In addition, Father Don Grinco Charez has just announced the establishment of regular traditional Low Mass every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Also at our Lady Queen of Peace in Maywood)

Each evening from March 9th to the 18th at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ, there will be a Solemn Novena with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in honor of St Joseph.

On Saturday, March 19th, at 12:00 noon, there will be a Solemn High Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

Rev Msgr Joseph Ambrosio will be the celebrant.
Rev Canon Jean Marie Moreau, ICKSP will be the deacon
Mr. James Barrett, Subdeacon.

At the end of mass there will be veneration of the relics of St. Joseph (his cloak and his staff ex indumentis and ex bacula).

Coffee and refreshments will follow in the Parish Center.

(Also at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, every Friday during Lent (with the exception of Good Friday) from 4-7 pm the Holy Name Society will sponsor a fish fry. It will be followed at 7:00 pm by Stations of the Cross in Church.)

(Image is in the Asamkirche, Munich, Germany)

The following churches will offer the traditional Mass for the Feast of St. Blaise on Wed. Feb. 3, including the traditional blessing of the throats.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 6 pm

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

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, 6 pm

The statues are located in the monastery church of St. Blaise in St. Blasien, Germany.

The stained Glass window is in the church of St. Paul, East Harlem.

The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady, Candelmas, on Tuesday, February 2.

(Above) Candlemas at St. Mary’s, Norwalk, in 2011.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 6 pm, Solemn Mass, blessing of candles and procession
Prelude: Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV 617) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (attrib. G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Virgine à 5 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie beata Virgo Maria (prima pars) (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-c.1560)
Motet at the Communion: Responsum accepit Simeon (Hodie beata, secunda pars) (Gombert)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

(Above) Solemn Mass at St. Anthony, Jersey City, in 2015.

St. Anthony’s Church,  Monmouth St. between 6th and 7th, Jersey City, NJ
7:00 PM, Solemn High Mass
Palestrina’s Missa Brevis will be performed by the Cantantes in Cordibus choir (Simone Ferraresi, director)
Preceding the Mass will be the traditional blessing and procession of beeswax candles for the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A social event for young adults will follow the Mass.
( The church parking lot is located on 6th St. between Coles and Monmouth Street and is easily accessible from the Grove Street PATH, the Newport PATH and Light Rail stop.)

Regina Pacis Chapel (Parish Center Chapel) at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Maywood, NJ, 6 pm.
Please bring your candle to be blessed.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, 1360 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ
7:00 PM, Missa Cantata

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY
Solemn Mass, 6:00 PM. blessing and distribution of candles, indoor procession. Attendees are encouraged to bring your own beeswax candles to be blessed for in-home devotional use.

St. Mary Church, Roslyn, NY
Missa Cantata 7 pm, candlelight procession

At Immaculate Conception Church, 414 E 14th St, New York, there will be a votive mass in the extraordinary form in honor of St. John Bosco this Saturday, Jan. 30 at 6 pm. (Rumor has it that the Annual Meeting of the Pious Consumption of Chartreuse will follow immediately after in the church hall.)

Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 7:30 in the evening to celebrate the Feast of Saint Blaise.

Location: Saint Mary Church
178 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut

The traditional blessing of throats will follow Mass.

The statues are located in the Cathedral of St. Blaise in St. Blasien, Germany.

As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer and Saint Catherine of Siena, a Solemn Mass according to the Missal of the Anglican Ordinariate will be celebrated at Saint Catherine’s (411 East 68th Street) on Saturday, January 23rd at 12:00 Noon. The Schola Dominicana (James D. Wetzel, Choirmaster) will sing music from the Anglican choral tradition: Herbert Howells’ Office of Holy Communion: Collegium Regale; Philip Moore’s All wisdom cometh from the Lord; and John Amner’s Sing, O heav’ns. Fr. James Bradley will be the celebrant and homilist.

UPDATE: “Due to the blizzard warning in place for New York City this weekend, the Solemn Mass scheduled according to the Anglican Ordinariate Divine Worship: The Missal scheduled at St. Catherine of Siena Church on January 23, 2016 has been postponed. The Mass and Day of Recollection for Christian Unity will be rescheduled for May 14, 2016, the Vigil of Pentecost. Further details of the schedule will be forthcoming. Please email parish@svsc.info if you wish to be receive further information about the May event.”

Mass celebrated on Sunday, January 3 (the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus). Fr. Sean Connolly was the celebrant.

(Above) The magnificent altar – supposedly originally intended for St.Patrick’s, New York.

(Photos courtesy of Ms. Diana Yuan)

Some pictures of the Solemn Mass celebrated yesterday, Sunday, January 10 at St. Mary’s Church, Greenwich, CT.  Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport was present.  Fr. Cyprian La Pastina, pastor of St. Mary’s, was the celebrant.

(Pictures Courtesy of Fr. Cyprian La Pastina, Pastor, Saint Mary Church
Greenwich)

The following churches will be offering the traditional Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany on Wednesday, January 6.   Please notify us, if you know of a church that is not on our schedule.  The stained glass window is in the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
5:30 p.m.
Hymn at the Procession: Bethlehem, of Noblest Cities (Stuttgart)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Hymn at the Offertory: Crudelis Herodes (plainsong, mode iii)

Church of Holy Innocents
Solemn Mass, 6:00 pm, blessing of chalk

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 East 116th St., New York, NY
7 pm, Solemn Mass and distribution of blessed Epiphany water, chalk and frankincense

St. John the Baptist Church at 4987 Rt. 81 in Greenville, NY
Solemn High Mass, 6:30 pm

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, NJ
Sung Mass, 7 pm

Our Lady Queen of Peace, Maywood, NJ
7:30 pm

Chalk is prepared today for blessing at Holy Innocents Church (photo courtesy of Eddy Toribio)