Palm Sunday at St. Mary’s, Norwalk: the Mass of the Palms

Distribution of the blessed palms.

The procession begins.

(Below) The entry into the church.

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Continued from Part I

The Mass of the Passion. (Below) The reading of the Passion according to St. Matthew.

(Above and below) The reading of the Passion.

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n honor of the Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer, a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite will be offered on April 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM at the High Altar of the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave, New York, NY.

The Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer will sing
Missa Sancti Wilhelmi devotio – John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
In dedicatione templi – Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Quod autem cecidit – Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)

At Our Lady of Mount Carmel, NY (Photo courtesy of Fr. Christopher Salvatori)

On Saturday, April 1, 2017 9 AM,  the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New York will offer a Missa Cantata followed by Eucharistic Adoration, Novena Prayers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Servant of God Pierre Toussaint & Benediction; Confessions heard before Mass and during Eucharistic Adoration.

In addition, on Tuesday April 4th at 7 PM there will be a Sung Requiem Mass – Month’s Mind for Jacques Pierre.

On Easter Friday, April 21st at 7:00, the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio will celebrate the first Traditional Latin Mass in Saint Stephen’s Parish, or for that matter in the entire town of Kearny, since the changes of Vatican II.

Tenebrae according to the 1962 liturgical books will be celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua in Jersey City on Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m.

On the Feast of the Annunciation, the Children’s Schola of St. Mary Church, Norwalk, directed by David Hughes, performed at a Solemn Mass at St. Agnes Church in New York. The schola sang Palestrina’s Missa Ave Maria.
Fr. Jeff Langan was Celebrant, Fr. Christopher Cullen was Deacon, and Fr. Michael Barrett was Homilist.  (Photos courtesy of Dr. Timothy Lock and Laurie Furey)

St. Agnes Church

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(Above and Below) The splendid music included Mozart’s “Sparrow” Mass and his setting of Ave Verum Corpus. The musical forces were led by Marjorie Donalds, parish music director (who also sang).

More photos at Part I

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass on Saturday, March 25 – the feast of the Annunciation. The church of St. Mary, Greenwich CT (Fr. Cyprian La Pastina, pastor) was filled to overflowing.

(Above and below) In the rectory: initial prayers and the vesting with buskins and episcopal sandals.

The church of St Mary was standing room only – and many had to remain standing in the vestibule. The Traditionalist movement pays a price for its own success now and then!

(Above) The sermon.

More photos in Part II