On Saturday, September 16 at 11:00 AM the Society of St Hugh of Cluny will be sponsoring a Solemn Mass at the Shrine of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy.  This Mass will feature the music of Mozart.
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We have many things to celebrate at this mass:

(a) the start of the festival of San Gennaro;

(b) the continuation of our series of September Italian heritage pilgrimages;

(c) the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum; and

(d) the anniversary of the first mass sponsored by the Society (founded in 2007) on September 9, 2007 – before the official effective date of Summorum Pontificum.

The music will include the Missa brevis in D Major (K. 194) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, under the direction of David Hughes.

The celebrant of the Mass is Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, the chaplain of our Society. St. Gennaro is one of father’s patron saints, near and dear to him.

We suggest that you come into New York and make a day of it. Attend our beautiful Missa Cantata, have lunch at the festival, stay  for the official grand procession of the festival at 2 pm. Festival events: https://www.sangennaro.org

The location of the Shrine-church of the Most Precious Blood is 113 Baxter Street/109 Mulberry Street, New York. See the shrine WEBSITE.

(Above) From Last Year’s Mass – the first Traditional Mass in decades at the San Gennaro Festival.

Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords, New Jersey, will celebrate a Solemn Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, September 14th, on the occasion of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. There will be veneration of a relic of the True Cross after Mass.

On display at the conference will be this new image of St. Hugh of Cluny, written this year by Mr. Ken Woo.

We are happy to announce that the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk, Connecticut are sponsoring a conference and mass on Thursday, October 19 at St Mary’s church. The conference and mass commemorates the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. The proceedings will be as follows:

5:30 PM. Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Fr. Innocent Smith OP will give presentations in the parish hall of St. Mary’s.

7:30 PM. Solemn Mass celebrated by Bishop Schneider (from the faldstool).

9:00 PM. Reception in the parish hall.

We are proud once again to welcome Bishop Schneider back to Connecticut. I hope that many of you will be able to participate in this special evening!

Window of St. Anne in Chartres Cathedral, France (13th Century)

“Saint Augustine connects Mary’s birth with Jesus’ saving work. He tells the earth to rejoice and shine forth in the light of her birth. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley. Through her birth the nature inherited from our first parents is changed.” The opening prayer at Mass speaks of the birth of Mary’s Son as the dawn of our salvation, and asks for an increase of peace.
Birthday celebrations bring happiness to the celebrant as well as to family and friends. Next to the birth of Jesus, Mary’s birth offers the greatest possible happiness to the world. Each time we celebrate her birth, we can confidently hope for an increase of peace in our hearts and in the world at large.”  —Fr. Richard Cipolla

Friday, September 8th is the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The following churches will have Traditional Masses:

Saint Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, 7:30 pm

Saint Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 7:30 am

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, Low Mass at 7:45 am; Solemn Mass at 7:30 pm. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 7 PM. Following Mass, seeds will be blessed. We ask you to bring seeds, seedlings, crops, fruits and or flowers to be blessed.

St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New York, NY, Missa Cantata, 7 pm, celebrated in the Dominican Rite.

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 6 pm.

St. Mary’s Church, Roslyn Harbor, NY, Missa Cantata, 7 pm.