing of Veni Creator Spiritus.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 3 pm low Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Newburgh, NY, 3 pm.

Stained glass window from the Church of the Incarnation, Washington Heights, New York